Jean-Robert Bellande opened with a raise to 2,000 and Shaun Deeb came over the top with a three-bet to 5,500. Shawn Buchanan went deep into the tank on the button and came out with a four-bet to 18,000. Action folded back around to Bellande who quickly let of his cards. Deeb thought for about 45 seconds before dropping his hand into the muck. Buchanan raked in the pot and now has about 55,000 in chips.
Jason Mercier opened with an early position raise to 1,700. George Danzer called and it folded over to Galen Hall on the button. Hall three-bet the action to 7,000 only to have Mercier come right back over the top with a four-bet to 14,200. Danzer let it go and Hall called.
Hall took one card at the draw and Mercier stood pat. Hall checked and Mercier knocked the table right back, tabling . Hall mucked his hand and Mercier raked in the chips, bringing his stack up to 53,000.
Action folded around to the player on the button who made it 2,000 to go. Jean-Robert Bellande three-bet shipped all in for 21,000 from the cutoff and it folded back to the button who called.
Bellande stood pat at the draw while his opponent opted for one card. Bellande fanned and his opponent peeked at his new card and mucked his hand. All in hands must be shown, however, so the dealer tabled the . Bellande scooped the pot and doubled to around 45,000.
We found Brian Rast and Naoya Kihara going to the draw with the latter all in for his tournament life of 11,000. Rast announced that he was drawing one card and Kihara stood up from the table.
"I'm pat," said Kihara, rolling over .
Rast rolled over and was drawing live to score the elimination. He squeezed his card slowly, announcing first that it was paint.
"It's big paint," said Rast, rolling over the . Kihara's queen-low finished as the best hand and he was awarded the double up. He's now sitting around 24,000 while Rast has fallen to 41,000.