Abe Mosseri Wins Event No. 55 ($165,521) Masayoshi Tanaka Eliminated in Second Place ($102,313)

Abe Mosseri dominated heads-up play and quickly had Masayoshi Tanaka down to his final few bets.

On the very last hand, Tanaka raised and Mosseri reraised. Tanaka called and drew two cards and Mosseri drew one. Mosseri bet and was called and stood pat on the second draw.

Tanaka drew one and both players got it all in. Both stood pat on the end and Mosserii quickly put Tanaka out of his misery by showing number three, 7-6-5-3-2. Tanaka couldn’t beat it and was eliminated in second place

Mosseri picked up his first career bracelet just two weeks removed from his sixth place finish in the $10,000 Stud eight-or-better championship.

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 3 out of 257

Chip Counts:

1. Masayoshi Tanaka — 860,000
2. Abe Mosseri — 798,000
3. Julie Schneider — 260,000

Average Chip Count: 642,500

Notable Eliminations:

4. John Juanda — $44,941

Big Hands

John Juanda Eliminated in 4th Place ($44,941)

After being cripple in the hand before when accidentally standing pat with a straight, John Juanda was already all in on the big blind, and Abe Mosseri calls him by default from the small blind.

Juanda draws three cards while Mosseri draws two.

Juanda draws two cards while Mosseri stands pat.

Juanda once again draws two cards while Mosseri continues to stand pat.

Mosseri wins with a 9-8-7-4-2 and John Juanda is eliminated in 4th place ($44,941).

Blinds: 8,000-15,000

Players Remaining: 5 out of 257

Chip Counts:

1. Abe Mosseri — 900,000
2. Masayoshi Tanaka — 530,000
3. Julie Schneider — 325,000
4. John Juanda — 141,000
5. Blair Rodman — 75,000

Average Chip Count: 375,000

Notable Eliminations:

5. Brad Libson — $23,484

Big Hands

Brad Libson Eliminated in 6th Pace ($23,484)

Julie Schneider raises and Brad Libson moves all in for 35,000 before the draw. Schneider calls and both players draw two cards each for both of the first two draws.

Schneider stands pat on the third draw while Libson draws one card.

Schneider: J-9-5-3-2
Libson: A-8-7-4-2

Libson draws an ace on the last card and is eliminated in 6th place ($23,484).

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 257

Chip Counts:

1. Brad Libson — 441,385
2. Masayoshi Tanaka — 385,000
3. Blair Rodman — 380,000
4. John Juanda — 280,000
5. Abe Mosseri — 220,000
6. Julie Schneider — 220,000
7. Kris Lord — 78,000

Average Chip Count: 275,357

Notable Eliminations:

9. Nam Le — $13,423
8. Hertzel Zalewski — $17,933

The $2,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw event has just nine players remaining. Abe Mosseri leads the way but he is followed behind by notables John Juanda, Nam Le, Blair Rodman and Tom Schneider’s wife, Julie.

Here are their chip counts:

1. Abe Mosseri — 447,000
2. Blair Rodman — 358,000
3. Masayoshi Tanaka — 345,000
4. John Juanda — 182,000
5. Julie Schneider — 163,000
6. Brad Libson — 146,000
7. Hertzel Zalewski — 111,000
8. Nam Le — 95,000
9. Kris Lord — 87,000

The players will return tomorrow at 2:00 PDT to battle down to a champion.