David Prociak and Eric Crain battled from the blinds, with Prociak drawing three and Crain one on the second draw. Prociak check-called a bet. Both players then took one card, and Prociak came out betting. Crain called, but he couldn't beat a seven-low or a nut three-card badugi as Prociak tabled .
The next pot, Prociak raised and Crain three-bet. Prociak called, but we didn't see how many cards they took. Crain bet and Prociak called, and both players drew two. They each checked for a final draw, with Crain taking one and Prociak two. Crain bet the end and Prociak called.
From the cutoff, Chris Vitch opened to 9,000 only to have John Racener three-bet the big blind to 28,000.
Vitch thought for a while, and eventually called drawing two behind Racener who stood pat.
Racener pushed out 65,000, but his beat would stand at 58,000. Vitch moved all in for 71,500 and Racener called and stood pat again as Vitch drew one.
Heading into the final draw, Racener would be pat for a third time as Vitch drew one.
Racener:
Vitch:
With Vitch at-risk, he would only survive with one of the remaining fours or threes in the deck, and after squeezing the , he headed to the rail in 22nd place.
It looked like small blind James Obst and Daniel Zack, who was under the gun, got three bets in preflop. The flop came and Obst bet. Zack raised and Obst made it three bets. Zack called, and hit the turn. Obst checked and folded to a bet.
Catching the action on the second draw, Ben Yu bet out 12,000 and George Trigeorgis called.
Yu drew two and Trigeorgis drew one before calling all in for his final 5,000. Yu drew one and Trigeorgis drew one.
Yu:
Trigeorgis:
Yu quickly revealed the for a ten-low and a three-card six as Trigeorgis tabled his for a worse low, and worse three-card, and consequently was eliminated in 23rd place.