We came upon Braden J. Hall who was pondering calling the all in of a short stacked player. Hall called and showed 
against his opponent's 
. Hall paired his nine on the flop and his opponent failed to improve his hand, ensuring his elimination and more chips to go the way of Hall.
Hall is currently sporting a stack of 170,000 and is one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 |
We caught up to find Kevin MacPhee and an opponent looking down at a board of 
. MacPhee's opponent checked and MacPhee shot out 5,700. His opponent called and the 
rivered. Both players checked and MacPhee's opponent showed 
for a pair of tens.
MacPhee showed 
for a flopped two pair and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | 11,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
We're unsure how it happened, but Sean Hwang, the man who knocked out Jason Koon earlier in the tournament, has jumped back into a massive chip lead with about 195,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | 85,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
117,000 | 21,000 |
|
56,000 | 1,000 |
|
54,000 | -10,000 |
|
44,000 | 15,000 |
|
40,000 | 17,000 |
|
34,500 | -1,500 |
|
24,000 | 4,500 |
Matt Affleck was recently spotted walking out of the tournament area with his backpack slung over his shoulder. He was been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
After two players limped, it folded around to Noah Vaillancourt in the big blind who moved all in for his last 16,700. The first player pondered for about thirty seconds before dropping in enough chips to call. The next limper got out of the way and the hands were turned over:
Vaillancourt: 
Opponent: 
Vaillancourt was out in front and managed to improve his lead on the 
flop. It wouldn't be poker without a sweat, though, and the 
fell on fourth street to give his opponent outs to make a heart flush.
The 
hit the river, however, and Vaillancourt was able to double up to about 36,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000 | 16,500 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
We caught up after shouts echoed throughout the River Rock Theatre to find that Tyler Lee was able to score a huge double up through one time big stack Roberto Tria.
The flop read 
and Lee was all in and at risk holding 
for top two pair. Unfortunately for Lee he was against the 
of Tria and in need of some help to stay alive.
The turn was the harmless 
but the 
on the river shook everything up and caused players around the table to let out shouts and cries. Lee's rivered full house was able to net him a double up to the top chip position in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,140,000 | 1,091,000 |
|
|
58,000 | -30,000 |
Matt Jarvis opened to 1,700 from early position and was called by the player in the big blind.
The flop brought 
and action was checked to Jarvis who continued out for 2,100. His opponent called and they both checked when the board paired with the on fourth street. The 
completed the board and Jarvis' opponent shot out 3,700. Jarvis quickly called but mucked when he was shown for jacks and nines with an ace. With his hit Jarvis' stack is now sitting at 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 | -15,500 |
