Leo Kaplan moved in for his remaining 100,000 and was called by Dan Wagner.
Wagner held ace seven while Kaplan tabled pocket tens.
Unfortunately for Kaplan, the flop and turn brought an ace and he was sent home in sixth place, pocketing $1,916 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | -185,000 |
|
Busted |
Rob Greene raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Tyler Orsini moved all in for 280,000 on the button. Greene called.
Greene: 
Orsini: 
The board ran out 
and Greene made a straight to eliminate Orsini.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
710,000 | 360,000 |
|
Busted |
John Brock was all in for about 100,000 before the flop and was called by Jim Girdlestone.
Girdlestone tabled 
while Brock revealed pocket eights.
The board ran out ace-high and Brock was sent to the rail in eight place, taking home $1,127 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 330,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
The remaining eight players are now on a quick break.
Play resumes at 10:34PM.
Ed Reid and Jim Pifer both dwindled down to less than two big blinds and were both all in. They were called by Leo Kaplan on the button and Rob Greene in the small blind.
Kaplan and Greene checked down a board reading 
and Green tabled two red nines to take down the pot as Reid and Pifer both held ace high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000 | -200,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Dan Wagner is chasing another title after taking down the 2016 Fall Poker Classic Main Event late last year. He leads the remaining ten players at the official final table for this opening event.
Here is a look at how the final table stacks up:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahar Khajavi | 560,000 |
| 2 | Jim Girdlestone | 420,000 |
| 3 | John Brock | 180,000 |
| 4 | George Crozier | 360,000 |
| 5 | Jim Pifer | 60,000 |
| 6 | Leo Kaplan | 235,000 |
| 7 | Rob Greene | 155,000 |
| 8 | Ed Reid | 35,000 |
| 9 | Tyler Orsini | 240,000 |
| 10 | Dan Wagner | 805,000 |
Charles Johnson was all in before the flop and was called by both Dan Wagner and Dietrich Kuhlmann.
The flop came 
and Kuhlmann was also all in, getting called instantly by Wagner.
Wagner: 
Johnson: 
Kuhlmann: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending both Johnson and Kuhlmann to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
805,000 | 355,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Jim Girdlestone raised to 42,000 from early position and Mike Rellinger called out of the big blind.
The flop came 
and Rellinger got his chips in the middle, getting called by Girdlestone.
Girdlestone: 
Rellinger: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the , giving Girdlestone a double up and leaving Rellinger short.
Rellinger tripled up from 25,000 chips the next hand but ran his 
into Dietrich Kuhlmann's pocket kings in the hand after that, sending him home in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000 | 180,000 |
|
Busted |
