Day 1b chip leader Jimmy Thomson just sent his last 43,000 to Blake Napierala. Thomson shoved preflop with the 
from early position and Naperiala called from the button with the 
. The rest of the table folded, and the board ran out 
to eliminate Thomson.
We're now two spots away from the money. Several short stacks are barely hanging on.
With a limp in front, Guy Klass moved all in for his last 85,000 with the 
and Brian Healy called with the 
. Klass groaned when he was he was flipping and Travell Thomas provided some encouragement.
"What are you worried about? You have the best hand."
That changed quickly when the dealer rolled out a 
flop, but Glass picked up flush outs on the 
turn. Sure enough the peeled off on the river and Klass pumped his fist in celebration.
"I said you had nothing to worry about!" said Thomas with a laugh.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Aaron Obstein opened from late position and Jeff Kandefer called from the big blind to see a 
flop. Kandefer moved all in for 31,000 and Obstein tank called, flipping over the 
. He was ahead of Kandefer's 
and the board ran out 
to eliminate Kandefer.
Scott Gaddi was all in preflop with the and Jacob Ostrander called with the . The board gave both players a pair of aces but Ostrander's queen kicker played to send Gaddi to the rail.
Shawn Wilmot was left with only 5,000 in chips after losing a big flip with to 
. He was all in from the big blind on the next hand and woke up with the , but unfortunately Vince Palma had the 
. The jacks came up short this time and Wilmot exited short of the money.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Jonathan Dimmig began the day well above the average stack with 213,500 but all of those chips quickly spread around Table 6. The last of them went to Buck Ramsay, who opened to 8,500 from middle position and then called Dimmig's 60,000-chip shove.
Ramsay:
Dimmig: 
The flop came down 
to give Ramsay two pair and the pot.
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