Aaron Massey opened under the gun to 7,000 and called a shove from Jason Vanstrom, who had 25,000 in the cutoff.
Massey: 
Vanstrom: 
The 
flop wasn't great for Vanstrom but he faded any further improvement from Massey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 100,000 |
|
56,000 | 40,000 |
A player under the gun bet 12,500 into about 18,000 on a board of 
and Trung Le called in the cutoff. On the 
river, the under-the-gun player checked and Le splashed in 23,000. His opponent tanked over a minute, holding the calling chips before silently dropping them into the pot.
Le tabled 
for the flush and his opponent pounded the table in frustration and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 65,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
With 
on board, Stephen Foutty was all in for 45,500 out of the big blind. That was a fair bit more than the pot size, and his opponent on the button tanked several minutes. Finally, Foutty asked for a clock.
"He called the clock?!" the player on the button exclaimed. "He called it?"
He slammed in calling chips quickly but couldn't beat 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 |
Steve Wilkie was on the button and bet 5,500 on a 
flop. The small blind called and the big blind folded. On the turn, Wilkie's second barrel of 15,000 was also called. The river prompted his opponent to shove into him for about 35,000, and Wilkie quickly called.
The small blind showed 
but Wilkie had that beat with 
.
Wilkie has been a veritable MSPT star for the past couple of years, winning MSPT Denver Poker Open for $85K in late 2019, coming fourth in MSPT Canterbury for $51,944 right after that, then getting second at MSPT South Dakota last August for another $66K.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | -30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000 | 75,000 |
|
260,000 | 125,000 |
|
195,000 | 61,000 |
|
179,000 | 32,500 |
|
154,000 | -41,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 9,000 |
|
90,000 | |
|
85,000 | 60,000 |
|
60,000 | 41,400 |
|
50,000 | -2,000 |
|
45,000 | -15,000 |
|
34,000 | -27,000 |
|
|
16,000 | -26,500 |
|
Busted |
Rania Nasreddine had 
in front of her but was beaten by a player with 
. It wasn't clear when the money went in, but the ace-king had flopped a flush on a low flop with all spades and then paired up on the river, costing Nasreddine 27,000.
At a neighboring table, Pat Lyons shoved all in preflop for 24,000 after saying he'd lost most of his stack with jacks against queens. Action folded to the big blind, who called with . Lyons patted the table and showed 
. The flip went his way as it ran 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
44,000 | -29,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A player under the gun opened for 5,000, Christopher Ocksrider made it about 15,000 in the next seat, and the opener jammed for about 52,000. Ocksrider quickly called with 
and was dominating .
The board ran clean for Ocksrider and he surpassed 200,000. Good thing for him he did, as he needs some ammo against the players on his left, each of whom still has him covered.
Players are now on break for 15 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | 70,000 |
|
245,000 | |
|
215,000 |