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In a battle of the blinds, Brandon Holmes raised to 6,200 from the small, and Alexander Dovzhenko reraised all in for 16,700 from the big. Holmes made the call with 
, and Dovzhenko was racing with 
.
And not racing well. We turned our backs just as the dealer killed the board, but we know that Holmes paired one of his cards to win the flip and knock off the Russian sensation in 37th place.
Joe Gotlieb and Iain Paterson pushed at each other preflop until all of Paterson's chips were in the middle. He turned up his hole cards, revealing 
, and he would soon see some bad news. The hot-running Gotlieb tabled 
.
Paterson found nothing much to sweat on board as the dealer spread out 
. Unable to improve, he has been eliminated.
Edward Brogdon opened the pot with a 8,400-chip bet and on the button, Christian Harder re-popped it to 16,000. Brogdon called all in.
Showdown
Brogdon: 
Harder: 
Board: 
The jacks were good and Brogdon is now up to 34,800 chips, while Harder slipped to 116,600.
Bob Slezak open-shoved all in for his last 7,800 chips from the button, and big blind Frank Rusnak made the quick call to put Slezak at risk, behind but drawing live:
Slezak:
Rusnak: 
There was a friendly deuce on the flop of 
, pulling Slezak into the lead and two cards away from a double up. The 
on fourth street was safe, but the river was not so kind. The 
filled out the board, bringing the pot to Rusnak's pair of queens and eliminating Slezak from the tournament.
Luke Tavis opened the pot with a 6,500-chip bet in early position and Bryan Pardoe called in position.
Flop: 
Tavis fired a 10,500-chip bet and got called.
Turn:
Tavis check-fold to a 15,000-cchip bet from Pardoe.
Pardoe is now up to 120,000 chips.
Here are a few of the counts from one half of the room:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
|
160,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
135,000
18,400
|
18,400 |
|
||
|
90,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
88,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
70,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
46,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
30,000
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
James Coca opened the pot with a 7,500-chip bet and John Kranyak re-popped it to 16,000 and Coca went all in. Kranyak called.
Showdown
Coca: 
Kranyak:
Flop: 
Turn:
River:
Flush for Kranyak and is now up to 80,000 chips, Coca is on his way home in the 34th place.
Bob Oxenberg got his short stack all in before the flop with 
, and he didn't have enough chips to push Mark Babekov off his 
unfortunately.
The board rolled out 
, and the queen on the river is the last card Oxenberg will see today. He's been eliminated.
Chris Moore started the action with a pot raise on the button, and James Dempsey set him all in from the small blind. Moore called off his few thousand remaining chips, and he was flipping for his survival:
Moore: 
Dempsey: 
There was an ace right on the flop, and the board of 
ushered Moore out the door. Dempsey earns the knockout, moving his stack up to about 240,000.
