Dan Howe was in early position and bet 16,000 into a pot of about 25,000 on a 
flop. Jesse Elliott called on the button and the two saw a 
, which checked through. Howe blasted out a big bet of about 90,000 on the 
.
"Good bet," Elliott said with a sigh, mucking his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
228,000 | 27,000 |
|
220,000 | -1,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
369,000 | 79,000 |
|
325,500 | 500 |
|
292,500 | 47,500 |
|
273,000 | 61,600 |
|
264,000 | 64,000 |
|
245,500 | 90,500 |
|
242,000 | 2,000 |
|
226,000 | 6,000 |
|
222,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
221,000 | 56,000 |
|
204,000 | 56,000 |
|
|
201,000 | 80,000 |
|
167,500 | 12,200 |
|
166,500 | 56,500 |
|
152,000 | -23,000 |
|
144,000 | 14,000 |
|
140,000 | -70,000 |
|
139,000 | 32,500 |
|
117,000 | -32,200 |
|
107,000 | 22,500 |
|
100,000 | -36,800 |
|
95,000 | -126,000 |
|
93,000 | -4,000 |
|
88,500 | -116,500 |
|
83,000 | 64,500 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Players are on break.
Seung Woo Yoo raised all in for 39,600 from the hijack and Darren Elias isolated with a shove of his own from the cutoff.
Yoo: 
Elias: 
The board ran out 
, safe for Elias to score the elimination with a pair of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
148,000 | 79,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Matt Affleck opened on the button to 7,500 and got three-bet to 22,500 by Craig Mason in the big blind. Affleck cut out a raise to 57,500, and action moved back to Mason. He put in a tower of blue T5,000 chips and Affleck quickly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
155,300 | -31,700 |
Joe Sanfilippo raised all in for about 50,000 from the hijack and Chris Dombrowski called from the big blind with , well ahead of Sanfilippo's 
.
The board came down 
, no help to Sanfilippo, ending his tournament in 34th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | 124,400 |
|
|
Busted |
Despite his recent double up, Vinny Pahuja is among the first few eliminated in the money. Each of these playeres earned $1,576.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Seung Woo Yoo opened to 7,000 from under the gun, Vinny Pahuja three-bet shoved for 27,300, and Yoo called with 
, trailing Pahuja's .
The board came down 
, safe for Pahuja to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000 | 34,000 |
|
|
65,000 | -45,000 |
Asher Conniff moved all in from the button for 12,200. Randy Lew was tanking in the big blind when we arrived.
"That must be a good hand," Lew said.
"These cards are... not bad," Conniff confirmed.
"I don't even know the math," Lew said with a smile. "I'm tempted to just throw it in and hope."
In the end, that's what he decided to do.
Conniff: 
Lew: 
Conniff was ahead, but the 
flop was devastating for his hand, leaving him in dire need of an ace. The turn and river were bricks, and Conniff was the final player eliminated to get nothing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,500 | 59,900 |
|
Busted |
