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A cooler of a hand has dropped Derrick Kuenzel back to about 500,000. He was there to take on Benny Chen's all in of 91,500 on a board of 
. Kuenzel had bottom set with 
, but Chen had top set with 
. Two blanks on the turn and the river gave Chen the pot.
Chris Johnson opened from under the gun to 15,000. Action folded to Erica Schoenberg in the small blind and she moved all in for about 125,000. After Kenny Nguyen folded in the big blind, Johnson made the call with the 
. He was dominating the 
for Schoenberg.
The board ran out 
and although she picked up some chop outs on the turn, Schoenberg couldn't find what she needed and was eliminated from the tournament. Johnson moved to 540,000 in chips.
Andrew Watson can be forgiven if he steams a bit on his way out of the Caesars Palace poker room. After Luther Lewis opened to 14,000, Watson squeezed out 
in the small blind and bumped the betting up to 40,000. Brian England was in the big blind with 
. He put in the fourth bet, to 90,000, driving Lewis quickly out of the pot. Watson decided to stick it all in, 260,000 worth of chips, and England opted to call. Watson's dreaded queen came on the flop, 
. Running tens sealed his fate. He's out, and England has climbed to 640,000.
Some hands play themselves. Horatio Hu opened all in from middle position for 80,000. Derrick Kuenzel, sitting in the cutoff position, called -- as did the small blind, Peter Paturzo, who was all in for less than the 80,000. At the three-way showdown, Kuenzel had the best hand with pocket kings. Hu showed pocket deuces, while Paturzo had 
. Paturzo flopped a queen, but no other board card challenged Kuenzel's supremacy. He dragged the main pot and the side pot to knock out both his opponents and climb to almost 600,000 in chips.
Scott Epstein raised form the hijack seat to 15,000 before Scott Wood made the call in the cutoff seat. Action then folded to Kenny Nguyen in the small blind. He three-bet to 45,000 and play moved back over to Epstein. He folded, but then Wood asked Nguyen for a count on the rest of his stack. Nguyen had just about 40,000 behind and Wood put him all in. Nguyen quickly called with the . Wood held the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out clean for Nguyen as the 
came out and gave him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
175,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
The following players have all been eliminated. Each received $2,743:
46th - Joshua Prager
47th - Cody Slaubaugh
48th - Anthony Lazar
49th - Clifford Waite
50th - Michael Chow
51st - Tony Hartmann
52nd - Ann Mong
53rd - Denny Robinson
54th - William Gafney
Jimmy Fricke was just eliminated in a big 600,000-chip pot with Adam Hui. Fricke strolled by our desk to let us know that him and Hui got all the money in on the 
flop with two spades. Fricke held the 
and Hui . Hui's top two pair held up and he scooped the pot to move to about 675,000 in chips while Fricke hit the rail.
Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
From under the gun, Harold Wasson raised to 13,000. Jimmy Fricke called from the hijack seat and everyone else folded to leave the action heads up to the flop. The flop came down 
and Wasson bet 30,000. Fricke made the call.
The turn was the and Wasson checked. Fricke checked behind to see the 
fall on the river. Wasson checked again, as did Fricke.
Wasson rolled over the 
and Fricke mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
280,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Josh Prager's made sporadic appearances on the tournament circuit for a number of years. He's here in Las Vegas for this event, and he's in trouble. He made a standard open pre-flop from middle position, then was faced with a three-bet shove from a short stack that was only 36,500 more. Prager called with 
and was dominated by 
. He didnt improve enough on a board of 
. Losing that pot pushed Prager's count down to 36,000.
He busted a few hands later.
