Dario Sammartino was one of four players to see the 
. He bet 2,000 and got only one caller. The turn paired the board with a 
and Sammartino bet again, this time making it 2,800. His opponent folded and Sammartino took down another pot. He is on the upswing heading into the final half hour of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,500
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | |
|
|
||
|
27,600
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
||
|
27,000
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
||
|
14,100
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
117,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
107,000
64,100
|
64,100 |
|
76,000
30,200
|
30,200 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
On the 
flop, Jeremy Ausmus checked, Paul Newey bet 3,600, Rinat Lyapin called, and then Ausmus folded.
The turn was the 
, and Newey checked with about 11,000 left in his stack. Lyapin moved all in to put Newey to the test, and Newey found a call after a little bit of thought.
Newey had the 
, and Lyapin had the 
.
Newey and his aces couldn't fade the plentiful outs for Lyapin when the dealer smacked down the 
on the river. Lyapin won the pot with a spade flush, and Newey was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
58,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
William Foxen opened to 1,100 on the button and got a call from the small blind before Justin Liberto made it 3,550 in the big. Foxen came back with 7,600 after some thought, folding out the small blind, and Liberto quickly called. The two watched as 
flopped, and Liberto check-called a small bet of 5,100. He checked the 
turn, and Foxen went much bigger, all in for 23,800. Liberto looked pained and folded after a minute or two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,500
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
34,800 | |
|
|
||
Bill Perkins just bought in to the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
89,700
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
||
|
79,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
56,000 | |
|
36,000
8,100
|
8,100 |
|
||
|
32,000
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
28,400 | |
|
|
||
|
19,500
13,300
|
13,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,200
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
14,600
900
|
900 |
Dario Sammartino was sitting in the small blind and deciding whether to call for 4,000. He took enough time to make his decision that someone at the table called the clock on him. Eventually he decided to call and four players would see the flop for 4,000 each.
The action slowed down dramatically once the flop came. The board read 
and the four players checked. The turn was the 
and Sammartino checked before Iaron Lightbourne bet 2,200. One player folded, Paul Volpe and Sammartino both called, leaving three players to see the river.
The river was the 
and all three players checked. Sammartino was much faster at showing his 
than he was making the call preflop, but Lightbourne and Volpe both mucked and Sammartino took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,500
20,400
|
20,400 |
|
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,500
18,300
|
18,300 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
27,900 | |
|
|
||
|
27,000 | |
|
|
||
|
15,400
13,100
|
13,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,700
16,000
|
16,000 |
Kathy Lehne fired 1,200 on the 
flop before Mike McDonald raised to 3,600. Lehne called, and the dealer added the to the board on the turn. Lehne checked, McDonald bet 5,500, and Lehne called.
After the completed the board on the river, Lehne bet 20,000, which was enough to put McDonald and his remaining stack of 10,250 all in. McDonald tanked for a little bit, then called. Lehne tabled the , but McDonald had the 
and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
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