We caught up to see the remnants of a hand where Chris Moneymaker put his short stack all in before the flop with 
. Moneymaker was racing with Justin Gardenhire's 
and failed to improve on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
725,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
560,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
555,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
500,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
200,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
195,000 | |
|
165,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
155,000
-84,500
|
-84,500 |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
70,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
|
45,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
We missed the action but can report that Maria Ho has been eliminated from play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Peter Zhmutski opened to 10,000 from under the gun only to have Andy Hwang three-bet to 26,000 from the cutoff. The blinds folded and Zhmutski called.
The dealer brought down a flop of 
and Zhmutski checked to Hwang who continued out for 16,000. Zhmutski opted to check-raise, however, and it was suddenly 56,000 to go. Hwang called and the turn came 
.
Zhmutski wasted no time announcing that he was all in, which was actually a bet for Hwang's tournament life. Hwang called and showed 
only to find that he was behind Zhmutski's 
.
The 
fell on fifth street and Hwang was forced to settle for a spot on the rail. Zhmutski, however, is now sporting a stack of 655,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
655,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
Busted |
David "Doc" Sands opened to 8,000 and the player in the hijack called. Richard Tygum called from the cutoff only to have Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 26,000 from the button. Sands and the hijack folded while Tygum decided to stick around.
A flop of 
fell down and Tygum rapped the table. Moneymaker continued for 35,000 and Tygum moved all in. Moneymaker called and the hands were shown to find that Moneymaker was looking for a spade:
Moneymaker: 
Tygum: 
The turn and river were the 
and the 
, which forced Moneymaker to ship over most of his chips. He's currently sitting on about 34,000 while Tygum's stack is thriving at around 290,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
|
34,000
-144,000
|
-144,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mark Eddleman opened with a 9,000 raise before the flop and was called by Jerry Lorett. Aaron Massey made it 24,000 to go from the button and both players called.
The flop came down 
and Eddleman checked. Lorett open shipped all in for an unknown amount and Massey called. Eddleman then moved all in over the top and Massey snap called for his tournament life.
Massey: 
Eddleman: 
Lorett: 
Massey flopped top set and was crushing the top two pair of Eddleman. However, Massey would need to fade the flush and straight outs for Lorett to take down the whole pot.
The 
on the turn was the perfect card for Massey and he was one card away from taking down a massive pot.
The dealer tapped the table and produced the river.
The 
.
Massey erupted into celebration as the dealer began to count his stack. It turns out Massey was all in for 208,500 and by the time he stacked all of his chips we clocked him at sitting around 655,000. Eddleman was crippled after this hand while Lorett was forced to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
655,000
462,500
|
462,500 |
After doubling an opponent almost immediately, Cord Garcia has bounced back nicely. He doubled up just before his table broke and just eliminated Kunal Patel with 
against Patel's 
for a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |
Daniel Lowery opened with a raise to 10,500 and received a call from Samuel Rosenzweig on the button. 2012 World Series of Poker Octo-Niner Robert Salaburu moved out a three-bet from the small blind to 53,000 and Lowery got rid of his cards.
Rosenzweig took a deep breath and moved all in for 73,000 total and Salaburu called.
Salaburu:
Rosenzweig:
The board fell 
and Salaburu was forced to ship the chips to Rosenzweig in the next seat over. Salaburu is currently down to about 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
100,000
-156,000
|
-156,000 |
