Phil Hellmuth completed with a and then called a raise from Brendan Taylor. Hellmuth called another bet on the turn before taking the lead on fifth and betting out. This time it was Taylor who did the calling, which he would repeat on both sixth and seventh streets.

"Nine," Hellmuth said to signify a nine-low. Taylor didn't look too surprised as he folded his hand.

Taylor: (x-x) / / (x)
Hellmuth: (x-x) / / (x) ()

Phil Hellmuth	650,000	170,000
Brendan Taylor	460,000	-185,000

Barry Greenstein: /
Brandon Cantu: /

Greenstein completed, Phil Hellmuth released, and Cantu examined Greenstein's stack before raising. Greenstein called. On fourth street, Cantu led out, and Greenstein raised. Cantu re-raised, putting Greenstein all in, and Cantu called.

Greenstein:
Cantu:

Greenstein was dealt a on fifth, Cantu received a , and then both players were dealt s on sixth. Cantu flipped over a on seventh, while Greenstein squeezed his down card.

"I'm even money," Greenstein said, grinning. "It's either the six or eight of hearts."

The would pair him, and the would give him the best hand. Unfortunately for the Bear, it was the eliminating him from the tournament. Greenstein received a loud round of applause, and he's off to the cage to collect his $30,150.

Brandon Cantu	280,000	111,000
Barry Greenstein	0	-95,000

Barry Greenstein was showing an and completed, which Phil Hellmuth raised with his . Greenstein made the call and then called bets on the turn and fifth street. On sixth, Greenstein folded after receiving paint, but not before he showed his hole cards.

Greenstein: /
Hellmuth: (x-x) /
Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth	385,000	51,000
Barry Greenstein	95,000	-76,000

Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.

Action has slowed as of late with just a couple minutes remaining in this level. The slow play hasn't stopped Phil Hellmuth from telling the other players just how good he is. "I got here playing perfect," Hellmuth declared.

Barry Greenstein brought it in with a and then called a raise from Phil Hellmuth. The 11-time bracelet winner then fired every street through sixth, all of which Greenstein called, and then both players checked seventh.

Hellmuth: (x-x) / / (x) ()
Greenstein: (x-x) / / (x)

Hellmuth rolled over an 8-5 low and Greenstein simply mucked.

Phil Hellmuth	365,000	65,000
Barry Greenstein	265,000	-55,000

Barry Greenstein	/ (FOLDED)
Phil Hellmuth	/ /
Brandon Cantu	/ (FOLDED)
Brendan Taylor	/ /

Three bets went in on third street, and on fourth street, Taylor led out. Only Hellmuth called. Hellmuth paired on fifth and called a bet from Taylor, but was forced to fold on sixth.

Taylor is now our chip leader, while Hellmuth is steaming a little bit.

Brendan Taylor	605,000	154,000
Phil Hellmuth	380,000	-120,000

Scott Fischman: / /
Don Zewin: / /

Zewin completed, and Fischman called. Zewin led out on fourth street, Fischman called, and both players knuckled on fifth. Zewin check-called bets on sixth and seventh, then announced, "seven perfect."

Fischman sighed, but when Zewin turned over , Barry Greenstein corrected him.

"That's not a seven perfect," he informed Zewin.

"Jesus," Fischman utttered, turning over for the same hand. "I almost mucked."

"Sorry," Zewin apologized. "You were always getting half of the pot, Scott."

"Not if I mucked," Fischman responded.

There was then an issue splitting the pot. There was an extra yellow T1,000 chip in the pot that couldn't be broken (the purple T500 chips were colored off) and no one knew who it should go to. In stud variants, even Razz, the extra chip goes to the player with the highest card (in Razz, aces are low). Half the table thought it should go to Fischman because he had a queen, which was the highest card dealt, but the other half thought it should go to Zewin because he had the , which was the highest card of the two five-card hands.

"Just put the chip on the rail," Greenstein suggested. "We'll treat it like a replay in the NBA and wait for a TV timeout."

Eventually, two tournament directors got together and ruled that the chip would go to Zewin, because it goes to the highest card from the five-card hands.

Michael Chow fired out a bet on the turn and was called by Phil Hellmuth, who was showing a pair of aces. Fifth street saw Chow fire out another bet, but this time Helluth quickly raised. "You can just say all in," Hellmuth told Chow, who only had 10,000 behind. While he didn't say it, Chow did commit it.

Chow: / /
Hellmuth: / /

Sixth street gave Hellmuth a nine-low, which meant Chow needed to improve on seventh. He squeezed out his card and didn't see any pips, meaning it was either a deuce, three or ace. "You've got two of the aces though," Chow said, knowing it was the only card that would save his tournament life. He then flipped and revealed a . With that, Hellmuth chipped up to 500,000 and sent Chow home in seventh place.

