Phung Ngo raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Paul Stoddard moved all in for 139,000 from the cutoff. Chad Bienz called from the blind and Ngo called as well. The flop was and Bienz bet 150,000 and Ngo folded.
Bienz:
Stoddard:
The board completed and Stoddard hit the rail just short of the final table.
Henry Tran got the last of his chips all in against the of Ryan Dykhouse. Tran was ahead with , but fell behind after the flop. The turn and river provided no help and Tran has hit the rail and will head to his Evansville, IN home.
All of Bruce Swart's chips went in preflop with and Ryan Dykhouse had him covered, but was behind with . Dykhouse could not find a jack, but did get four diamonds on a board of to eliminate Swart.
In a blind versus blind situation, Jean Gaspard moved all in on the flop. Greg Lamson had flopped two pair with and made the call. Gaspard had and couldn't catch up.
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and Bienz bet 150,000 and Ngo folded.
and Stoddard hit the rail just short of the final table.
of Ryan Dykhouse. Tran was ahead with 
flop. The 
turn and 
river provided no help and Tran has hit the rail and will head to his Evansville, IN home.
. Dykhouse could not find a jack, but did get four diamonds on a board of 
to eliminate Swart.
and Ermie was crippled to just 10,000 in chips. Ermie was eliminated by Greg Lamson on the next hand.
and made the call. Gaspard had 
and couldn't catch up.
