An early position player raised to 1,200, Erick Lindgren re-raised to 4,000 from the big blind, the EP player moved all in and Lindgren called. The EP player held while Lindgren tabled . The flop was giving Lindgren a set and his opponent top pair. The turn was the and the river was the , making Lindgren a full house.
Joe Hachem moved all in for 3,850 from UTG+1 and was called by the small blind. Hachem showed and was dismayed to see the small blind's pocket aces. The board came and Hachem was eliminated.
Four players, including Ryan Fair, saw a flop of Q-Q-2 and the action was checked around. The turn was a 6 and everyone checked around again. The river was a 3. Fair bet 1,375 and got one caller. Fair showed Q-2 for the full house and dragged the pot. He's up to 24,000.
Barry Greenstein raised to 1,800 from UTG, the cutoff re-raised to 3,500, Greenstein moved all in and the cutoff called. Greenstein tabled while the cutoff turned over . Greenstein's pocket rockets held up on the board, increasing his stack to 16,500.
Greg Raymer moved all in for 1,225, the small blind re-raised to 4,200 to isolate, and the big blind folded. Raymer turned up and the small blind showed . The flop was , the turn was the and the river was the , eliminating Raymer.
On a flop of , the big blind checked, Steve Zolotow bet 1,400 from the cutoff, and the big blind called. The turn was the . The big blind bet 3,700 and Zolotow called. The river was the . The big blind bet another 4,700 and Zolotow called. Zolotow showed A-3, having turned a pair of aces. His opponent held K-8.
The A-x-x, two diamond flop looked pretty good to Johnny Chan who held . He got his money all-in on the flop against Michael Watson, who held A-Q offsuit.
The turn and river brought two blanks and Chan was eliminated from the tournament.