Jon Stanfield jammed for 655,000 from the cutoff, and Steve Vang called on the button.
Jon Stanfield: 
Steve Vang: 
Vang held on a 
runout, and Stanfield was the first player to walk away with a piece of the chop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
A 500,000 chip pot was already built up with a 
board on the felt. Kyle Hinnerichs checked in the big blind, and Jon Stanfield bet 150,000 from under the gun. Tim Garles called on the button, as did Hinnerichs.
Action checked to Garles on the 
river, and he bet 400,000. Hinnerichs verbalized a call immediately, and Stanfield folded.
"One pair," Garles said without showing. Hinnerichs showed and Garles said, "That beats me," and mucked.
Garles was left with 450,000, and lost those chips shortly after with a flush draw against the two pair of Steve Vang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,900,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
800,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
Busted |
Tim Sipe three-bet shoved for 320,000 over an open from Jon Stanfield, who mulled it over for a bit before calling.
Tim Sipe: 
Jon Stanfield: 
Stanfield got lucky on a 
runout to eliminate Sipe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bhaskar Setti raised to 85,000 from the hijack, and Freeman Kauffman three-bet jammed for 580,000 from the cutoff. Adrian Jimenez four-bet jammed for 610,000, and Setti folded.
Freeman Kauffman: 
Adrian Jimenez: 
A ten in the window of the 
spelled doom for Jimenez, who couldn't find a queen on the 
turn or 
river. Jimenez was left with 30,000 and busted soon after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,505,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
1,300,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
Busted |
Kyle Hinnerichs raised to 95,000 from middle position, and Tim Garles called in the big blind.
Garles check-called a bet of 120,000 from Hinnerichs on the 
flop, and the 
fell on the turn. Garles checked, and Hinnerichs bet 205,000.
"Let you get there," Garles said as he folded.
Hinnerichs, who earlier today was left with under a big blind, now sits with a comfortable thirty big blind stack in the late stages of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,720,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Timothy Sciscoe raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, then called when Joshua Zurn three-bet shoved for 120,000 in the big blind.
Joshua Zurn:
Timothy Sciscoe:
Zurn got a little hope on the 
flop, but improved no further on the 
turn and 
river to bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted |
Timothy Sciscoe raised to 100,000 from middle position, then called when Michael Briggs three-bet shoved for 440,000 on the button.
Michael Briggs: 
Timothy Sciscoe: 
Sciscoe's nines held up on a 
, and Briggs, a dealer here at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs, held his head high after an impressive run in his home casino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,875,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
Busted |
Matt Morfitt raised to 70,000 from the hijack, then snapped off a three-bet shove from Jasen Currie for 280,000.
Jasen Currie:
Matt Morfitt:
Currie ran into aces again, and this time it cost him his tournament life after an 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted |
Roger Bennett raised to 100,000 from middle position, and Ron Koenemann called in the small blind.
Koenemann checked the flop to Bennett, who simply jammed for 525,000.
"I call," Koenemann said.
Roger Bennett: 
Ron Koenemann: 
"Well, I need a ten or running diamonds," Koenemann said. He forgot about a jack as an out, but was quickly reminded when the peeled off on the turn. Bennett failed to hit a queen on the river, and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
Busted |
Paul Strohm raised to 70,000 from the cutoff, and Ryan Fetherkile called on the button. Drew Mowen three-bet shoved for 115,000 in the small blind, and Strohm and Fetherkile called.
Strohm check-folded to a bet of 75,000 from Fetherkile on the 
flop, and the remaining two players tabled their hands.
Drew Mowen: 
Ryan Fetherkile:
"I'll either hit or get paid!" Mowen said.
Mowen got paid once the 
turn and 
river failed to provide a queen, and Mowen gave the table a hearty, "Good luck!" before taking his leave.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
|
500,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
