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With the board reading 
, James Honeybone fired out 6,700 and was smooth-called by his opponent as the 
landed on the turn.
Honeybone fired out another strong bet; this time amounting to 9,500 and was met with another call.
Honeybone tabled his 
for a rivered pair, but it would be his opponent's 
that would see him collect the pot and clip Honeybone down to 19,500 in chips.
After only just imparting us the details of his recent elimination of an opponent, our PokerNews reporter walked passed Ricky Kroesen's table to find him seated with 86,000 - up roughly 35,000.
One of the nice guys on the circuit, Kroesen happily detailed the hand he just played which saw him open with a raise preflop holding 
and find one caller before he smooth-called bets on the flop and turn before two-betting all in on the river as the final board read 
.
His opponent instantly made the call for his tournament life tabling his 
, but it would be Kroesen's full house that would see him eliminated another opponent while move to way up the leaderboard.
Mark Ericksen limped in from the hijack only to be faced with a cutoff raise to 1,300.
The button made the call, as did Ericksen, to see a 
flop fall.
Ericksen took the aggressive line by leading out for 2,500 to prompt a fold from the original raiser only to have the button move all in for 8,375.
Ericksen deliberated for a few moments before tossing his cards into the muck to slip to 30,000.
Facing a 900-chip raise under the gun, Ricky Kroesen made the call as both blinds followed suit to see a 
flop fall.
The original aggressor continued for 1,200 only to have Kroesen make it 3,000 to go as both the blinds passed without hesitation.
Instantly the original aggressor move all in for 18,275, and after a slight pause, Kroesen made the call.
Kroesen: 
Opponent:
Although in the lead, Kroesen still had to fade plenty of cards, but when the dealer dropped the 
and on the turn and river, Kroesen eliminated his opponent while soaring to 52,000 in chips.
Cole Swannack opened to 600 from the hijack and found a caller in the cutoff before the player on the button bumped it to 2,500.
Once the blinds passed and the action was back on Swannack, he four-bet to 4,500 to force the cutoff out as the button made the call.
The flop fell down 
and Swannack continued for 5,400 before his opponent made it 12,000 straight. Swannack responded with an all in for 21,700 as his opponent made the call for the additional 9,700.
Swannack: 
Opponent: 
With Swannack trailing, he would need any queen, jack or six to take the lead and stay alive, and once the turn dropped the 
, his outs were reduced by two to six.
Fortunately for Swannack, the river spiked the to ensure him the double to 49,500 in chips - just a handful shy of the chip leaders.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Michael O'Grady limped in under the gun and was followed by a bevy of calls before Daniel Neilson made it 1,200 from the big blind.
With the action on O'Grady, he moved all in for 8,225 and was met with a re-raise all in from a player who also limped in as Neilson mucked.
O'Grady:
Opponent: 
The board rolled out 
to see O'Grady spike not just one pair, but trips to double through to slightly under his starting stack of 20,000.
On a flop of , George Gutierrez open-shoved his last few thousand into Brooke Howard-Smith.
Howard-Smith made the call tabling his to be in great shape to hold and eliminated Gutierrez's 
.
The turn and river landed the and to see Gutierrez head towards the rail as Howard-Smith climbs to 20,500 in chips.
Speaking to Julian Cohen, he informed us of a big pot he played with Danny Silk.
Cohen opened preflop to 550 holding and found a few callers as a 
rainbow flop fell down with Cohen continuing for 1,400. Being met with two callers, Cohen checked the 
on the turn only to have Silk fired out 2,500. Cohen made the call as the third player in the hand folded.
The river landed the and Cohen checked to Silk who fired out a bet.
"I was going to check-call any river until the Ace came." commented Cohen.
"It was my death cards" he added before continuing that he check-raised all in with Silk making the call holding 
for the nuts to best Cohen's set of aces.
As Silk soars to roughly 59,000, Cohen was left stranded on just 14,500 in chips.
Jackson Zheng opened to 600 from the hijack as the button and big blind made the call to see a flop fall.
The big blind and Zheng checked as the button fired out 1,000 to prompt a fold from the big blind.
Zheng then noticed that the was showing on top of the deck, and once the Tournament Director was called, it was decided that the would be handled as a boxed card and consequently regarded as not being in play.
The dealer then placed it in the muck only to see that the next card on the deck was also faced up, and amazingly it was another six - the
With the problem resolved, Zheng made the call as the 
was dealt on the turn and both players checked that, along with the on the river.
The player on the button tabled his , but it would be Zheng's that would see him collect the pot and move to 33,600 in chips.
