| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 97,500 |
|
|
150,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
84,000 | -10,500 |
|
|
84,000 | 26,500 |
|
70,000 | -29,500 |
|
66,000 | -48,000 |
|
45,000 | -64,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
238,000 | 108,500 |
|
210,000 | 10,000 |
|
160,000 | -90,500 |
|
155,000 | 85,000 |
|
155,000 | 43,500 |
|
Busted |
Timothy Greiner and Carmin Argiero were heads up and looking at a board of 
. According to Greiner the he check-raised the flop to 50,000 and Argiero tank called. When the turn hit Greiner shoved all in for his remaining 143,000 into a pot of about 150,000. Argiero struggled with his decision for a while.
"I'm sorry guys, I got a monster," said Argiero standing up. He took another minute to finally fold his hand face up. He slapped 
on the table to show top pair top kicker.
Greiner wasted no time flipping over 
for top pair with a worse kicker.
"Oooooooooo!" Argiero let out, "my read was right, good bet."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
172,000 | -58,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The first three levels of the day saw 46 players drop from the field. Sixty four remain. Former MSPT Champ Ryan Dykhouse was elimminated along with MSPT regular Steve Anderson. Both MSPT Pros, Nick Pupillo and Jason Zarlenga are still alive. Ten eliminations left before players are in the money.
Gus Vergos and Steve Anderson were all in heads up. The board read 
. Anderson held 
and Vergos held 
. Vergos won the hand with a club flush and eliminated Anderson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | 265,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
338,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 33,000 |
|
310,000 | 275,500 |
|
|
293,000 | 138,000 |
|
272,000 | 137,500 |
|
|
230,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
229,500 | 75,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 94,500 |
|
|
165,000 | 18,500 |
|
|
133,000 | -68,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -48,500 |
|
80,000 | -77,500 |
|
|
64,000 | -81,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jake Baumgartner shoved all in for 50,000 and Mike Ross called. Ross had 
and Baumgartner had 
. The board ran out 
and Baumgartner was eliminated. With that hand Ross broke the 400,000 barrier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
402,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Robert Blumenfeld was all in with against an opponent with 
.
"Fours are okay, just no fives," said Blumenfeld awaiting the flop.
The flop came 
.
"How about a three?" his opponent asked.
The turn and river were both fours, the [4c and 
.
"Chop," said another player.
"I'll take a chop," said the recently elminated player. Blumenfeld won the hand with trip fours and his king played for a higher kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | -9,000 |
Dylan Thomassie and Former MSPT Champ Ryan Dykhouse got all in on the flop of 
. Thomassie held 
and was well ahead of Dykhouse's 
. The board finished 
and Dykhouse couldn't catch up. Thomassie is now over 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 207,500 |
|
Busted |