Phil Hellmuth	500,000	90,000
Michael Chow	0	-145,000

Brendan Taylor completed with a and then called a raise from Jeff Misteff. The latter bet the turn before calling a bet on fifth. Misteff's last 10,000 went in on sixth and the cards were tabled.

Misteff: (x) / / (x)
Taylor: / /

We didn't get a good look at Misteff's cards, but we do know he was drawing dead headed into seventh street. He finished in eighth place and parted with a $17,693 consolation prize.

Jeff Misteff

0

-112,000

Scott Fischman	/ /
Brandon Cantu	/ /

Cantu completed, and Fischman called. Cantu led out on fourth street, Fischman called, and then Fischman led out on fifth. Cantu called. Cantu called another bet on sixth street, and Fischman checked on seventh. Cantu tanked before betting, and Fischman called.

Cantu fanned for an eighty-seven, and Fischman mucked.

"You probably don't get that call, Barry," Cantu said to Greenstein, who nodded. "But do you know how many millions I've spent to get that call?"

Greenstein and the rest of the tabled burst into laughter.

A few hands later, Fischman, Brendan Taylor, and Don Zewin were three-handed on fourth street.

Fischman	/ /
Taylor	/ (FOLDED)
Zewin	/ /

Zewin led out, and both Fischman and Taylor called. On fifth, the action checked to Fischman who bet. Fischman check-called bets on sixth and seventh, and Zewin fanned .

Fischman mucked.

Don Zewin	510,000	151,000
Brandon Cantu	400,000	213,000
Scott Fischman	330,000	-145,000

Jeff Misteff completed with a and then called a raise from Barry Greenstein, who was showing an . Misteff then fired the turn and Greenstein called, action that would be repeated on fifth street. On sixth, Misteff bet, Greenstein raised, Misteff three-bet and Greenstein called off his last 11,000.

Greenstein: / /
Misteff: / /

Misteff had a 7-6 low when the money went in but it was behind the 7-5 low of Greenstein. Misteff was unable to improve on seventh and Greenstein locked up the double.

Barry Greenstein	225,000	110,000
Jeff Misteff	112,000	-75,000

Scott Fischman	/ /
Phil Hellmuth	/ /

Fischman completed, Hellmuth raised, and Fischman called. On fourth street, Hellmuth reached for chips even though Fischman was first to act. Fischman indeed checked, and Hellmuth bet. Fischman called.

Both players knuckled on fifth, and Fischman led out on sixth. Hellmuth tank-called. The two checked again on seventh, and Fischman tabled for a ninety-five. Hellmuth showed before mucking, and Fischman picked up the pot.

Scott Fischman	475,000	45,000
Phil Hellmuth	410,000	-36,000

Scott Fishman brought it in with a and Brandon Cantu completed. A short-stacked David Rosenau then raised all in for 14,000 total, which both Fischman and Cantu called. Fischman proceeded to check-call bets on the turn, fifth and sixth, and then bet when Cantu checked seventh. Cantu thought for a long time before he folded.

Fischman: (x-x) / / (x) ()
Rosenau: (x-x) / / (x) ()
Cantu: (x-x) / / (x)

Rosenau ended up with three pair and was dispatched in ninth place by Fischman's 7-6-5-4-3 low.

David Rosenau

0

-105,000

Scott Fischman	/ /
Michael Chow	/ /

Chow completed, Fischman raised, and Chow called. Chow bet out on fourth street, Fischman called, and both players checked on fifth. Chow bet again on sixth, and Fischman called.

On seventh, Chow check-folded to a bet, and Fischman raked in the pot.

Scott Fischman	315,000	155,000
Michael Chow	110,000	-35,000

We caught the action on fifth street when Brandon Cantu bet and received a call from Michael Chow. Both players then checked sixth, while Cantu did the same on seventh. Chow took the opportunity to bet 20,000, which Cantu called.

"Eight low," Chow said as he rolled over his hand, which was good enough to win the pot.

Cantu: (x-x) / / (x)
Chow: (x-x) / / (x) ()

"Unbelievable," was all Cantu could muster as he counted out the chips to pay off his opponent.

Brandon Cantu	230,000	-70,000
Michael Chow	145,000	68,000

Barry Greenstein	/ /
Phil Hellmuth	/ / \

We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Greenstein bet out. Hellmuth called. Greenstein proceeded to lead out on fifth, sixth, and seventh as well, and Hellmuth called him down.

Greenstein turned over , Hellmuth mucked, and Greenstein raked in the pot.

Phil Hellmuth	365,000	-40,000
Barry Greenstein	220,000	90,000

The players have relocated to the Pavilion Stage and the cards are back in the air.