Maxx Coleman was all in from under the gun and up against Connor Drinan in the cutoff.
Maxx Coleman: Q?10?
Connor Drinan: A?2?
Coleman needed help heading to the flop but he found none as the board came K?7?3?5?J?, keeping Drinan's ace-high in the lead and sending Coleman off to collect his 20th place payout.
Scott Seiver raised in the cutoff before Ben Diebold three-bet from the small blind. Seiver called to see the J?9?10? flop.
Diebold continued with a bet and Seiver called. Both players checked the 4? turn and A? river. "Eights," Diebold announced, but Seiver had 10?7? for a pair of tens to take the pot.
The next hand, Diebold three-bet again over a Seiver open, and Seiver called. Both players checked the K?3?8? flop.
The turn came the 2? and Seiver bet. Diebold threw in his last chips and turned over A?9?, but Seiver had him beat with K?Q? for top pair.
The 4? came on the river and Diebold made his exit.
After Phil Hellmuth limped in the small blind, Esther Taylor checked her big blind.
Hellmuth check-called a bet from Taylor on the 6?5?9? flop to see the 7? on the turn. The players then checked to the 3? river.
Hellmuth fired out a bet and after some deliberation, Taylor mucked her hand, sending the pot to Hellmuth who has rebuilt his stack nicely since being all in on the bubble.
Phil Hellmuth: XxXx/2x6x4x5x/Xx
Connor Drinan: XxXx/2x2xAx8x/Xx
After Connor Drinan completed, he got a call from Phil Hellmuth. Despite pairing his door card, Drinan called a bet from Hellmuth to see fifth street.
Hellmuth continued to improve, now showing three babies on fifth, but after another Hellmuth bet, Drinan said "for most people I'd fold, but you, I'm calling down."
Drinan then spiked in his call and sixth street was dealt. While Drinan did improve with an eight, Hellmuth now showed four to a six and bet again.
Drinan thought audibly about how Hellmuth could have a three and then called again.
Hellmuth then bet seventh street blind, which led Drinan to think some more then say, "I've never seen you blind bet with nothing, so I just fold."
Hellmuth quickly shoved his cards to the muck after Drinan's and dragged the healthy pot.
Carol Fuchs: XxXx/K?5?2?
Brad Ruben: 10?9?/A?Q?3? - folded fifth street
Alex Livingston: XxXx/6?J? - folded fourth street
Picking the action up three-way on fourth street, Brad Ruben bet and got a call from Carol Fuchs. Alex Livingston folded to leave the pot heads-up.
Ruben slowed down on fifth street and checked, which led to a bet from Fuchs. Ruben showed that he had started with three to a flush, but pulled bricks on fourth and fifth then sent his cards to the muck.
Alex Livingston: XxXx/Q?6?5?Q?/Xx
Brian Yoon: XxXx/7?8?K?2?/Xx
Alex Livingston bet on fifth street before Brian Yoon raised. Livingston called as they headed to sixth.
"The tension is rising," Brad Ruben said.
"We're just having fun. Just playing a card game," Livingston said as he bet again. Yoon just called this time and Livingston bet in the dark before receiving his last card.
Yoon peeked at his last card and put in a raise. "I bet dark because I could make a lot of hands," Livingston said as he mucked 4?3?, having missed his flush and straight draws.
Christopher Claassen: XxXx/7?A?3?4?/Xx
Scott Seiver: XxXx/3?A?8?5?/Xx
Wil Wilkinson: XxXx/6?3?3?9?/Xx
Three-handed on sixth street, Christopher Claassen put in a bet and both Scott Seiver and Wil Wilkinson called.
Claassen bet again on seventh and Wilkinson got out of the way, while Seiver called.
"Aces with a 7-5," Seiver said. However, Claassen turned over 6?6?5? for a straight and a low to scoop the big pot and put a big dent in Seiver's stack near the end of the night.
