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It wasn't exactly a tough call for Brian Burns holding two kings on a 
board when three players in front of him each pushed all in.
He managed to make it, the flopped full house held and he's among the leaders now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 |
Randy Lingenfelter has moved into chip boss position thanks to a pair of aces in the hole.
He had his three-bet called prelop by a player with 
, then called when the same player jammed on a ten-high flop.
The aces held and he's now closing in on a 90,000-chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000
36,800
|
36,800 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Shayne Shackelford spiked an ace on the flop to crack Burt Kopaskie queens and got his value bet paid off on the river to leapfrog Kopaskie near the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
John Molino ran jacks into queens all in preflop.
He was ready to go home empty handed until he made quad jacks. Now he's working on a close to 50,000-chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,900
49,900
|
49,900 |
Josh Deskovic made short work of Marcy Jo Phillips.
First he doubled through her, somehow cracking her aces all in preflop with 
.
A short time later he picked up a big hand of his own, taking the rest of her chips with versus 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,300 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
With registration about to close the board currently reads just shy of 200 total entries.
This has been by far the busiest of the first four starting days and the action has been heavy with the field cut considerably, now under 60 players remaining.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The biggest hand of the day so far just vaulted Shayne Shackelford into the chip lead.
It started with a Nick Walker open and a Shackelford flat call. Randy Lingenfelter then three-bet and after Walker walked away, Shackelford shoved.
Lingenfelter looked down at two aces and made the call way ahead of Shackelford's 
. However, the 
board took care of that, handing Shackelford the massive pot with a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
15,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
