With the board reading 
, Kevin Saul's river bet of 15,000 was re-raised all by Vanessa Selbst. Saul called, but mucked when Selbst tabled 
for trips.
Saul used one of his lammers and is down to 80,000, while Selbst also has one behind but is ahead with 240,000.
All in for his tournament life with 
against the 
of Tommy Chen, Eric Froehlich survived when the board came down 
to give him a straight.
Chen leads with 240,000 and one lammer behind, while Froehlich is out of lammers and has 160,000.
In a very short time span Alexander Venovski just won two all ins against Keith Block giving him a spot in the final 16. We didn't get the action but the board read 
when Keith Block's 
got mucked and Alexander Venovski secured himself of a huge double up.
Block had to cash in his final 80,000 chip lammer and just moments later both players got it all in again. Venovski showed against Block's 
and the board showed us 
. Block is out and Venovski is one step close to winning one of the most prestiges WSOP gold bracelets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted |
Scott Baumstein's preflop raise was called by Antonio Esfandiari, landing a 
flop to the board. A flurry of bets and raises followed, culminating with Baumstein all in with 
against Esfandiari's . No miracle came for Baumstein, as the 
turn and river ended his tournament.
Esfandiari moves on to face the winner of Tommy Chen vs Eric Froehlich.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 56
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
Andrew Lichtenberger has a massive chip lead over Douglas Polk and he seems to be just a couple of hands away from making the final 16. On a 
board we caught the action when Lichtenberger check-called a 27,600 bet. The river was the and Polk bet 76,600. Lichtenberger moved all in and after tanking for quite some time Polk called. Lichtenberger showed 
for the flush and he doubled up.
Polk was left very short after this hand and got it all in with 
against Lichtenberger's 
. The board ran out 
giving Polk quads and a double up. The very next hand he doubled up again when Lichtenberger raised to 22,000 and Polk put his 24,600 at risk. Lichtenberger called and showed 
against 
. The board ran out 
giving Polk another double up.
After these two double ups Polk is still short with 49,200 against Lichtenberger's 430,800.
Brian Hastings leads with 240,000 (and two lammers) against Tommy Vedes with 80,000 (and no lammers).
Chris Moore holds about a 360,000 to 120,000 lead against Richard Lyndaker. No lammers remains for either player.
Jason Mo has a dominating 400,000 to 80,000 leads against Serkan Kurnaz. No lammers left in play.
Chou Chou really needed this double up because without any lammers left behind he was just all in for his tournament life. Chou Chou showed 
against Dummond's and the board ran out 
giving Chou Chou a set of deuces.
Drummond is still in the lead with 190,000 chips and a lammer behind while Chou Chou is back up to 106,400 chips.
Brian Hastings shoved on the button with the bigger stack and Tommy Vedes called all in for about 65,000.
Hastings was well ahead with against Vedes' and took it down when the board out 
.
Hastings will face Amritraj Singh in the next round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Douglas Polk was all but out the door, but a couple of hands later he is back on top against Andrew Lichtenberger. On the turn the board read 
and Lichtenberger bet 27,000. Polk moved all in for 82,000 and Lichtenberger called with . Polk showed and after the river 
he secured a double up.
Polk is up to 229,300 after being down to as little as 12,300 chips while Lichtenberg now has 250,700 in front of him.
