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Five players saw a 
flop including Matthew Kelly, Yevgeniy "atimos" Timoshenko, David Steicke, Thomas Taylor and David Besser.
Action checked to Taylor who bet. Besser called right behind him, Kelly check-raised from the small blind and only Taylor called.
Kelly led after the 
turned and the 
rivered, receiving calls from Taylor both times. Kelly opened 
for a king-high flush and Taylor mucked his hand.
Kelly is the table captain with over 80,000 chips to his name.
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Take a break. Relax. We'll see you in 20.
Mitch Shock raised from middle position and Thomas Taylor re-raised from late position. Shock put in a third bet and Taylor called.
Shock led every street as the board came 
, and Taylor looked him up each time. Taylor quickly mucked however when Shock opened two red aces.
Blake "Balla-B13" Cahail raised from late position and was re-raised by Mitch Schock on the button. Cahail called.
The flop fell 
and Cahail check-raised Schock. Schock called.
Cahail fired a bet after the 
turned and again, Schock called.
Both players checked the on the river and the hands were opened:
Showdown
Cahail: 
Schock: 
Schock's rivered pair of tens were a winner, increasing his stack to 65,000 chips. Cahail dropped to 26,300.
From the button, Barry Shulman made it two bets and was called by Javier Torresola from the big blind.
The flop came down 
. It was checked to Shulman who bet. Torresola made it two bets, and Shulman three-bet all in for 4,000. Torresola made the call.
Shulman: 
Torresola: 
The turn brought the 
and the river the which were no help to Shulman and he was sent to the rail.
While we were catching this hand, Noah Askarian was eliminated at an adjacent table.
With the board reading 
, Andre Braender bet from the small blind and Tyler Bonkowski called with the button.
The turn brought the and Braender fired again. Bonkowski opted to raise this time, and Braender called.
The river was the and Braender put in his last bet. Bonkowski called, tabling 
which was good against Braender's 
.
Braender is out and Bonkowski is up to 64,000 chips.
We caught up with the action after the dealer had flopped 
. Jason Bellamy checked from the small blind, Barry Shulman fired a bet from the big, and both Ben Yu (button) and Bellamy called.
The turn was the 
and Bellamy checked again. Shulman bet, Bellamy raised, Shulman put in a third bet and Bellamy called.
The river brought the , and Bellamy fired a bet. Shulman just called and his 
was no good against Bellamy's 
.
Shulman slipped to just 19,000 chips while Bellamy now boasts a 72,000-chip stack.
It was folded around to Szabolcs Mayer who had his head propped in his hand and was looking down not following the action. Russell Cooper tapped the table to get his attention. Mayer looked up, apologized, glanced at his cards, and made it two bets. Cooper, from the big blind made it three bets and Mayer made the call.
The flop came down 
. Cooper bet. Mayer raised it and Cooper made the call.
The turn brought the . Cooper check-called Mayer's bet.
On the river, Cooper checked to Mayer, who tossed in a bet. Cooper made the call. Both players tabled their cards, Cooper tabling to take the pot with a pair of queens, against Mayer's jacks.
On a flop, Chau Giang made it two bets from middle position and Claudio Rinaldi made the call from the cutoff.
The turn brought the 
and Giang tossed in a bet, only to be two-bet by Rinaldi. Giang made the call and the two went to the river.
The fell and Giang's bet was called by Rinaldi. Giang showed for two pair. Rinaldi tossed his cards in the muck and saw his chips slide over in Giang's direction.
