Fu Wong raised it up and earned a single caller in Joao Vieira out of the big blind. Vieira discarded three cards and Wong patted, which led to a bet by the latter. Vieira double-checked his cards and tossed them into the muck.
There are currently seven full-ring tables in action which means the money bubble is only a few eliminations away.
With all of his chips in the middle, Lamy drew one on the third and final draw while Yu stood pat. Unfortunately for Lamy, his card paired his deuce, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Ahmed Amin had 30,000 in before the first drawing round and was left over with exactly 5,000, facing Hal Rotholz. Rotholz patted and bet 5,000, Amin called all-in. The remaining two draws saw Rotholz pat and Amin drew one new card both times.
Rotholz revealed the for a Nine-Dugi and Amin had a draw to the superior hand with the exposed. He made a Badugi but the was not enough to keep him in contention.
James Woods was paid off by Scott Abrams after the final drawing round and tabled a for a Nine-Dugi. Abrams mucked and Woods asked him if he broke up a jack, which Abrams confirmed.
Steve Lee had tossed out another bet after the third draw when the action was discovered. Both Amnon Filippi and Carol Fuchs called and mucked after Lee tabled and was awarded the pot.
Nicholas Julia was all-in for just 8,000 from under the gun and Mike Gorodinsky raised to 15,000, which Gilles Lamy called. Julia discarded three cards, Gorodinsky and Lamy two. It was Gorodinsky who bet and Lamy called, the latter of which then discarded one. Gorodinsky patted and Julia took three new cards once more.
Gorodinsky kept patting and his two opponents took one card each, which then saw Gorodinsky bet and force a fold from Lamy.
Gorodinsky rolled over the and Julia was drawing with the . He peeled what appeared to be a and headed to the rail.
Lamy then raised his short stack from the button and was called by Ben Yu. On the first draw, Yu took three whereas Lamy took one. Yu check-called and discarded two, Lamy discarded one. "You don't want this?" Lamy joked as he had 2,000 behind and then added "he is playing with his food." Yu check-called the all-in for the last two chips and both discarded one.
Yu rolled over for a pair of treys and Lamy doubled with .
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The action was picked up after the third and final draw. Randy Ohel led out on the river and was raised by Philip Sternheimer. This sent Ohel deep into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Ohel opted to fold, and Sternheimer was awarded the pot.