Matt Levine fired out a bet of 1,600 into a pot of around 3,000 on a board of . His opponent, Mike Gagliano, called, and the completed the board.
Levine led out again - this time for 2,000 - and Gagliano put in a raise, making it 7,200 to go. Levin shifted in his seat, tanked for nearly two minutes, then folded.
Anthony Garofalo moved all in for 18,200 into a pot of around 50,000 on a board of . Khaled Alwan tanked for a considerable amount of time, so long that Melanie Weisner opted to call the clock.
Alwan wasted little time after that, folding face up. Garofalo send his cards into the muck facedown.
Kevin Saul has exited the tournament at the hands of Jonathan Little who joked after the hand "we're just two old nits". Saul immediately went to re-enter, something we'll be seeing a lot of as players have until the end of Level 6 to re-enter today and can fire as many bullets as they wish. There is another flight tomorrow as well.
The players at Little's table might have thought their table would get a little easier with Saul's elimination but his empty seat was filled by Paul Volpe.
In what looked to be a three-bet pot preflop, Jonathan Little and Peter Ippolito were heads up on a flop of . Little check-called a bet of 2,200, both players knuckled after the came on the turn, and the completed the board.
Little led out, bombing 13,400, and Ippolito opted to fold.
The next hand, Paul Volpe raised in middle position, Brett Richey called on his direct left, and the rest of the players folded. Volpe tossed out a continuation bet of 700 on a flop of , Richey called, and the pair checked on the turn ().
Volpe fired another 3,000, Richey called, and Volpe took the pot with .