Dan Cates limped the button with the and Yuri Dzivielevski checked his option with the . On the flop, Dzivielevski bet his open-ended straight draw to get called and then bet again the on the turn. Cates raised with his quads and Dzivielevski instantly folded.
Dan Cates wrestled back the lead from Yuri Dzivielevski when he made an open pair of tens in Seven Card Stud while most other hands ended at the completion already.
The game variant then switched to Omaha Hi-Lo and Dzivielevski three-bet with the as initial raiser Cates called with . On the flop, Dzivielevski bet and Cates called. They headed to the turn on which Dzivielevski bet and Cates raised after he had improved to trips nines.
Dzivielevski opted for a three-bet and Cates called. The river brought a bet by Dzivielevski and a call by Cates as they had to settle for a chop.
Dan Cates raised to 400,000 on the button with the and Yuri Dzivielevski called with the to see the flop go check, check. On the turn, Dzivielevski checked and subsequently called a bet worth 650,000 by Cates as they headed to the on the river.
Following another check by Dzivielevski, Cates then bet 2,100,000 for nearly the size of the pot with his nine-high. The call by Dzivielevski followed and he nearly closed the gap to Cates.
Yuri Dzivielevski raised it up with the on the button and Dan Cates defended the in the big blind. On a flop of , Cates check-called for 850,000 and the turn was checked. Cates bet the river for 2,200,000 into 3,925,000 and Dzivielevski gave up the pot on the four flush board.
Yuri Dzivielevski won some chips when he patted a ten-seven after the second draw and Dan Cates paired his trey to win some chips before he then started with an eighty-five and took down the next small pot.
After a chant by "Macho Man", the next hand unfolded and it would turn into another win for Dzivielevski.
Both Cates and Dzivielevski discarded two on the first draw and Cates bet for Dzivielevski to call. By then, Cates had a pat while Dzivielevski discarded two with his . Cates bet and Dzivielevski check-called as he discarded one and found a magic .
Dzivielevski now bet and Cates raised only for the Brazilian to make it three bets and get called. Dzivielevski tabled the wheel and won a decent pot as he pulled back above ten million in chips.
The cards are back in the air as Dan "Macho Man" Cates came flying back to the stage with his cape flowing in the wind. They continue with a few hands of Limit 2-7 Triple Draw and Cates has a lead of more than three to one over Yuri Dzivielevski.
Naoya Kihara was all-in prior to the first draw and broke up a queen-jack as he discarded two cards while Dan Cates needed three new cards as they started with a and respectively.
Cates improved to an and discarded one while Kihara discarded two again.
Cates paired up his trey while Kihara paired his deuce and received an ace to discarded two once more, with Cates taking one new card
On the final, Cates made an and Kihara paired up once more to end up with an / to bow out in 3rd place for $639,257. It was the biggest cash of the live poker career for the Japanese mixed game specialist and the remaining two players are now on a short break prior to the start of the heads-up duel.
Naoya Kihara completed and then got his remaining chips in against Yuri Dzivielevski on third street.
Naoya Kihara: / /
Yuri Dzivielevski: / /
By seventh street Kihara was drawing at three outs — a six or a nine — to best the kings up of Dzivielevski, and managed to do so with the giving him a full house.
Dan Cates completed and Naoya Kihara then reraised for Yuri Dzivielevski to four-bet. Kihara made it four bets for essentially half of his stack and both opponents came along. Kihara bet to earn calls from Dzivielevski and Cates as they headed to fifth street.
Dzivielevski now made open kings and bet for Cates to call with his four spades and Kihara vaulted out of his chair before he invested another precious big bet, leaving himself with just 450,000 behind. All three players checked on sixth street and Dzivielevski bet seventh with just a pair of kings. Cates raised and Kihara once more studied the open boards on the other side of the street carefully.
Kihara released his cards into the muck and Dzivielevski paid off the raise without too much hesitation as Cates scooped an enormous pot while Kihara was left with fewer than one full bet.