With about 7,500 in the pot and the board reading , TJ Cloutier called a bet of 4,700 from an opponent.
The hit the turn and both players checked, landing the on the river. After about 30 seconds, his opponent fired 8,000.
"Can't give this up," said Cloutier as he threw in the chips to call. Cloutier was disappointed to see his opponent turn over for trips, good enough to take down the pot.
Down to about 18,000, Brett Schwertley found a timely double up after picking up . He and an opponent got their chips in and Schwertley's rockets held up after the final board read .
Lyle Glover and an opponent got all the biscuits in the middle with the board reading . Glover was ahead with for a set of fours and his opponent was drawing with .
Glover couldn't look as the river fell, but the was harmless and he was shipped a massive pot worth over 150,000 chips.
A player in middle position called, but TJ Cloutier was having none of that. He made it 4,000 to go from the cutoff and action back to the limper.
He called, landing a . It was checked to Cloutier and after eyeing his opponent's stack, Cloutier bet 15,000. His opponent thought for a few moments before giving it up.
With that pot, Cloutier upped his stack to about 63,000.
Manny Patel opened from the hijack and Jeremy Schwartz re-raised all in from the cutoff. Action folded back to Patel and after a few moments in the tank, he gave it up. Schwartz flashed as he collected the chips.
Patel: Down to roughly 12,000
Jeremy Schwartz: Up to about 27,000
Kevin Calenzo is up to about 44,000 after winning a race for his tournament life.
He informed us that he defeated his "nemesis in seat 2" with against the pocket queens of said nemesis. An ace hit the board, securing the double for Calenzo.