From the cutoff Nick Schulman made it 42,000 to go. Phil Hellmuth called from the button and Richard Ashby also made the call from the big blind.
Ashby drew two while Schulman took one and Hellmuth stood pat. Action started on Ashby after the draw and he moved out a stack of 20 pinks, or 100,000. Schulman sat thinking for about two minutes before finally making the call. Hellmuth threw his cards away and Ashby flipped up .
Schulman's cards were sent sailing into the muck and Ashby scooped a pot that brings him up to 1,450,000 in chips. Schulman is down to 280,000.
Hasan Habib had 167,000 chips left, and he shoved them all in first into the pot. Two seats over, Richard Ashby announced the quick call, and the rest of the table ducked out. Habib flashed the accidentally as he asked for one card. Ashby tabled his -- the hand to beat -- and Habib showed his first four: .
Habib was drawing to an eighty-six, and we got to watch a good sweat. Habib scooted down in his chair with his chin to the rail as he counted dots. "It's not a paint!" he said first. He squeezed a little farther and added, "Ooh, shit. Even money." It was a deuce or a trey, and Habib needed it to be the trey. He peeled it the rest of the way, spinning it over on the felt:
That's no good, and Habib's pair is going to send him to the cashier in seventh place. That's good for $40,020, and Habib now has seven WSOP final tables under his belt.
Ashby is now very close to Phil Hellmuth for the chip lead, both men sitting right around 1.1 million.
Nick Schulman opened from early position for 45,000 and was called by John Juanda from the button and Richard Ashby from the small blind. Each player drew one card and Ashby led out for 115,000. Both Juanda and Schulman opted to lay their hands down and Ashby scooped the pot, bringing him up to 890,000.
If there's one thing we know about Hasan Habib, it's that it's awfully tough to pry a short stack out of his hands.
Nick Schulman opened the last pot to 40,000 on the button, and Hasan Habib called from the big blind, getting short on chips. Each player took one card, and Habib led out with a shove for his last 62,000. Schulman quickly called, and Habib had the goods. He showed , and Number Three is number one here. The pot and the double-up go to Habib, and he's back to 256,000.
Steve Sung opened to 40,000 from the cutoff seat, and Phil Hellmuth defended his big blind. He took two cards, and Sung took one. After the draw, Hellmuth checked, and Sung put out another 40,000. Hellmuth leaned forward across the table and asked, "How much money you have left over there?" Sung had close to 400,000, and Hellmuth made the call.
He showed , and his ninety-eight gave him the pot, pushing him up over a million chips in the process. He's got well over 25% of the chips in play.
Steve Sung raised to 41,000 from the cutoff seat, and David Baker three-bet shoved for an additional 237,000. Sung spent some time considering before he let his hand go, and Baker moves back up over 300,000.
David Baker raised to 34,000 to open the pot, and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 75,000. "Bakes" gave it just a cursory look before ducking out of the way.
Hellmuth is on a tear, up to 920,000 here in the early stages of the final table.
A few hands later, Steve Sung opened to 40,000, and Nick Schulman three-bet to 182,000 total. Sung passed, and we've yet to see any significant action post-draw here in the first few hands.
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accidentally as he asked for one card. Ashby tabled his 
-- the hand to beat -- and Habib showed his first four: 
