Jim Piffer started the day as the short stack, but he held strong as eight other players hit the rail. Alas, he could hold on no longer.
Piffer got his short stack all in preflop holding the and was in bad shape against the of Nicholas Walker. The board ran out a dry and that was all she wrote for Piffer.
We picked up the action on a flop when Blake Napierala checked and Jerry Calvaneso put out a bet. Pete Kaemmerlen then raised to 44,000, and Napierala sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 107,000. Calvaneso quickly folded and then Kaemmerlen thought for a moment before calling.
Napierala:
Kaemmerlen:
Napierala was in a prime spot to double, but all of a sudden the rug was pulled out from under him when the dealer burned and turned the . Kaemmerlen hit his two outer and Napierala was left drawing to two of his own. The river wasn't it, and a volatile Napierala was eliminated from the tournament.
Meanwhile, Andrew Cicatello has also been eliminated from the tournament.
Things were going slow there for awhile, but things just heated up over at Table 2 on a flop of . We missed the exact details, but we do know Richard Burton ended up shoving right into the made hand of Louis Aquilina.
Aquilina:
Burton:
Burton was chastising himself for the shove, and then watched as the was put out on the turn to leave him drawing dead. The was put out on the river to make it official, and then Burton took his leave in 23rd place.
That means we are just one spot away from the money and hand-for-hand play has been initiated.
In a recent hand, action folded to Pete Kaemmerlen on the button and he raised to 13,000. After the small blind folded, Mathias moved all in from the big blind for 41,500, and since it wasn't too much more, Kaemmerlen called.
Kaemmerlen:
Mathias:
Kaemmerlen was drawing to live cards, and he actually picked up a flush draw on the flop. The turn gave Kaemmerlen even more outs to a straight, meaning any jack, four, ace, six or diamond would give him the win.
It was a lot of outs for Mathias to fade, but he did it when the harmless peeled off on the river.
and was in bad shape against the 
of Nicholas Walker. The board ran out a dry 
and that was all she wrote for Piffer.
flop when Blake Napierala checked and Jerry Calvaneso put out a bet. Pete Kaemmerlen then raised to 44,000, and Napierala sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 107,000. Calvaneso quickly folded and then Kaemmerlen thought for a moment before calling.
. Kaemmerlen hit his two outer and Napierala was left drawing to two of his own. The 
river wasn't it, and a volatile Napierala was eliminated from the tournament.
. We missed the exact details, but we do know Richard Burton ended up shoving right into the made hand of Louis Aquilina.
was put out on the turn to leave him drawing dead. The 
flop. The 
turn gave Kaemmerlen even more outs to a straight, meaning any jack, four, ace, six or diamond would give him the win.
peeled off on the river.
