After about the fourth hand of hand-for-hand play, Shaun Deeb moved all in from UTG and drew one card against caller Rami Boukai. The latter stood pat with and Deeb drew to a but could only pair his .
At the same time Brian Brubaker was all in and had a against Nick Brancato's but the latter paired the and Brubaker survived to make the money.
Aaron Schaff has doubled up through Matt Perrins after the Englishman couldn't beat Schaff's , Schaff doubled to 45,000 while Perrins dropped to 35,000.
Pokerstars Team Pro Jason Mercier wasn't looking too hot when after he pushed all in from the cutoff for his last 11,175, Tim Phan insta-re-raised all in. Phan got no calls and Mercier and him were the only two left in the hand
Mercier drew one and Phan announced he was standing pat with a nine-seven low leaving Mercier with only a three or a two for the win. But, Mercier got lucky and squeezed out a three for to beat Phan's .
Mercier after the hand even said, "Man, I almost stood pat with a jack there." He is now up to around 25,000 and must be feeling invincible after that SICK draw.
Rami Boukai, who a bracelet in 2009, called a raise from Shaun Deeb and they both drew one card before checking. Boukai showed a and Deeb simply said, "Jack-nine," and folded.
Josh Brikis raised predraw to 2,500 and Don Zewin called from the button. Brikis stood pat and Zewin drew one card, Brikis then bet 2,000 and Zewin called but could only muck when Brikis turned over .