Dmitry Chop was the shortest stack at the break but he just scored a vital double-up, avoiding elimination with a vital card on the river.
Chop was the bring-in with the and Gabe Paul completed with the . Chop called and raised Paul on fourth, leaving himself 53,000 behind. Paul called and led out on fifth with open deuces. Chop moved all in and Paul paid off the extra 3,000.
Chop: /
Paul: /
Chop was ahead with a pair of queens but Paul hit a jack on sixth, improving to two pairs while Chop received the . Paul bricked the river but Chop still needed to receive any card of the rank he'd already had in order to survive. The dealer obliged, shipping Chop the for queens up.
Marcus Mizzi was down to his last 56,000 and was all in preflop against Ryan Hughes. After all the cards were dealt, Mizzi's one pair wasn't enough against Hughes, who's now up to over a million in chips.
Mike Matusow gave up two razz hands on late streets and his stack is now thin again.
The first hand saw Matusow complete with a four and Gabe Paul called, also having a four face up. Matusow bet his deuce on fourth street and Paul called with a nine. "That's a bad call. First bad call you've made today," Matusow told Paul.
Matusow continued on fifth but Paul stuck around. "That's a good call," Matusow observed before Paul hit an ace on sixth and led out. Matusow contemplated for a bit but then folded his hand, showing an ace and declaring an ace-seven in his hole.
Mike Matusow: / (folded on sixth street)
Gabe Paul: /
The second hand brought a complete from Valentin Vornicu and Matusow called before he hit a second wheel card on fourth street. He took the betting lead and fired but Vornicu called and led out on fifth. Matusow called and led out on sixth when Vornicu paired his three. The WSOP Circuit legend called.
Mike Matusow: / / (folded on seventh street)
Valentin Vornicu: / /
Matusow checked on seventh and Vornicu placed in one more bet. Matusow studied the hand for more than two minutes. "No shame in folding," Vornicu offered an advice. Matusow eventually took it, leaving the pot to Vornicu.
Alex Livingston started the day off as one of the short stacks, even finding himself below the five-big-blind mark at one point, but has found the way up in the past 30 minutes. In razz, David Steicke completed with a five and Livingston raised with a three. Steicke called.
Livingston kept hammering on every subsequent street and Steicke relinquished his hand on sixth.
"They can only hope to contain me, ladies and gentlemen," Mike Matusow said.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Matusow followed his speech by showing after taking down a three-way pot against Gabe Paul and Valentin Vornicu.
"The Mouth" flatted from small blind into Gabe Paul's raise and Valentin Vornicu's call. He led out on the flop, receiving two calls. Matusow continued on the turn and both of his opponents gave up.
"Once I get down to the nub, off we go!" Matusow warned the remaining field. He's been talking about breaking Phil Ivey's record for final tables made at the World Series. He has another notch on the horizon with 14 players left in the H.O.R.S.E. event.
On a board with David Steicke in the big blind and Don Zewin in the cutoff, it was Steicke who checked. Zewin bet 40,000, Steicke check-raised to 80,000, and Zewin wanted to move all in for 10,000 more. However, the dealer ruled it a string raise and Zewin was left with 10,000 behind.
Steicke opted to check on the river and Zewin quickly checked behind. Steicke showed for a pair of kings and Zewin mucked face up.
Zewin had half a big blind left and tried to make a comeback with it. After winnings two hands in a row, Zewin was up to 70,000 again. In the next hand, Ryan Hughes raised from under the gun, Zewin three-bet, and Hughes got the rest in.
Hughes:
Zewin:
Zewin wasn't able to complete the miracle escape when the board ran out . He finished in 15th place and received $8,451.
Gabe Paul completed with the and Seamus Cahill raised with the . Bring-in Matthew Schreiber joined the contest and Paul called too.
Cahill had only 9,000 left behind and he pushed them in on fourth street. Schreiber announced a full bet but he couldn't get rid of Paul. Schreiber then switched for a passive mode, check-calling Paul's three bets on fifth, sixth, and seventh streets.
Cahill: / /
Schreiber: / /
Paul: / /
Cahill knew he wasn't in good shape, showing for a pair of fours and no low. Schreiber rolled over his for a missed flush draw and low, but his trip threes were still good for the high part of the pot as Paul showed for a pair of sixes and eight-low.
Paul and Schreiber chopped Cahill's stack and the $3K H.O.R.S.E. continued with 15 players.
and Gabe Paul completed with the 
. Chop called and raised Paul on fourth, leaving himself 53,000 behind. Paul called and led out on fifth with open deuces. Chop moved all in and Paul paid off the extra 3,000.
/ 
/ 
. Paul bricked the river but Chop still needed to receive any card of the rank he'd already had in order to survive. The dealer obliged, shipping Chop the 
for queens up.
/ 
/ 
/ 
/ 
(folded on sixth street)
/ 
— Folded
flop, receiving two calls. Matusow continued on the 
turn and both of his opponents gave up. 
board with David Steicke in the big blind and Don Zewin in the cutoff, it was Steicke who checked. Zewin bet 40,000, Steicke check-raised to 80,000, and Zewin wanted to move all in for 10,000 more. However, the dealer ruled it a string raise and Zewin was left with 10,000 behind.
river and Zewin quickly checked behind. Steicke showed 
face up.
