Alex Craig moved all-in for 67,000 in the hijack and one player called from the cutoff with all other action folding.
Alex Craig: 
Opponent: 
The flop and turn came out 
which left Craig drawing to either a straight or pair of queens. The river 
saved him for the double up nearing the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
149,000 | 81,200 |
Joey McCaig raised to 14,500 in middle position and from the cutoff, another player moved all-in for 47,500 which folded out all other players and McCaig called.
Opponent: 
Joey McCaig: 
The board ran out 
and McCaig smashed the king to make a pair and knock out a player, bringing flight 1b closer to the end of day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000 | 107,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Rick Gebhart moved all-in from first position for 29,500 and was called by Michael Lech in middle position and another player in the big blind.
The flop of 
saw the big blind check and Lech bet 25,000 which saw the big blind call.
The turn of 
checked through to the river 
that saw Lech bet when checked too, to the tune of 20,000. The big blind thought for a bit, but decided to fold.
Rick Gebhart: 
Michael Lech: 
Lech had found a king on the flop and Gebhart wished Lech good luck as he left the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 | 245,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Action was picked up with Jerry Jones having put two players at risk for a pot worth roughly 250,000.
Opponent 1: 
Opponent 2: 
Jerry Jones: 
The board ran out 
and Jerry Jones found himself winning with three aces against his opponents as neither of them possessed a club flush. The count was made that Jones' 114,500 was enough to cover both opponents and he added a healthy amount to his chip stack.
At another table Rodney Spriggs was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
282,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000 | 434,000 |
|
389,000 | 116,000 |
|
360,000 | 71,000 |
|
|
158,000 | 158,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 35,000 |
|
131,000 | 68,000 |
|
92,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
66,000 | 66,000 |
|
|
58,000 | -7,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The remaining 59 have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Mike Cordell raised to 9,000 in early position and in the cutoff, a player moved all-in for 31,000, folding all remaining action. Cordell looked at his opponent, then rechecked his hole cards before tossing in the call. He shook his head when he saw the bad news.
Opponent:
Mike Cordell:
Cordell was behind and needed help, which he found on the 
runout, giving him tens-up to best his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000 | 75,000 |
Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Devan Rhineheart in the cutoff and Matthew Molsen in the big blind.
With a board reading 
, Matthew Molsen moved all-in for his remaining 65,000 and Rhineheart snap-called.
Matthew Molsen:
Devan Rhineheart:
The river 
was not the board pair that Molsen needed and Rhineheart's king-high straight took down the pot and eliminated Molsen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
286,000 | 286,000 |
|
Busted |
