| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
47,000 | 26,000 |
|
45,500 | 28,500 |
|
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41,000 | -13,000 |
|
22,000 | |
|
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13,000 | -4,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
We caught up to find three players looking down at a flop of 
. Kohei Osa was first to act and fired out 1,500 from the small blind. John Kim made it 4,500 to go and the player on the button quickly got out of the way. Osa, however, called to see fourth street.
The dealer rapped the table and produced the 
on fourth. Osa came out swinging again with a bet of 2,000. Kim moved all in which was a bet for Osa's tournament life. Osa moved his cards to the muck and is now sitting on merely 8,000. Kim, on the other hand, has 35,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
8,000 | -9,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000 | 6,000 |
|
75,000 | 15,000 |
|
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53,000 | |
|
38,000 | 15,000 |
|
37,000 | 20,000 |
|
35,000 | 11,000 |
|
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26,000 | -4,000 |
|
24,000 | 10,000 |
|
15,000 | -3,500 |
Team PokerStars pro Celina Lin has been eliminated from play. We missed the action but she was kind enough to recap the hand for us.
Lin got all of her stack in on a 
board. Lin held for middle set and thought she was sitting pretty. Unfortunately, she ran into a super cooler as her opponent held for the only hand to beat her at the moment.
Lin failed to improve on the turn and river and she was forced to see an exit halfway through the first day of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We got to the table to find Andrew Moreno all in and at risk on a flop of 
. Moreno's opponent held 
and was ultimately behind Moreno's 
for trip eights.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
, ensuring Moreno's trips to be the best hand. He was able to double to about 17,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 | 10,000 |
PokerNews' own Kristy Arnett has fallen.
Arnett has been short stacked for most of the day and after two hours of grinding, she finally got all of her chips in the middle. The small blind opened with a raise and Arnett, in the big blind, decided to go with it.
Arnett: 
Opponent: 
The flop brought 
pairing Arnett's opponent but giving her hope with an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for Arnett, she bricked out on the subsequent streets and was eliminated from play.
Picking up the action on a 
board, Michael Mariakis bet 2,800. After a call from an unknown player, Peter Manley raised all in with a covering stack. Mariakis called all in for about 10,000, the mystery player folded, and the hands were revealed.
Mariakis: 
Manley: 
Manley's Broadway straight held up through the 
river to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 | 16,500 |
|
Busted |
Just before the break, Andrew Moreno raised to 750 in the hijack and found calls from the players in the cutoff and on the button.
The flop came down 
and Moreno continued for 1,225. The player in the cutoff called before the player on the button popped it to 3,500. After a few moments, Moreno raised to about 14,000 effective. The player in the cutoff folded, the player on the button called all in, and the hands were revealed.
Moreno: 
Button: 
Moreno's double gutter and overcard didn't get there as the 
turn and 
river secured the pot for his opponent, knocking Moreno down to about 7,000.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Players are now on a 10-minute break.
