The big blind bet 9,000 before Frenchman Victor Hoogstoel raised to 26,000. His opponent went into the tank before folding saying that he had a pair of fives.
Joining the action on the turn with the board . Josh Mischel was in the small blind and checked to his opponent in middle position who bet 13,500. Mischel raised to 60,000 which put his opponent into the tank before folding.
On a three-way flop of , Arash Shahi and the two other players got all of the chips in the middle, with Shahi covering.
Arash Shahi:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Shahi had flopped top two pair and a double gutter straight draw, Opponent 2 had flopped a mirror (three pair), and Oponnent 1 had a pair with the nut flush draw, so all players had equal claim to the pot.
The turn was the which gave Shahi the nut straight with six-seven but other players still had outs. Any 7, 9, or 5 would chop it for Opponent 2, while any 3 would win, and any non-paired diamond would win it for Opponent 1.
Unfortunately for them, the river was a complete brick and Shahi scooped the massive pot, which elimimated his opponents and rocketed him to the chip lead with 320,000.
David "Bakes" Baker was seen collecting his chips in Paris from the late registration table. The three-time WSOP bracelet winner and mixed game specialist will have no problem switching between the games and will be looking to add another bracelet to his impressive resume.
Duy Ho had been having a good start to the tournament as he has been one of the chip leaders. The Hawaiian had put his opponent all in on the flop of .
Under the gun:
Duy Ho:
Ho was well ahead with his set and had his opponent drawing near dead. The turn was and the river the which eliminated his opponent.