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Joseph Elia just joined the ever-growing group of those with six-figure stacks.
Three-handed, one player bet 8,500 on a 
flop and got one call before Elia bumped it to 20,000. The original bettor folded, but the caller shipped it in with the 
.
Elia called off with the 
and held on a 
turn and river combo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 |
After a raise in front of him, Jeffery Hobrecker three-bet. John Araujo cold-called out of position and the raiser came along.
It checked to Hobrecker and he bet 19,000 on the 
flop. Only Araujo called. The turn brought the 
, and Araujo fired out 34,000. Hobrecker called.
Finally, on the 
river, Araujo checked and Hobrecker moved all in. Araujo snap-called with two kings for the straight, but Hobrecker had the 
for quads.
Araujo was left with only a few chips and a chair, busting out unceremoniously soon after, while Hobrecker, who grabbed the chip lead in the first flight of this tournament last year, grabbed it again right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
After dusting off a huge early chip lead, Mike "The Mayor" Rellinger fired again and this second bullet appears to be working out just fine.
Over the last 40 minutes of play, he's busted four different players, including one who shoved 40,000 with middle pair into his flopped flush.
Rellinger took a little time between bullets, ditched the Detroit Tigers gear pictured here, and regrouped. Whatever he did, it's working, as he's over 200,000 now, and looking to bag big as the field moves into the flight's later levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Sammy Smith called an all in with two pair, aces and nines, against a made diamond flush with just one card to come.
He binked a nine on the river to bust the shorter stack and now has 150,000 and a spot in the upper half of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 |
Nathan Kross raised from middle position and got three callers. He checked the 
flop, and one opponent led out. The other two folded, and Kross pushed all in for 25,000 effective. His opponent called with the 
.
Kross had a little, but a lot, with the 
, and although he missed his flush draw, and a chance at two pair or trips, the 
turn and 
river gave him a runner-runner wheel.
Busting another victim, Kross moved up close to 200,000 and now has a spot among the leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Joseph Elia raised it up with the 
and got two callers. It checked to him on an 
flop and he led out.
Both players called, and when the 
turn came down, the first one to act led for 17,000. There was a call, and Elia piled it in for 110,000.
The leader called all in for 80,000 with the , and the caller folded. The river bricked, and thanks to that massive cooler, Elia now leads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Jason Kanel has replaced Alex Rice near the top of the counts.
Kanel flopped a set of sixes versus a Rice flush draw, got it in, and held to double through him.
Rice then dusted off the rest jamming it in with a rivered pair of sevens versus a made flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Jason Nablo kept getting outflopped until he was down to 60,000.
Then Thomas Mader jammed jacks into his kings on a 
flop. Nablo called and held, climbing back up near the top of the leaderboard again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
167,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
30,000
-11,400
|
-11,400 |
