| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Josh Mitts opened for 800 and action folded to Bernard Lee, who opted to move all in. Mitts only had 5,000 or so total and wasted little time in calling off.
Lee: 
Mitts: 
The 
flop paired Lee, but it also gave Mitts a gutshot straight draw. That was rendered moot though as another on the turn left him drawing dead. The 
river rubbed salt in the wound of Mitts, who made Broadway, which of course was no good against Lee's boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted |
It was one hand and done for the player that took the seat formerly occupied by Josh Mitts.
We're not sure of the player's name, but we do know he got his chips in on a 
flop holding the 
against the 
of Scott Sharpe. It was a brutal flush-over-flush flop, and only the 
would lose it for Sharpe. It didn't come though as both the turn and river proved safe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
We saw RunGood Ambassador Bernard Lee stacking chips, and while we missed the hand he won them in, he was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
According to him, he opened for 1,400 and then called when an opponent three-bet to 2,800. Both players checked the 
flop, and the dealer burned and turned a 
. Lee's opponent check-called a bet of 2,200 and then led out for 5,000 when the river was a repeat . Lee raised to 14,300, and then snap-called when his opponent moved all in for more than twice that.
Lee tabled for flopped quads, which of course bested his opponent's hand, which ended up being the 
for those wondering.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Action folded to Steve Pham on the button and he put in a raise to 3,200. The player in the small blind made the call, while the big blind opted to get out of the way. The 
flop inspired the small blind to check, and Pham continued for 2,400. The small blind woke up with an all-in check-raise to roughly 11,000, and Pham couldn't spike his chips in fast enough.
Pham:
Opponent:
Both players had flopped top pair, but Pham's kicker had him out in front. The 
turn have his opponent an open-ended straight draw, but it didn't come in as the 
paired the board on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | |
|
|
90,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
85,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
75,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000 | |
|
55,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
50,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
50,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
38,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
32,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
30,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
|
|
26,000
5,850
|
5,850 |
|
25,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
21,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
14,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
9,000 | |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Shari Elder, a jeweler from Omaha who finished runner-up in the $200 buy-in pot-limit Omaha event on Wednesday night, raised to 10,000 only to have Scott Sharpe three-bet to 30,000 from the big blind. Elder had about 26,000 total and wasted little time in calling it off.
Elder:
Sharp: 
Elder got it in good and was primed to double on the jack-high flop, but then the dealer burned and turned a to give Sharp a set. The river was a blank, and the good-natured Elder wished the table luck before taking her leave from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
Busted |
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Bryan Campanello, who is in today's field, is 21 years old from Southlake, Texas. Lucky enough to grow up in the Moneymaker era, he started playing small stake poker games with friends in seventh grade and got hooked on poker after watching the WSOP Main Event on ESPN.
"Poker fuels my competitive nature, much like sports and other competitive events I enjoy. My goal is to continue to improve, make deep runs in tournaments and be the best player I possibly can," says Campanello. "Currently, I am a part time student at UNT studying Political Science. I am trying to balance college and poker for now, because it is a goal of mine to obtain a college degree. The concept of having others tell me what to do or where to be at a specific time has never fit my personality. Poker gives me the opportunity to be my own boss and pick my own hours."
He went on to say: "I feel very lucky to have found this game at such a young age. I started playing more seriously online when I was 18 and was fortunate to also play quite a bit of live poker in 18+ casinos in Oklahoma and Florida. I realized poker can give me the opportunity not to work in an office and the freedom to travel the world whenever I want. In my young career, I have already played poker in Ireland, the Bahamas and across the United States. The combination of poker events, travel and working on my game has easily become the full focus in my life."
Campanello is in action here in Council Bluffs, so rest assured we'll be keeping an eye on him here in the live blog.
*Biography and photo courtesy of Run Good Gear.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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