Austin Peek got his remaining chips in with 
and was at risk against Joey McCaig, who had picked up 
at a bad time. The flop brought 
, nothing for McCaig, but he found a 
on the turn to leave Peek in bad shape. The 
river gave Peek only an inferior boat.
Daniel Hughes shoved under the gun for 142,000, and Joey McCaig called right away after peeking at his hole cards in the big blind.
McCaig:
Hughes: 
McCaig flopped a set on 
, but Hughes wasn't dead since he had a double-gutshot. The filled his straight but McCaig added a flush draw to his equity. The 
didn't help him, and Hughes doubled up.
Joey McCaig opened on the button for 27,000, and Paul Hodge shoved in the big blind for 114,000.
"You got nines?" McCaig asked after some thought.
"Does it take nines?" Hodge said. "You must have queen-jack."
After another moment, McCaig called.
McCaig:
Hodge: 
It didn't take nines since king-queen was best, and the 
board meant Hodge was done after missing his gutshot and his chopping outs.
At the other table, Bret Persinger got it in with 
and lost a race to the 
of Lou Barlow when the latter made two pair.
Vinodkumar Paddolkar opened for 36,000 and called the shove of Gail True, who had only 49,000 total.
Paddolkar: 
True: 
True took the lead with eights on the 
flop. The turn brought a straight draw for Paddolkar, and the 
got him there.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are on break for 11 more minutes.
Doug Brenn put his last 150,000 in preflop from middle position, and Chris Pearce woke up with and called in the big blind. Brenn turned over , but his three-outer had improved considerably after the first four community cards came 
to give him a two-way straight draw. The 
was a blank on the end though, and Pearce let out a deep breath.
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