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The Spades Bracket has been full of "set-up" hands. Dennis Phillips and Erick Lindgren, moved to the back feature table after the elimination of Phil Ivey, got all the chips in on a flop of 
. Lindgren tabled bottom two pair, 
, but Phillips had a set of aces! Phillips doubled up and took the lead after the turn 
left Lindgren drawing dead.
Carlos Mortensen, fresh off his 3rd-place finish at the WPT LA Poker Classic, found himself down to 10,000 chips in his match against Sam Trickett. Trickett opened the button to 1,600, then called Mortensen's three-bet shove. After the appropriate pause and set up for NBC's cameras the cards were on their backs.
Mortensen: 
Trickett: 
Mortensen was in rough shape but hit a fortunate river card, 
. He rivered jacks and tens to double up to 20,000 and extend the match.
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Erick Lindgren and Dennis Phillips were at it again. All the chips were in pre-flop this time, and Lindgren was the one with pocket aces, 
. Phillips' completely whiffed on a board of all black cards, 
. Lindgren has been restored to the chip lead in their match.
An extremely short-stacked Erick Lindgren moved in pre-flop with 
and was called by Dennis Phillips' 
. I think we've seen quads in every bracket so far today, so why not the Spades Bracket too?
Board: 
"I got my flush!" Phillips joked. He doubled Lindgren up but still has the chip lead.
Patrik Antonius and Sorel Mizzi got all the chips across the line without much need for tanking. Once they got the go ahead to table their hands, it was a classic flip.
Antonius: 
Mizzi: and at risk
This deck wasn't in Mizzi's favor, as the board ran out 
. Antonius moves on to play Eugene Katchalov in the next round.
Erick Lindgren wasn't able to complete the comeback from an ultra-short stack against Dennis Phillips. Escalating blinds forced Lindgren to move pre-flop with 
; Phillips met him with 
. Phillips' king kicker got the job done on a board of 
.
Sam Trickett and Carlos Mortensen have both been known to run like gods. So this match is a battle for run-good bragging rights. Mortensen moved all in on a board, and Trickett, who had him slightly covered, made the call.
Mortensen: for two pair
Trickett: 
for the flopped straight
The 
turn had Mortensen one card from elimination, but one card was plenty for the Matador. The on the river filled his boat and left Trickett crippled.
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin was in rough shape when he put his life on the line with . David Oppenheim's started out ahead and took an ever bigger lead on the 
flop. The 
turn meant Baldwin was drawing to a chop. No luck from the 
river, and Baldwin fell to Oppenheim in yet another spades bracket-buster.
Down to 6,400, Sam Trickett open-shoved his button with 
and was called by Carlos Mortensen with pocket treys.
"How does Carlos get in with treys and NOT be flipping?" asked a railbird near the media desk.
How indeed, but despite his EV advantage Mortensen couldn't put Trickett away. The board came with two sixes, , to give Tricket a double-up to 13,000.
