Forrest Kollar and Eric Welch engaged in a series of raises before they were both all-in preflop with Welch at risk for approximately 19,000.
Eric Welch: 10♦10♥
Forrest Kollar: Q♥Q♠
Welch held a sturdy pocket pair, but it was well behind Kollar's pocket queens as they headed to a runout.
The 5♣9♣4♦ brought no intrigue or drama as Welch was still well behind.
The K♠ turn and the 2♥ river sealed the deal to eliminate Welch.
Here are the top ten chip counts following the break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are currently on a 15-minute break. Play will resume at the 400/800/800 level.
Right before the break, the money went in preflop between Daniel Holhos and Hong Moon, with Holhos putting in approximately 16,000 to be at risk.
Daniel Holhos: 6♥6♠
Hong Moon: J♣J♠
Moon held a sizeable lead against Holhos, and the flop did not compromise that when it fanned out 10♠2♦2♥.
The 2♠ turn did not change anything, and the J♥ river upgraded Moon to a better full house to eliminate Holhos.
Ravinder Sharma limped from the hijack before Richard Lockmanese chose to raise to 2,000 from the button. Sharma called to send them to a flop.
Sharma checked the Q♥J♣9♥ flop before Lockmanese bet 2,700. Sharma came along with a call.
The 9♦ turn elicited checks from both players to bring the 3♠ river.
Sharma chose to bet 2,500 on the river. Lockmanese paused before he folded to award Sharma the pot.
Mohit Vasudeva began the action with a raise to 1,400 from the cutoff. The wager was called by Dennis Shirron on the button, Eduardo Miranda in the small blind, and Lance Austin in the big blind.
It was checked to Shirron on the button on the 5♠J♣3♥ flop. Shirron opted to bet 3,000. Miranda wanted to play for it all and jammed for approximately 11,000 in response. Austin and Vasudeva folded, while Shirron called to send them to a showdown.
Eduardo Miranda: 6♥4♠
Dennis Shirron: J♠9♣
Shirron held the lead with a pair of jacks, but Miranda had outs with an open-ended straight draw.
The Q♦ turn and the 8♠ river were blanks to award Shirron the pot and send Miranda out of the tournament.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Jeffrey Day opened the action with a raise to 900 from middle position. Edward Miller called from the button, and David Ly joined from the big blind.
Ly checked the K♦8♥4♣ flop before Day opted to bet 1,600. Miller called, but Ly chose to fold.
Day bet 2,200 on the 4♥ turn, which led to another call from Miller.
The A♦ river saw a bet of 4,000 from Day.
"I didn't need that," Miller said in reference to the river as he folded his hand to award Day the pot.
"I had you the whole way," said Day in response as he scooped the pot.
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