Niall Farrell just busted Randal Flowers' first bullet. Farrell's 
outran the 
of Flowers after the board came 
. Flowers did say that he would be back, though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000 | 14,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
121,000 | 52,000 |
|
114,000 | -39,000 |
|
95,000 | |
|
93,000 | -7,000 |
|
67,000 | -6,500 |
|
66,000 | -36,500 |
|
58,000 | |
|
55,000 | 8,000 |
|
54,000 | -3,000 |
|
50,000 | 5,500 |
|
46,500 | 13,000 |
|
45,000 | 21,000 |
|
42,500 | -500 |
|
40,500 | -9,500 |
|
39,000 | -37,000 |
|
38,000 | -13,000 |
|
17,000 | -31,000 |
With approximately 20,000 in chips already in the middle on the 
board, Amit Makhija checked, and Igor Kurganov bet 2,700. Makhija check-raised to 14,000 with 7,400 behind, and this sent Kurganov deep into the tank. After a long, painful-looking thought process, Kurganov folded the 
face up. Makhija didn't show and scooped in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | -5,000 |
|
42,000 | -3,000 |
Georgios Sotiropoulos and Justin Bonomo saw a flop of 
in a raised pot. Sotiropoulos checked and Bonomo announced a bet of 3,700. Sotiropoulos called to see fourth street.
The dealer put out the 
on the turn and Sotiropoulos checked a second time. Bonomo bet 7,500, Sotiropoulos folded, and Bonomo brought his stack to 41,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | -12,000 |
|
41,000 | 8,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 78,000 |
|
198,000 | 8,000 |
|
183,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 42,000 |
|
128,000 | 13,000 |
|
125,000 | -5,000 |
|
116,000 | 1,000 |
|
112,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 64,000 |
|
94,000 | |
|
86,000 | 15,000 |
|
82,000 | 8,000 |
|
80,000 |
Three players still alive here near the end of Day 4 cashed in the PCA Main Event a year ago, highlighted by one of the current big stacks, Shyam Srinivasan, who final-tabled last year and finished sixth. Both Tim Reilly and Dylan Linde also made the cash here in the Main Event in 2014, and have both already guaranteed themselves even better finishes this time around as described on the PokerStars Blog.
Picking up with the action on a board of 
, Mike McDonald checked his action over to Kory Kilpatrick on the button. Kilpatrick dropped out a bet of 5,700 and McDonald stuck around.
The river put two pair on the board with the 
and McDonald checked once more. Kilpatrick knocked the table back and McDonald showed 
for a full house of sixes full of tens. Kilpatrick mucked his cards and McDonald was awarded the pot. He now has about 62,000 to Kilpatrick's 69,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000 | -12,000 |
|
62,000 | 27,000 |
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