Lysandra Ybarra moved all in preflop and is called by Neil Kokal to put her at risk.
Lysandra Ybarra: Q♥10♦
Neil Kokal: 7♥7♦
Ybarra needed to improve against Kokal's pocket pair, but the board of 2♠K♦9♥A♣5♠ failed to do so and she was eliminated in 7th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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525,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted |
John Peden moved all in preflop and was called by Jacob Karnowski to put him at risk.
John Peden: 7♦8♦
Jacob Karnowski: J♣9♥
Peden would need some help to stay alive, but the board of 3♥3♠Q♦J♥A♥ gave Karnowski a pair of jacks to take the pot, sending Peden to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Keith Wall moved all in preflop and was called by Jeff Gab who covered.
Keith Wall: K♥J♦
Jeff Gab: A♠8♠
The runout of 7♣6♠8♥10♠A♥ gave Wall two-pair to take the pot and Gab was eliminated in 9th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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475,000
104,000
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104,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
With the elimination of Matt Sargent and Sandy Doherty in 10th place, the following players have been reseated at the final table:
| Seat | Team | Qualifying Bar | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Peden-Kelly Peden | Backstreet Bar/Steel Tips | 16,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Jeff Gab-Neil Kokal | Champs | 371,000 | 23 |
| 3 | Galen Nelson-Mike McConniel | Woody's | 43,000 | 3 |
| 4 | Noel Batres-Paul Hamann | Pinz Yorkville | 475,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Joe Tijerina-Lysandra Ybarra | Seven-Deuce Poker | 53,000 | 3 |
| 6 | Stephanie Rivera Tomasello-Jacob Karnowski | Misfits | 434,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Keith Wall-Lance Palmer | Misfits | 56,000 | 4 |
| 8 | Darren Wiese-Larry Sundberg | Bill's Bar | 116,000 | 7 |
| 9 | Joel Smith-Nikki Smith | Billy's Corner | 279,000 | 17 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
434,000 | |
|
|
371,000 | |
|
|
279,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
116,000 | |
|
|
56,000 | |
|
|
53,000 | |
|
|
43,000 | |
|
|
16,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The field has now dwindled to 10 players, and with the final table receiving a 20,000 chip bonus for tomorrow's Main Event, they are now on the bubble and hand-for-hand is now in effect.
After some preflop shenanigans, Noel Batres and two other players get all of their chips into the middle, with Batress covering.
Player 1: 7♣4♣
Player 2: 7♦7♠
Noel Batres: K♦K♣
The flop of 8♣J♠3♣ was a big sweat as Player 1 picked up a flush draw, and improved to a straight draw on the 6♦ turn, but the river was the brick 9♠ for kings to hold, sending both players to the rail.
Batres and his partner Paul Hamann are now the dominant chip leaders with 550,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
After a preflop betting war, a player moves all in and Free Poker Network World Champion Joel Smith makes the call to put her at risk.
Smith flips over A♥9♥ but is in bad shape when he is up against A♠A♦.
Unfortunately for the at-risk player, the board ran out Q♥3♥2♥J♥10♣ to give Smith the nut flush and sent her to the rail shaking her head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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245,000 |
