Craig Welko raised to 115,000 under the gun, Tim Burden moved all in for 320,000 in the small blind, and Welko called.
Tim Burden: K♣J♦ 
Craig Welko: 8♦8♣
"Jackie! Jackie! Jackie!" Burden pleaded, and he got his wish on the J♠9♠2♥ flop to take the lead. The rest of the board ran out 3♦2♣, and Burden doubled up.
"I love poker! I'm playing the best poker in my life," he shouted out.
Jack Hays limped in from the button before James Rion moved all in for 375,000 in the small blind. Craig Welko reshoved in the big blind, and Hays folded.
James Rion: A♥3♠
Craig Welko: A♣8♣
Welko had Rion dominated, and the K♣Q♠5♣Q♣6♣ board gave him the nut flush to secure the pot and send Rion to the rail in sixth place.
Patty Till raised to 110,000 under the gun and Mike Scarborough called in middle positon, as did Craig Welko in the big blind.
"We're going to see a flop," Scarborough said as the dealer turned over K♣3♦9♥. Till then bet 175,000, and only Welko called.
Both players checked down the Q♣ turn and 5♠ river, and Till showed Q♦10♦ to win the pot with a pair of queens.
The next hand, Till and Jack Hays checked to the turn on a board of 4♥10♥4♣A♦. Hays then bet 75,000 from the cutoff, and Till called in the big blind.
Hays bet another 100,000 on the J♦ river, and Till called with A♣5♦. Hays mucked, and Till took another pot.
Patty Till raised to 110,000 in middle position and was called by Stephan Mobley on the button, Jack Hays in the small blind, and James Rion in the big blind.
The flop came J♦3♦K♣ and Till bet 200,000. Mobley called, while Hays and Rion got out of the way. Till then moved all in even before the dealer revealed the 8♥ turn, and Mobley called for 60,000.
Till turned over A♥A♠, while Mobley had J♣10♣. Mobley needed to improve to stay alive, but he missed the 6♥ river and was eliminated in seventh place.
Mike Scarborough raised to 100,000 on the button and Stephan Mobley called in the big blind.
Both players checked to the river on a board of A♥7♠J♥A♣5♦. Scarborough then moved all in, and Mobley quickly folded.
Mike Scarborough raised to 100,000 under the gun and Stephan Mobley called in the hijack, as did Patty Till in the big blind.
Scarborough bet 150,000 on the J♠5♣3♠ flop, and only Till called. Scarborough bet another 375,000 on the A♣ turn, and Till again called.
The river was the 2♠ and Till led out for 500,000. Scarborough spun around in his chair and began muttering to himself as he tanked for a few minutes until giving up his hand.
Mike Scarborough raised to 100,000 in middle position and Jack Hays three-bet to 250,000 on the button. Carl Masters then moved all in for 800,000 in the small blind and Scarborough folded, but Hays snap-called.
Carl Masters: K♠K♦
Jack Hays: A♣A♠
Masters turned over two kings, but he ran right into Hays' aces. The board ran out J♥7♥4♦Q♣A♥, and Hays spiked top set on the river to secure the pot and send Masters to the rail in eighth place.
"I don't usually get nervous. I was nervous. I'm going to take a walk, see if these legs work," Hays said after the hand.
Level: 23
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Craig Welko raised to 90,000 under the gun before Mike Scarborough three-bet to 230,000 in middle position. Welko then four-bet to 650,000.
Scarborough took a minute and eyed Welko's remaining stack, but he eventually folded. "I should've just called and set-mined with jacks," he said.
Patty Till raised to 150,000 in the cutoff, Don Coakley put in his last 250,000 in the small blind, and Till called.
Don Coakley: 7♦7♥
Patty Till: A♦A♣
Coakley had run right into Till's aces, and the board ran out K♦K♥J♠4♦5♠ to send him to the rail in ninth place.
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