Gary McDonald raised to 44,000 from the button and Robert Mitchell called from the small.
The flop came 
and Mitchell immediately announced he was all-in. McDonald called.
Mitchell: 
McDonald: 
The 
turn and 
river were no help to Mitchell and his deep came to an end.
McDonald is up to 815,000.
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Peter Lipton raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Jack Ward reraised all-in for his last 186,000. Lipton snap-called with his 
to put Ward at risk. Ward, who made the final table of the Seniors Championship last year, finishing in 7th place, held 
and would need to catch lucky to stay alive.
We missed the final board but no sevens or straights appeared, meaning Ward hit the rail just short of completing an amazing run to consecutive final table appearances.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 149,000 |
|
Busted |
Former chip leader Craig Koch raised to 53,000 from under-the-gun and Kenneth Russell reraised to 135,000. After some thought, Koch announced that he was all-in for 513,000 and Russell called him down.
Showdown:
Koch:
Russell: 
The flop came 
, pairing Russell's queen and giving him three additional outs. None of those outs arrived on the turn 
, or river 
, and Koch scored the double-up with his pair of kings. He now sits with 1,066,000 while Russell fell to 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,066,000 | 637,000 |
|
|
300,000 | -129,000 |
The action began with Stephen Krieg opening for 50,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Ralph Crow on the button, who went all-in for his last 210,000. Walter Browne tanked from the big blind, but eventually decided to call.
In an act of confusion, Crow revealed the 
before Stephen Krieg announced his action. Krieg announced he wanted to fold, but a floorman was called over. The floorman decided that Crow would receive a penalty if he survived the all-in. However, revealed hands showed that Crow was in about as worse of shape you can be in as far as Hold'em hands go.
Crow:
Browne: 
The board ran out 
, leaving Crow second-best and sending him to the rail.
Browne is just over one million in chips.
Joseph Bolnick raised to 45,000 from the hijack position and James Jarvis reraised al-in for his last 111,000. Bolnick decided to make the call with his 
and Jarvis flipped up . The two players were racing and when the flop fell 
, Bolnick's sevens had held.
The turn was safe as well, coming 
but Jarvis hit the 
on the river to double through Bolnick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 | 30,000 |
|
240,000 | 70,000 |
Albert Balayn open-raised all-in from under-the-gun and was called by Charles Cohen form the hi-jack. Revealed hands showed that Balayn was in a race situation for his tournament life,
Balayn:
Cohen: 
The board ran out 
and Cohen's tens held, ending Balayn's tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
690,000 | 415,000 |
|
Busted |
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 280 | 1 | Iry Taylor |
| 280 | 2 | Leo Whitt |
| 280 | 3 | Stephen Krieg |
| 280 | 4 | Richard Harwood |
| 280 | 5 | Brett Tannenbaum |
| 280 | 6 | Andrew Bradshaw |
| 280 | 7 | Ralph Crow |
| 280 | 8 | Michael Millard |
| 280 | 9 | Walter Browne |
| 286 | 1 | Jack Ward |
| 286 | 2 | Jimmy Parker |
| 286 | 3 | Albert Balayn |
| 286 | 4 | James Jarvis |
| 286 | 5 | James Jewell |
| 286 | 6 | Charles Cohen |
| 286 | 7 | Gary Mcdonald |
| 286 | 8 | Joseph Bolnick |
| 286 | 9 | Peter Lipton |
| 292 | 1 | James Hess |
| 292 | 2 | Kenneth Russell |
| 292 | 3 | Gregory Meredith |
| 292 | 4 | EMPTY SEAT |
| 292 | 5 | Robert Mitchell |
| 292 | 6 | John Sozio |
| 292 | 7 | Gregory Alston |
| 292 | 8 | Michael Johnson |
| 292 | 9 | Craig Koch |
We caught up just as the hand was finishing, but it appears that a short-stacked John Sozio had gone all-in preflop and was called by James Hess.
Hess: 
Sozio:
The board did not improve Sozio's sixes and he was eliminated.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
We missed the action but according to the players at the table, Bruce Baker pushed all-in and was called by Gregory Alston.Baker showed 
for just ace-high, and Alston's 
was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000 | 116,000 |
|
|
Busted |
