Buchanan:


Hansson:


An ace in the window on the board of




was enough to end the run of Buchanan in 21st place for a payday of $12,489.








was enough to end the run of Buchanan in 21st place for a payday of $12,489.


. It gave Sombero an up-and-down straight draw to go along with his draw at a pair of sevens. But alas for Sombero, he missed the
turn and the
river. Off to that payout table he went in 22nd place.




with Demes tabling 
for a straight but Bakke flipped 
for a bigger straight to rake in the monster pot.
was up against Dbinder Singh's
. By the turn both players were in for a good sweat, with the board showing
. Scott could win with any ace, king or heart. He got none of those cards. The river was the
, ending Scott's tournament run in 23rd place.
flop he took heads up with Kristoffer Myhre. After Myhre opened for 33,000, Chen raised to 90,000. It was a big decision for Myhre, who had only about 100,000 behind his original raise. He elected to put all those chips in the middle, with Chen quickly calling.


and
to give Chen the pot and to eliminate Myhre in 24th place.

and was called by Mike Kim holding 
.



paired up Kim's queen on the turn to eliminate Vu in 25th place.


and Botabaye checked to Lam who moved all in. Rafferty moved all in over the top, but Botabaye had them both covered and he quickly called.
, Lam showed 
while the dealer was happy to burn and turn the
and
river without Rafferty revealing his cards. The whole pot was sent to Botabaye as he eliminates two players in the one pot to jump to a huge chip lead with around 900,000 chips.
to give Rafferty a double up from 149,500 to about 320,000.
. Demes had a live ace,
. The table gave a collective "Awwwww," for En when the flop came a full house for Demes,
. It left En looking for running queens that he never found. He's out of the tournament in 28th place.






flop which gave Lam the three-outer pair to take the lead. The turn was the
and river the
and Lam survives to progress to 120,000, as Rafferty slouches back into his chair with just 140,000.