An anonymous player moved in with a short stack holding 
, Maria Ho committed her chips holding pocket queens and a third player was all in with nines.
The board ran 
, the player with nines was eliminated, Anonymous chipped up and Ho slid a little.
The players are on another 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
A short-stacked player shoved in late position holding 
and Hiren Patel called from the small blind holding 
. The board ran 
, Patel made trips and eliminated the unknown player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
||
|
173,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
162,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
132,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
108,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
25,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
Busted | |
|
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A player shoved all in for 28,400 in middle position, and Aaron Mermelstein called in the small blind. The big blind folded.
Mermelstein:
Opponent:
Mermelstein was miles ahead, but his opponent did flop a gutshot as 
hit the felt. No king appeared on the final two streets though, and the two-time WPT champ collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
Maria Ho opened to 5,200 in late position and Chino Rheem called from the big blind saying, "I can't fold this in the big blind, I have a discount."
The flop came 
, Rheem check-called 6,000 and the turn came 
. Both players checked, the river came 
and Rheem bet 8,000. Ho thought for a bit, thumbed her chips and then pushed her cards back to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
167,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
|
87,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Tim James opened to 7,500 under the gun, and Chino Rheem called in middle position. A player on the button shoved all in for just over 57,000, and James reshoved, forcing Rheem to fold.
James: 
Button: 
The race went to James as neither improved on the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 |
Kevin Grabel opened the action preflop and found four callers, with one micro stack all in. The flop fell 
, David Lopez checked and Grabel bet 20,000. Lopez tossed in a call and announced he was all in in the dark. The turn was , the dealer announced Lopez's action and Grabel tossed in calling chips.
Grable:
Lopez: 
Short stack: 
The river came , Lopez made quads and celebrated with a clap, A visibly angry Grabel left the area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
Busted |
We missed the preflop action but we found Kevin Eyster, John Gordon and a third player at a flop of . Eyster bet, the unknown player moved all in. Gordon tanked for a bit, mucked and the cards were tabled.
Eyster: 
Player: 
The board finished , Gordon regretted his fold, the player was eliminated and Eyster stacked around 400,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
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