Grant Wang opened the action from early position with a raise to 1,200. The small blind player three-bet to 5,100 before Wang moved all in for 20,600. His opponent called.
Grant Wang: 10♥10♣ 
Small Blind: A♠K♣
A fair fight heading to see five community cards, the dealer put out 5♦9♣3♠6♣6♥ and Wang's pair of tens held on, earning him the pot and a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,200 |
Robert Lamanna raised to 1,200 from early position, and Michael Crincoli from middle position, and both the blinds made the call.
After the A♠5♠5♥ flop, the blinds checked to Lamanna who bet out 1,500. Crincoli called, the small blind folded, when the big blind raised to 3,200. Lamanna folded, when Crincoli three-bet all in for 12,000. After sitting in the tank, the big blind did find the call to put Crincoli at risk.
Michael Crincoli: 5♣4♣
Big Blind: A♥Q♦
Crincoli flopped trip fives and would only need to fade the last two aces in the deck to double up. After the board ran out 9♠ on the turn, and K♣ on the river, the trip fives of Crincoli were still best, to give him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,100 | |
|
23,300
23,300
|
23,300 |
Alexander Rolfe opened the action on the button with a raise to 1,400 before the big blind player three-bet to 5,500. Rolfe called in position.
The big blind continued for 4,200 on 10♠8♦5♥ before Rolfe forced his opponent all in for his last 28,000 chips. The big blind player quickly mucked and Rolfe took down a nice pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,200 |
Action was picked up on a 10♦3♥5♥Q♠ board with 18,500 in the middle.
Eric Rowen had just put his opponent on the button all in for his last 16,500 chips and he was deep in the tank.
After a few minutes went by, the button player stuck in his stack for a call, but was drawing dead to two outs.
Button: J♥J♦
Eric Rowen: A♥A♠
The river 6♣ fell off and Rowen stacked his opponent while adding to his table leading stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Matthew Thesing limped in under the gun, when Alexander Petrucelli on the button, and Joseph Hanrahan in the small blind both called. Then the big blind Michael Jouaneh raised to 3,000, and Thesing, Petrucelli, and Hanrahan all called.
After the flop came 3♦6♠A♦ Hanrahan checked to Jouaneh who bet out 5,000. Then Thesing raised all in, which got quick folds from Petrucelli, Hanrahan, and Jouaneh to give Thesing the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,600
39,600
|
39,600 |
|
37,400
37,400
|
37,400 |
|
20,400
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
|
5,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
After a limp from early position, AJ Gillette opened the action with a raise to 1,800. The big blind and limper both called.
Action checked through on 4♠Q♦5♦ before early position fired out 2,200 on the 3♥ turn. Only Gillette called.
Early position bet 2,200 once more on the Q♥ river and Gillette immediately called.
Gillette rolled over 10♣10♦ and it was the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,200 |
Under the gun opened the action with a raise to 1,300. The cutoff called before Eli Garney three-bet to 5,600 from the button. Under the gun four-bet jammed his 33,000-chip stack into the middle and Garney made the call.
Under The Gun: A♦K♠
Eli Garney: J♥J♣
Flipping for nearly 70,000 chips, the dealer put out J♦Q♦Q♥4♦3♥ and Garney did not have to sweat this one and sent his opponent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,200 |
Action folded to Xin Lin in middle position, and he raised to 1,200. Cleiton Junior-Barbosa in the hijack, and Norman Rodriguez in the cutoff both made the call.
After the 10♠5♠9♦ flop, Lin checked and Junior-Barbosa bet all in for 10,400. Rodriguez then raised all in, which got a quick fold from Lin, leaving the two players heads up, and Junior-Barbosa at risk.
Cleiton Junior-Barbosa: K♣Q♣
Norman Rodriguez: 10♥9♥
Rodriguez flopped top two pair, but Junior-Barbosa had outs with a gut shot straight draw. But when the board ran out 6♣ on the turn, and Q♥ on the river, the two pair of Rodriguez was still best, and Junior-Barbosa was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,300
56,300
|
56,300 |
|
27,800
27,800
|
27,800 |
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
