Kyle Penna and Dave Elliott were heads-up in a limped pot on a board of 
. After heaving betting on the flop, Penna led out for 200,000, Elliott moved all in for effectively 585,000, and Penna made a crying call.
Penna: 
Elliott: 
Penna needed to fill up on the river to survive, but the 
wasn't enough. He hit the rail, and Elliott is up to 1.7 million chips.
John Doe raised to 60,000 in middle position, Joe Rodriguez three-bet to 160,000 in the cutoff, and Doe moved all in for 500,000 or so. Rodriguez instantly called.
Doe: 
Rodriguez: 
"Yo!" Doe called to his friend. "I'm out!"
Doe's eulogy was a bit premature, especially considering the 
flop gave him a pair of jacks and outs to make trips or two pair, but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river were the final two nails in the coffin.
Rodriguez is up to 1.52 million chips.
Dick Galarza limped in from early position, John Doe raised to 70,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Galarza. He called.
The flop fell 
, Galarza checked, and Doe moved all in for effectively 232,000. Galarza snap-called.
Galarza: 
Doe: 
The turn was the 
, giving Doe diamond outs to go along with his one over and Broadway draw, but the 
bricked off on the river.
"Nice call pre," Doe quipped after the hand.
Galarza doubled to 673,000 chips, while Doe fell to 650,000.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Dick Galarza opened to 50,000 from early position, John Doe called near the button, and Mark Cleverly moved all in for effectively 464,000 on Doe's left. Galarza folded, and Doe tank-called.
Doe: 
Cleverly: 
"One million-chip race," Doe announced, getting his friends' attention.
The dealer rapped the table and spread a flop of 
, giving Doe a leading pair of aces. He avoided the two-outer on the turn (), and the river (), doubling to 1,038,000 chips.
Cleverly dipped to 700,000.
Joseph Ryan open-shoved for his last 100,000 or so in middle position, Roland Israelashvili called in the small, and Atesa Pacelli raised out of the small blind. Israelashvili folded, and the hands were tabled.
Ryan: 
Pacelli: 
It was a bit of an unorthodox race, and Pacelli pulled out in front on a flop of 
with a set of threes. Ryan was drawing dead on the turn (
), and officially eliminated when the completed the board.
Pacelli is up to 1.35 million chips.
Yingxen Chen was all in and at risk with preflop, and in need of some help against Kyle Penna's .
The nines held up, and Chen hit the rail.
Dick Galarza opened to 75,000 from early position, and the action folded to Joe Rodriguez, who moved all in for 393,000 out of the small blind. Galarza tanked for a few minutes, then called.
Galarza:
Rodriguez: 
The 
flop changed very little, and Galarza was drawing dead after the turn brought the . A meaningless completed the board, and Rodriguez doubled through.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joe Rodriguez | 477,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Cathy Dever | 470,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Spitzberg | 495,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Dick Galarza | 790,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Irwin Reiter | 295,000 |
| 1 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 1 | 7 | John Doe | 417,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Mark Cleverly | 1,250,000 |
| 1 | 9 | John Meyer | 565,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Kyle Penna | 563,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Roland Israelashvili | 630,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Atesa Pacelli | 1,215,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Apostol | 290,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Gene Mulroy | 540,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Dave Elliott | 760,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Joseph Ryan | 200,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Yingxen Chen | 200,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Gary Jan Levin | 480,000 |
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