Brian Hastings completed with the , Matt "Hoss_TBF" Hawrilenko raised with the , and Hastings called. Hawrilenko bet fourth and Hastings called, then both checked fifth. Hastings check-called Hawrilenko's sixth-street bet, then folded to Hoss_TBF's bet on seventh.
Dealt the up, Bill Chen brought it in then called when Brian Hastings completed with the . Chen again called Hastings' fourth-street bet, then took the lead betting both fifth and sixth with Hastings calling. Chen finally gave up on seventh, checking and folding to Hastings' bet to preserve his final 14,000 chips.
Hastings continues to enjoy a big stack of about 540,000. Meanwhile, Chen managed to more-than-double through Vladimir Shchemelev on the next hand to get back to 50,000.
Jeffrey Lisandro opened for a raise in middle position, and found three callers in Hoi Cheung (button), Matthew Ashton (small blind) and David "ODB" Baker (big blind). The flop fell down , and the action checked to Lisandro who put out a continuation bet. Only Ashton called.
The turn was the , and Ashton led out. Lisandro called. Ashton led again after the hit the river, and Lisandro tossed in a call.
Ashton unveiled for the wheel, Lisandro mucked, and Ashton scooped the pot.
Justin "Boosted J" Smith: (X)(X) /
Michael Binger: (X)(X) /
Smith completed, Binger raised, and Smith called. Smith proceeded to lead out on every street, and Binger called bets on fourth and fifth street, but opted to fold when faced with a bet on sixth.
The Gus Hansen Express keeps rolling along. Just now came a hand in which Chad Brown raised from middle position, Jon Turner called from the button, and Hansen called as well from the small blind. The flop came , and Hansen bet, getting a call from Brown and a fold from Turner. The turn was the and Hansen bet again, and once more Brown called.
The river brought the and another bet from the chip leader. Brown called again, then mucked after seeing Hansen's for fours full of kings.
Brown is down to about 85,000 now, while Hansen sits with about 1.165 million.
Down to his last 42,000, Chad Brown opened with a raise from under the gun, then reraised back-and-forth with Jon "PearlJammer" Turner until all of his chips were in the middle.
Brown:
Turner:
Not a good hand for Brown to be up against here. The board came , giving Turner a scoop and sending Brown to the rail.
George Danzer: (X)(X) / / (X)
Matt Hawrilenko: (X)(X) / FOLDED
Ben "Benba" Lamb: (X)(X) / / (X)
We caught the action on fifth street, where Danzer bet out, Hawrilenko folded, and Lamb called. Danzer got the rest of his chips in on sixth street, and the hands were opened.
Danzer:
Lamb:
Lamb was guaranteed half the pot with a made low, and could scoop with a deuce or a seven. He sweated his down-card, and it was the , giving him a seven-high straight. Danzer could still win the high with a club, and his down-card was black, but the was a brick, and Danzer was eliminated.