Action folded to Joe Ebanks in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 700. The player on the button, Jeff Tomlinson, reraised to 1,900, then the two blinds folded. Ebanks then four-bet to 5,100. Tomlinson made the call.
The flop came down , and Ebanks led for 3,500. Tomlinson moved all in for approximately 25,000, and Ebanks quickly folded.
Tim Shortell has returned to the event after winning his reentry through a satellite that just wrapped up. Shortell built a decent stack early yesterday, but said he became extremely card dead from there on out and busted towards the end of the night.
Terry Plagenz limped in from early position, and Joe Serock attacked his limp with a raise to 1,050 from the hijack seat. After action folded back to Plagenz, he called to see the flop come out . Plagenz checked, Serock bet 1,125, and Plagenz called.
The landed on the turn, and Plagenz checked. Serock bet 4,000, and Plagenz called.
The river completed the board with the , and Plagenz checked. Serock mulled it over, then ended up checking behind.
Plagenz announced that he was playing the board and tabled the . Serock showed the for the top full house, and he won the pot.
After a raise from a player in middle position and a call from Wayne Griffin in the hijack seat, Neil Rodriguez called on the button. The three players saw the flop come down , and action checked around. The turn was the , and the original preflop raiser fired 1,600. Griffin folded, but Rodriguez called.
The river was the , and the first player checked. Rodriguez bet 2,100, and his opponent folded. Rodriguez turned over the for a flopped full house that turned into quads on the river. He scooped the pot and moved to 70,000 in chips.
Defending champion Joe Serock has been eliminated for the second time. He was all in with versus Joe Ebanks' . Ebanks went on to make trip aces and win the pot to send Serock to the rail.
Mukul Pahuja was all in preflop with against the for Joe Ebanks. Pahuja was able to flop a six to take the lead when it came , but a on the turn followed by a on the river gave the hand right back to Ebanks. Pahuja was eliminated for the second time today while Ebanks climbed to 63,000.