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Dutch Boyd, on the button, went to a flop with a player in the big blind. The board was 
, the big blind check-raised all in after a 2,700 bet from Boyd. Boyd called and the hands were turned up.
Boyd: 
Big Blind: 
Boyd's aces needed help, but it did not come. The turn and river were 
and Boyd's aces were cracked and he slipped to only 1,300.
After an opponent in the hijack position three-bet for the rest of his stack, Steve Watts snap-called and tabled the 
. Watts found himself dominating the 
held by the other player and after the board rolled out 
, Watts earned the pot, building his chip stack to 71,000 chips.
On a flop of 
, the first player to act checked, the second player bet 2,600 and Justin Smith flatted in position. The player who was out of position folded.
The turn was the and Smith's opponent moved all in. Smith called for his last 10,450, revealed 
for a set of fives and had the of his opponent drawing dead. The meaningless 
hit the river and Smith has boomed all the way to 30,000.
After it was folded around, the button moved in for their last 1,850 with 
. Kathy Liebert was able to find a calling hand in the small blind with the .
The board ran out 
and Liebert has chipped up to 9,000.
We caught the action as a player raised to 800 from under-the-gun and the small blind made the call. Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen decided to three-bet for the rest of his chips, forcing a fold from the under-the-gun player. The small blind was harder to shake, however, and he made the call with 
.
Mortensen tabled 
and was in great shape against his dominated opponent.
Board: 
The Matador's top pair, top kicker was good and Mortensen chipped up to over 30,000 after the hand.
A player open-shoved from under-the-gun, risking his last 2,650 and the online legend known as "JohnnyBax" made the quick call.
Showdown:
Josephy: 
UTG:
The flop came down 
and Josephy appeared to be on the losing end of this coin flip. The turn fell and JohnnyBax was down to his last card.
River:
With that two-outer, Josephy had eliminated another player from the field and padded his stack to just over 25,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
We caught up with Bryan Pimlott as he continued to crush the competition. Pimlott, a tournament grinder who made a deep run to finish 13th in this year's $1,500 Limit Hold'Em event, had taken a flop of against one opponent.
The other player fired a bet of 1,450 at Pimlott, who paused for a few seconds before making the call. The dealer turned the and this time Pimlott's opponent opted to check. Picking up on this weakness, Pimlott stared his man down before betting 2,700 chips. The opponent quickly mucked his cards and Pimlott grew his stack to approximately 48,000.
Either the player under the gun, Tony Dunst, or a player in middle position got in a raise preflop before the cutoff three bet to 2,600. When it folded back around to Dunst, he decided to move all in for his final 11,000 or so. The player in middle position also went all in for more than 17,000 forcing the three bettor in position to fold.
Dunst:
Opponent:
The flop came 
bringing some "Ewwwws" and "Ahhhhs" from the table. Both players hit a set leaving Dunst with just the lone remaining ten in the deck as his lifeline in a hand that would have coolered the best of them. The turn was the , the river the 
and Dunst was eliminated. He wished the players good luck, put on his suit jacket and headed for the exit.
From middle position Isaac Haxton was in a hand with the big blind. The flop was 
, the big blind checked and Haxton bet 1,500. The big blind raised to 4,000 and Haxton gave him a good long stare. Haxton slide out 8,000 and the big blind kicked his hand in the muck.
Haxton is up to 31,000
