On a flop of , Gary Do checked it over to Jonas Entin, and he bet 7,000. Do called, and the turn card brought the . Do bet the pot, drawing a pot reraise from Entin. Do made the call, putting himself all in in the process.
Showdown
Do:
Entin:
It was one of those gnarly set-over-set situations, and Do was on the good end of it. The river was a blank , and Gary Do has doubled up. He's at 105,000 now, while Entin is down to 190,000.
Daniel Makowsky opened with a raise to 10,000 from the button, and Jarred Solomon reraised to 31,000 from the big blind. Makowsky called.
The flop came . Solomon led out for 31,000, Makowsky raised all in, and Solomon called with the last of his stack. Solomon showed , and Makowsky tabled . The turn was the and the river the , and Solomon is out in 24th.
Makowsky is the current chip leader, and also the first player to reach 300,000.
With a flop showing , Jonathan Tamayo got himself all in, and Chris Chang called him down.
Tamayo turned over for the flopped flush. He wasn't quite out of the woods though, as Chang tabled for top set. The turn was a blank , safe for Tamayo. To his dismay though, the hit the river, improving Chang to the winning aces full, and sending Tamayo to the exit in 26th place.
There was 13,500 in the pot before the flop came . Jeff Littlefield bet 13,500, Ben Grundy raised to 30,000, and Littlefield called with his remaining chips.
Littlefield
Grundy
Grundy flopped the set of nines, while Littlefield was hoping to fill out that straight. The turn was the and the river the , and Littlefield is out.
David Sklansky was all in on fourth street for 11,000 after putting about 14,000 into the pot already. The board read , and Cornel Cimpan looked him up, having Sklansky well covered.
Showdown
Sklansky:
Cimpan:
Sklansky needed to fade just a few outs with one card to come, and the river locked up the pot for him. Making queens full, David Sklansky has doubled his way up to 52,000.
After a brief pause to get everyone situated, play has resumed. We have just started a new level. Here's how everyone is seated with three tables remaining:
Table #76
Seat 1: Najib Bennani
Seat 2: Daniel Makowsky
Seat 3: Pawel Andrzejewski
Seat 4: Jarred Solomon
Seat 5: George Abdallah
Seat 6: Hevad Khan
Seat 7: Amit Makhija
Seat 8: Jamie Rosen
Seat 9: Luis Velador
Table #77
Seat 1: Ben Grundy
Seat 2: Gary Do
Seat 3: Jonas Entin
Seat 4: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 5: Jeff Littlefield
Seat 6: Sigi Stockinger
Seat 7: John Kabbaj
Seat 8: Surinder Sunar
Seat 9: Tony Cousineau
Table #78
Seat 1: George Boyce
Seat 2: Jonathan Tamayo
Seat 3: Chris Chang
Seat 4: David Sklansky
Seat 5: Stephen Devlin
Seat 6: Cornel Cimpan
Seat 7: Jan Collado
Seat 8: Paul Parker
Seat 9: Rami Boukai
With the board showing , Amnon Filippi was all in and Paul Parker was contemplating whether or not to call. Eventually a player not in the hand called the clock on Parker, and he went ahead and made the call.
Parker showed , while Filippi had 8-8-x-x for top set. The turn was the , but the on the river gave Parker the better set and knocked Filippi out in 28th.
Filippi earns $6,293. They are now redrawing for seats to arrange the final 27 around the last three tables.