Palumbo Wins a Coin Flip; Wilkie Gets Another Knockout
Rocco Palumbo open-jammed for 26,500 in the hijack and received action from Bobby Sanoubane in the small blind.
Rocco Palumbo: 
Bobby Sanoubane: 
A queen-high runout of 
gave Sanoubane four more outs after the turn, only to leave Palumbo's nines best and score him the double.
As the hand unfolded, John Beauprez was eliminated at the adjacent table by Steve Wilkie, who has collected his third knockout since returning from the dinner break. According to Wilkie, the two were involved in a blind-on-blind limped pot that checked through a flop of 
. Wilkie bet 7,000 on 
and Beauprez called, and then Wilkie put Beauprez in on the river 
. Beauprez called once more.
Steve Wilkie: 
John Beauprez: 
Wilkie's aces up topped Beauprez's pair of nines and eliminated him to bring the field down to 12.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000 | 41,000 |
|
57,000 | 17,000 |
|
27,000 | -31,500 |
|
Busted |