John Reading opened for a raise in the cutoff and then called the shove of Phil Mader on the button, who had only about 120,000 or so.
Mader: 
Reading: 
Reading was happy to see live cards, but a flop of 
was favorable to the Nebraskan. A 
hit the turn, but Mader was shaking his opponents' hands after a 
fell to bust him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Brian Zupancich put 132,000 in from middle position with 100,000 more behind, and Jeremy Dresch pushed all in from the button. Darren Ficek called it off for 202,000 in the big blind, and Zupancich called also.
Zupancich: 
Ficek: 
Dresch: 
Three big pairs, but nobody hit a set on the 
board, so Ficek took the main pot while Zupancich took a very small side pot. He busted a few hands later.
At the other table, Ralph Massey busted out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | |
|
188,000
-92,000
|
-92,000 |
|
60,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
Busted |
On a ten-high flop, Mike Lang just tried to muscle Andy Van Blair out of the pot with an all-in raise over Van Blair's continuation-bet. Unfortunately for Lang and his 
, Van Blair had the goods with , and he easily held for the double.
At the other table, Dan Carson busted out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
480,000
-520,000
|
-520,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Yossi Azulay shoved all in for 162,000 and was called by David Gutfreund. Azulay had 
and was unable to run down the 
of Gutfreund.
The next hand, action folded to Amy Muller on the button, and she jammed with 
as well. This time, it was Chuck Costanzo making the call, with 
. Costanzo kept his lead as the 
flopped, but an gave Muller a flush draw. The 
sealed it for Constanzo with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
704,000
|
704,000 |
|
730,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Nick Pupillo had a bet of 20,000 in front of him on a 
flop, which had been raised to 40,000 by Mike Lang on the button. Pupillo jammed for about 140,000, and Lang made the call after briefly thinking.
Pupillo: 
Lang:
Lang's overs weren't live, as he could only hit a king for the lead, and he did just that on the turn, causing Pupillo to lean back in disgust. The river was no help to Pupillo, and he could only mutter to himself about the beat as he exited.
At another table, David Gutfreund busted Steve Vang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
735,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
565,000
407,000
|
407,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
A player on the button shoved in for about 40,000, and Jeremy Dresch called from the big blind.
Dresch: 
Button:
"At least you have the club blocker," Dresch said, pointing at his opponent's .
The blocker was needed after the flop came 
. While a 
turn was safe for Dresch's opponent, the 
river filled Dresch's flush draw and meant the remaining players will all be paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Todd Breyfogle shoved all in for 160,000 from the small blind into a bloated pot on a flop. His opponent on the button tanked for a bit, stacked the requisite chips, and announced a call.
Breyfogle: 
Button: 
Breyfogle had been outflopped, and the turn did nothing for him. He found one of his outs on the river though.
"The ace-king curse is over," Breyfogle said with a sigh of relief.
The tournament is now hand-for-hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
Jeremy Dresch opened for 9,500 in middle position and saw Phil Mader three-bet to 27,500. Dresch asked Mader to verify his stacks and then shoved all in. Mader took a final peak at his hole cards and softly announced a call.
Dresch:
Mader:
A 
flop meant Dresch was nearly dead, and the ended things on the turn. Dresch chided Mader for his double-check.
"You have to insta-call with kings," he said. "You take more than two seconds, I don't think you have kings."
"I have to look again," Mader said with a smile. "Us old guys forget s*** sometimes."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
212,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
|
161,000
58,500
|
58,500 |
Mike Lang, who finished second at Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park in April, appears to be the chip leader at this juncture after taking another large pot when an opponent shoved for about 73,000 on a 
flop. Lang snapped it off with and saw he was crushing his opponent's . The and finished out the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000
197,500
|
197,500 |
After a flop of , Ralph Massey checked out of the hijack and saw Jim Lawrence bet 10,000 on the button. Massey demonstratively dropped all of his chips in the middle and was quickly called.
Massey:
Lawrence:
Lawrence had flopped huge but was no good, and he was unable to improve on the 
turn or 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
65,500
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
