In a three-way pot on a flop of 
, the first player to act jammed and Joe Nguyen put in a call. The other player in the hand folded.
Opponent: 
Joe Nguyen: 
Both players had monsters as Nguyen had trips and his opponent had a royal flush draw. But the 
runout gave Nguyen a full house and sent his opponent packing.
Nguyen has had a fantastic day and appears to be the chipleader. His stack looks to be around 350,000.
Jimmy Wester called an opponent's all-in on a flop of 
.
Opponent:
Jimmy Wester: 
Wester had top pair and it only got better for him as the board ran out 
and he made a flush.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The remaining players took a 15-minute break.
Just after Erik Eichmann won a big hand with trip jacks, he got all in on a ten-high flop with jack-ten against an opponent's ace-ten. The river brought the case ten but Eichmann was still out-kicked and subsequently eliminated.
Erik Eichmann busted an opponent when the opponent was all in pre-flop with king-queen against the ace-jack of Eichmann.
Eichmann was flustered when his opponent paired his queen on the flop but by the end of the hand Eichmann had trip jacks and took it down.
Ronald Matsuura called a three-bet to 12,000 and was out of position in the hand. His opponent bet 12,000 on the 
flop and Matsuura called.
Both players checked on the 
turn, and Matsuura fired for 16,000 on the 
river. His opponent folded and Matsuura flashed the .
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A short-stacked opponent shoved in the hijack and Hector Martin reraised in the cutoff. Everyone else folded.
Opponent: 
Hector Martin:
Martin's opponent was rooting for spades but the board came out 
and the opponent was out of his seat by the time the river card hit.
Antonio Villalas shoved his short stack in the cutoff and the button called while everyone else folded.
Antonio Villalas:
Button: 
The board ran out 
and Villalas doubled up.
Villalas laughed after dodging the flush draw of his opponent. "Always a sweat."
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