On a flop of , Jesse Rios bet 15,000 from the small blind, Jeff Kimber raised to 55,000 and Rios called. The turn was the and Rios moved in for 115,000. Kimber made the call.
Rios
Kimber
Kimber's set of jacks were good and Rios made his exit as the hit the river.
With that pot, Kimber has taken the chip lead with 420,000.
After being crippled to 4,000 in chips, Baron managed to chip up to 12,000 before pushing all in from the button and getting called by Theo Jorgensen and J.C. Tran in the blinds.
The flop was . Jorgensen checked, Tran bet 20,000 and Jorgensen folded.
Tran revealed for the flopped boat, while Baron held for two pair. The turn was the , t he river was the and Baron made a quiet exit in 21st place.
After Lev Briskin check-called Andrew Fegan's preflop raise of 18,000, Brisken led out for 4,000 on a flop of . The bet was enough to put Fegan all in, and after the call, we saw the cards.
Brisken:
Fegan:
The on the turn completed Brisken's flush draw and a meaningless on the river sent Fegan home in 22nd place.
Len Ashby didn't wait long to eliminate another player. Just two hands after dusting off Mikey Stoltz, Ashby set his sights on Cedric Kolstad who got his chips all in on a board of . Ashby called and the cards were shown.
Kolstad:
Ashby:
When the board failed to pair with the on the river, Kolstad left in 23rd place.
Isaac Baron, Hertzel Zalewski, and Theo Jorgensen all checked a flop of . When the hit the turn, Baron bet 75,000 from the hijack seat, Zalewski called all in for 32,000 from the cutoff, and Jorgensen reraised all in for 122,000. Baron called the balance and the cards were turned up.
Baron
Zalewski
Jorgensen
Jorgensen was far out in front with an eight-high straight and a flush re-draw to Baron's two pair and Zalewski's pair of eights. The river fell the , Jorgensen hitting his flush on the river to take down the massive pot.
Zalewski was eliminated in 24th place while Baron was crippled to only 4,000 in chips.
Mikey Stoltz was in the cutoff and Len Ashby was on the button when they began a raising battle that ended with Stoltz's stack in the pot before the flop.
Stoltz:
Ashby:
Both players paired up on a flop of , but Ashby got the better end of the deal and held on as the final cards brought the and .
Jean-Phillipe Leandri and Brian Alioa were both all-in against J.C. Tran on a flop, Tran having both players covered.
Alioa
Leandri
Tran
Tran was out in front with a set of jacks, Alioa had an open-ended straight draw and Leandri the overpair. The on the turn, however, changed everything, as Leandri made a set of aces. The river fell the , missing Alioa's outs and sending him to the rail in 27th place. Leandri doubled up to 130,000 while Tran is still sporting a big stack with 250,000.