Ryan Leng opened the pot with a raise to 400 from under the gun. He was called by Matt Waxman from the small blind and Usman Siddique from the big blind.
Waxman took one while Siddique took three and Leng took one.
Waxman then opted to lead out with a bet of 1,000. Siddique called as did Leng.
Waxman stood pat on the second draw while Siddique took two and Leng took one again.
Then Waxman led out with a bet of 3,600. Siddique folded but Leng called.
On the third draw, Waxman stood pat again and Leng took one last draw. Both players then checked. Waxman showed for an eighty-six. Leng showed and mucked his other card, awarding Waxman the pot.
Nelson Chu limped under the gun and Adam Owen raised to 900. It folded back around to Chu and he caled.
The flop came . Chu check-called a bet of 2,000 from Owen. The turn was the . Chu checked and Owen announced pot. Chu called the 6,225.
The river was the . Chu checked again and Owen announced pot again. Chu called and was all in.
Owen:
Chu:
Owen had made a wheel on the river, which was good enough to scoop the pot, and, with Chu's two pairs and flush draw failing to improve, he was eliminated.
Hye Park opened with a raise to 500 from the cutoff. Calvin Anderson called him from the big blind. The flop came and Anderson checked to Park who bet 600. Anderson called.
On the turn, Anderson checked once more to Park. Park bet 1,600. Anderson thought about it for a bit, then plopped in a stack of T$1,000 yellow chips, enough to put Park all in. Park thought about it for a while, then called.
Park:
Anderson:
Anderson had some outs but was well behind Park's two pairs. Park improved to a set on the river and that was good to earn him the double-up through Anderson.
That's what Mike Matusow said as we walked by his table.
"It's not every day you see a table where you not only know everyone on a first-name basis, but you can even say you're acquaintances with all of 'em," Matusow continued.
With over $15 million in World Series of Poker cashes and seven bracelets spread among the six players, Matusow was right. Of the seven bracelets, four belong to Matusow himself. Todd Brunson holds one and Chris Bjorin also has two.
Dan Smith, Jon Turner, and Lee Markholt are all still trying to find that first bracelet win and many consider Smith to be one of the best players left without a bracelet to his name.
for an eighty-six. Leng showed 
. Chu check-called a bet of 2,000 from Owen. The turn was the 
. Chu checked and Owen announced pot. Chu called the 6,225.
. Chu checked again and Owen announced pot again. Chu called and was all in.
