Four-handed on a flop of K♥2♣3♦, Carl Masters bet 35,000 from the hijack and Jack Hays called on the button, while Mike Scarborough and Taylor Howard folded in the big blinds.
Masters then moved all in on the 8♥ turn, and Hays snap-called for 102,000. "Queen-high," Masters announced as he turned over Q♠10♦, while Hays had K♠8♠ for two pair. The river was the 9♣, and Hays doubled up.
James Lyle raised to 25,000 in early position and John Fenwick three-bet to 60,000 in middle position. Tim Burden called in the small blind, while Lyle got out of the way.
Both players checked to the river on a board of 2♠6♣J♠6♦4♣. Burden then bet 85,000, and Fenwick called. Burden turned over J♦J♣ for a full house, and Fenwick mucked.
"I'm playing the best poker of my life," Burden said.
At another table, Tony Aldridge had shoved for 52,000 from the small blind and Doug Simon called in the big blind.
Tony Aldridge: 6♥6♠ 
Doug Simon: 8♣7♣
Simon hit a pair on the 4♠7♦5♦ flop to take the lead, and Aldridge couldn't catch up on the Q♠ turn or J♣ river as he was sent to the rail. John Frenz and Mary Holton were also eliminated.
James Rion bet 25,000 from the button on a flop of A♠Q♠3♣ and Brent Young raised to 65,000 in the hijack. Rion called.
Young then bet 60,000 on the Q♦ turn, and Rion again called. Both players checked down the 7♣ river, and Rion showed A♣K♦ for two pair to win the pot.
In a blind versus blind battle, Jeremy McGraw led out for 35,000 on a board of A♣Q♦7♣9♠ and John Fenwick called.
McGraw checked the 4♦ river, and Fenwick bet 60,000. McGraw quickly called with A♦8♦, but Fenwick had A♥J♦ to win the pot with his jack-kicker.
Libby Wilson raised to 20,000 in middle position, Matthew Lawrence moved all in for 57,000 in the hijack, and Wilson called.
Matthew Lawrence: A♠A♦
Libby Wilson: 2♥2♠
"I was hoping for a race," Wilson said after Lawrence turned over his two aces. The Q♦10♥5♠K♦Q♥ board kept him in the lead, and Lawrence doubled up.
Jack Hays raised to 20,000 in the hijack, Stephan Mobley three-bet to 60,000 in the cutoff, and Hays called.
The flop came 8♣9♠5♠ and Mobley bet 150,000. Hays quickly folded.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Thomas Coomes raised to 16,000 in early position and James Helton called in middle position, as did Dale Stafford in the small blind. Kevin Davis then three-bet to 140,000 in the big blind and Coomes and Helton folded, while Stafford moved all in for 186,000. Davis quickly called.
Dale Stafford: J♥J♣
Kevin Davis: A♠K♣
Stafford was racing for his tournament life, and his jacks stayed in the lead through the 9♣5♥4♠2♥6♥ board to earn him the double up. Helton then admitted he folded two nines.
Donnie Phan raised to 17,000 in early position, Franklin Plana moved all in for 100,000 in middle position, and Phan called.
Franklin Plana: K♠10♠
Donnie Phan: A♣K♦
Plana hit top pair on the 10♦2♥9♥ flop to take the lead, while the turn was the 3♦. The river, though, was the A♠ to give Phan the pot and send Plana to the rail.
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