After moving up from a likely 12th place finish and no cash, David Jiang managed to work his short stack up until now. He was eliminated by Chris Moneymaker when the two got all in preflop.
Jiang had and Moneymaker had . Moneymaker hit an ace and finally spelled the end of the day for Jiang.
Right before the break, David Lackey won a pot off Denny Grizzle.
The two players were heads up and looking at a board that read . Grizzle checked to Lackey who bet 50,000. Grizzle called and Lackey showed him the bad news, for top pair, top kicker and Grizzle mucked his hand.
For the first four hands after the break, there were no flops. A player would raise preflop and everyone else would fold. For the first two hands it was Mike Melkersen and for the first two and Denny Grizzle for the second two.
Mike Melkersen has been eliminated in seventh place by HPO Ambassador Chris Moneymaker.
Moneymaker stalled out for a little, in terms of stack building, after getting beat in a few hands by chip leader Mike Sites. On this hand, Moneymaker's raise from the small blind led to an all in and Melkersen's elimination.
Melkersen limped the button ahead of Moneymaker's small blind. Moneymaker raised, making it 20,000. When it was Melkersen's turn to act, he went ll in and Moneymaker called.
Moneymaker had against the of Melkersen. The board ran out and gave Moneymaker the elimination.
Chris Monymaker reclaimed the chip lead after a big hand against Mike Sites. Then Moneymaker three bet David Lackey and folded when Lackey shoved on the flop.
"I don't mind when you give your chips away," Sites said to Moneymaker, "Just don't give mine away too."
"Oh, those ones weren't yours," Moneymaker replied.
Dennis Summers was eliminated in sixth place when he couldn't stay ahead in a race for his tournament life.
Denny Grizzle opened to 18,000 and Summers shoved all in for about 125,000 more. Grizzle called and showed . Summers had but couldn't stay ahead when a king hit the turn on the board.
. Moneymaker hit an ace and finally spelled the end of the day for Jiang.
. Grizzle checked to Lackey who bet 50,000. Grizzle called and Lackey showed him the bad news, 
for top pair, top kicker and Grizzle mucked his hand.
against the 
of Melkersen. The board ran out 
and gave Moneymaker the elimination.
. Summers had 
but couldn't stay ahead when a king hit the turn on the 
board.
