The big blind led out for 2,000 on a 
flop, and Andy Pokrivnak, winner of Run it Up Reno VIII's $340 Short Deck Championship, called on the button.
The 
turn saw the big blind bet 5,000, and Pokrivnak called again.
Both players checked the 
river, and the big blind flipped over 
. Pokrivnak tabled 
and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 8,200 |
With 
showing on the board, Timothy Guilford bet 2,000 from the big blind, and Vanessa Kade made the call.
Kade showed a look of disappointment when Guilford showed 
, good for a rivered top pair. Kade mucked.
"I flopped a three straight flush," Guilford said. "That wasn't an ideal turn." Both players are comfortably above starting stack as Level 5 plays on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 2,600 |
|
38,000 | 12,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | -9,000 |
|
51,000 | 26,000 |
|
46,000 | 21,000 |
|
45,000 | 6,400 |
|
42,500 | -500 |
|
42,000 | 18,000 |
|
41,000 | -3,000 |
|
38,000 | 10,500 |
|
|
37,400 | 12,400 |
|
36,000 | |
|
36,000 | 11,000 |
|
35,500 | 10,500 |
|
34,000 | |
|
32,000 | 7,000 |
|
31,100 | -3,000 |
|
|
29,800 | |
|
|
26,000 | |
|
24,000 | -1,000 |
|
22,000 | -4,000 |
|
19,700 | -2,400 |
|
14,200 | -10,800 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players are off on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.
A player on the small blind bet 1,000 on a 
flop, and Syed Saleh made the call in the big blind.
The turn came , the small blind checked, Saleh bet 2,200 and the small blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,500 | 17,500 |
Hand #1:
Patrick Tardif raised to 700 from the hijack, and was called by the cutoff, as well as Run It Up Reno VIII $235 No-Limit Hold'em Pro Bounty champ Jim Petzing in the big blind.
Action checked through the 
flop, and Petzing bet 1,000 on the 
turn. Tardif and the cutoff folded.
Hand #2:
The hijack limped in, and Petzing raised to 1,500 on the button. The hijack called.
The 
flop was checked by the hijack, and Petzing bet 2,500. The hijack called.
On the 
turn, the hijack checked again, and Petzing fired 6,000, leaving himself just 7,300 behind. The hijack folded, and Petzing showed before bringing in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,100 | -2,900 |
Giau Trinh opened to 8000 under the gun, Jerod Smoth called from the hijack, and both blinds also made the call.
All four players checked on a 
flop. The turn brought the 
, Trinh bet 1,400, and Smith raised to 4,500. Both blinds folded, and Trinh made the call.
Trinh checked the 
river, and Smith put out a pair of red T5000 chips for a 10,000 bet. Trinh looked up from the table and went into the tank for a bit, eventually electing to fold.
Smith turned over 
, showing Trinh that he had hit the set of deuces on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000 | 19,000 |
|
|
23,000 | -1,000 |
Patrick Preston raised to 1,000 on the button, and John Gribben called in the small blind.
Gribben checked the flop to Preston, who bet 1,200. Gribben called.
The turn was checked again by Gribben, and Preston bet 2,300. Gribben check-raised to 4,600, and Preston called.
Gribben jammed for his last 12,500, sending Preston into the tank. He took the 12,500 needed to call, and sat his remaining 27,500 in chips to the side, placing a tiny Thor's Hammer on top of them as he tanked. Two minutes later, he slid in the 12,500, and Gribben tabled for queens-up. Preston could only muster 
for top pair, top kicker, and Gribben doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,600 | 8,600 |
|
|
27,500 | -27,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
