Marcio Barbieri moved all in for 116,000 from the hijack and was called by Scott Wilson in the big blind.
Wilson: 
Barbieri: 
The board out a safe 
for Barbieri, now up to roughly 245,000. Wilson slipped to about 660,000
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When we walked up to the table, there was a turned board of 
in the middle of the table, and about 120,000 chips in the pot. Scott Ward had made a small bet of 40,000, and his opponent moved all in with the covering stack. Ward had about 240,000 chips left, and he spent a good long while in the tank, staring around the room. After a few minutes, he spoke up.
"Can we get a floor over here? I'd like to ask a question."
It took a little while for the floor staff to make it to the table, and Ward had his audience. "The board says there are 81 players left. Is that accurate?" The floorman told him it was an accurate count, and Ward continued, "The bubble is at 80. There's a guy all in over there. If we bust at the same time, who gets the money?"
Ward was referring to the $6,500 pay difference between 81st and 80th places. The floor said, "You're asking me a confusing question. We're not hand-for-hand here, so whoever busts out first busts out first."
"Okay, I'm going to have to wait then," Ward said, leaning back in his chair. "It's a $5K bubble. A $5K flip."
From across the table, Toby Lewis immediately called the clock, acknowledging that he understood Ward's predicament. "I know what you're saying, but we're all short here," Lewis said as he pointed to his small stack, and the floorman instructed Ward he had one minute to act on his hand.
About 45 seconds into the countdown, a player was eliminated across the room, and Ward quickly called all in for his tournament life.
Showdown
Ward: 
(kings up)
Opponent: 
(ten-high straight)
"Good hand," Ward said, knocking the table. The river 
failed to save his tournament life, and he has been eliminated. It looks like his ploy has earned him an 80th-place cash.
Sean Nolan was all in preflop against Matt Lichtie seconds ago. It was a race between Nolan's 
and Lichtie's and the 
flop vaulted Lichtie into a commanding lead. The on the turn kept Nolan alive a little longer, but Lichtie dodged broadway when the 
rivered and won the pot.
Nolan is off to collect his winning from the cage while Lichtie is stacking new chips bringing him to 586,000.
Edward Pham was all in and at risk with 
against Dwyte Pilgirm's .
Pilgrim was in great position to cross the 700,000 mark. However, the board ran out 
and gave Pham a turned set. Pham moved to about 400,000, while Pilgrim slipped back down to 320,000.
Frank Calo and Wesley Wiemes got all of the money in preflop. Calo held the 
and Wiemes the 
. After the board ran out 
, Calo was left with just 95,000. Wiemes was all in for 324,000 and now has about 675,000.
Action folded to Ben Klier in the small blind and he moved all in for around 90,000. Adam Geyer was in the big blind and called the paltry sum.
Klier: 
Geyer: 
The board ran out 
and Klier received a double to a little over 200,000.
Josh Bergman opened to 26,000 from the cutoff and immediately after him Dwyte Pilgrim moved all in for 196,000 on the button. Timothy Finne promptly re-shoved for about 300,000 from the small blind forcing Bergman to fold. The hands were tabled and Pilgrim was dominated.
Pilgrim: 
Finne:
"I folded sevens," Bergman confessed.
It's a good thing Bergman folded because the flop came 
, which was also a horrible flop for Pilgrim's ace-three. The multiple WSOP Circuit Ring champion's chances of winning the hand plummeted, but he gained five chop-outs. The on the turn was irrelevant, but when the 
spiked on the river giving both players the same full house Pilgrim's eyes lit up and he looked straight into the onlooking cameras.
"I never give up!" he said with a smile.
For their efforts, Pilgrim and Finne chopped the big blind, the antes and Bergman's opening raise.
Rafael Golka raised to 26,000 only to have Edward Pham reraise to 70,000. Action folded back to Golka and he wasted little time in moving all in for a total of 188,000. Pham called and the cards were turned up:
Pham:
Golka:
Golka was in good shape to double if he could just avoid a ten. He managed to do so when the flop came down 
. Pham seemed resigned to his fate when the hit the turn. When the dealer followed that deuce with the 
on the river, Golka received a double-up to over 400,000.
Tom Middleton is the latest to run into the unstoppable force, a.k.a Chris Oliver.
After a series of raises, Middleton was all in for about 800,000 with against Chris Oliver's 
. Oliver was in bad shape preflop, but that changed quickly when the flop came down 
. Middleton found no help from the turn or river, busting at the beginning of Level 20.
Oliver is still busy collecting his new chips, but we estimate he has atleast 3,100,000, probably a tad more.
With 150,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, David "Doc" Sands led out for 67,000 from the big blind. His sole opponent, Mike Sowers, then moved all in behind. Sands had 256,000 behind and Sowers easily had him covered. Sands tanked for a solid three minutes before silently releasing his hand, dropping to well below the chip average in the process.
