Nikolay Evdakov and John Smith got into a raising war preflop that saw all of the money go in the middle. Evdakov was the player at risk and he was all in for 8,200 total. Smith had him covered.
Smith: 
Evdakov: 
The board ran out 
to give Smith a set of jacks and the winning hand. He was able to eliminate Evdakov and earn his second bounty of the day.
Tom Marchese was able to get his money in good with the 
versus Shannon Shorr's 
, but Shorr came prepared to run good today. Earlier he cracked Jason Mercier's aces with ace-king and he came from behind in this hand as well. The board ran out 
to give Shorr a flush and send Marchese to the rail.
Barry Greenstein just doubled up through Bryan Colin. Greenstein held the 
and Colin the 
. The board ran out 
to give Greenstein the win and move him to 84,000 in chips. Colin slipped back to 36,000.
Brian Kim and Vanessa Ping got all the money in preflop. Kim held the 
to go up against Peng's . The board ran out 
and Kim doubled to 35,000. Peng was knocked back to the starting stack of 30,000.
Jason Mercier couldn't survive any longer. His 
went down to Shannon Shorr's 
after all the money went in preflop and the board ran out 
.
Nenad Medic was all in from the hijack seat for 5,400. Vanessa Peng raised to 12,000 from the cutoff seat and everyone else folded. Medic held the to Peng's 
. The board ran through 
and Peng earned the bounty by sending Medic to the rail.
Vladimir Shchemelev shoved the river with the board reading 
into John Smith. Smith tanked and then said, "There's too much money in there, I have to call," and made the call. Immediately after he announced the call, Shchemelev threw his hand into the muck. He flung it so hard that one of the cards went flying between the dealer and Smith and off the table. Smith tabled the 
and won the pot.
Here's a look at the stacks from one of the tables that is down to its final three players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
80,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
Daniel Alaei was just eliminated by William Reynolds. Alaei's went down to Reynolds' after the board ran out 
. All of the money went in preflop.
From the cutoff seat, Luke Nettles raised. Brian Kim shoved all in from the big blind and Nettles called.
Kim: 
Nettles: 
The board ran out in Kim's favor, 
, and he doubled up to 18,000.
