David Groves had 1,175 left and went all in from early position. Four players called his all in before Benjamin Thompson shoved all in for 16,800 more.
The remaining players folded, leaving Groves heads up with Thompson for his tournament life. Thompson showed pocket jacks, , against the of Groves.
Groves needed a lot of help, but got none of it when Thompson flopped a full house on the board.
Three players built a pot of just over 10,000 preflop, and Aaron Massey checked in the hijack on . Andy Philachack bet 3,000 in the cutoff an then called when Davy Ridout raised to 8,000 from the button. They went heads up to a turn, and Philachack check-called 5,000. On the river, Philachack checked again, this time tank-folding to a shove worth 9,650.
At a neighboring table, Kansas native Brandon Steven has taken a seat and appears to have lost roughly half of his starting stack.
Keith Lehr has just won a hand where he three-bet two players in position and got one caller. He then c-bet the flop and took down the pot.
On the next hand, he raised in late position, making it 1,300 preflop. He got two callers, including James Worley in the big blind.
The flop came and Worley checked to Lehr. He bet 3,000 and Worley was the lone caller. The two were heads up to the on the turn. Lehr was first to bet again, this time making it 6,000 and Worley called.
Worley check-called a third time when the hit the river and Lehr bet 10,000.
Lehr showed trips, holding and Worley won the hand with , making a straight on the river.
On a completed board of , Aaron Massey bet 4,700 from the big blind and got immediately called by Andy Philachack, who was on his left. Massey tabled for a boat, and Philachack showed he'd gotten a very unlucky runout with .
Bryan Campanello had 6,000 in front of him in middle position, as did Mark van Keirsbilck on the button, and the player in the cutoff shoved all in for about double that. van Keirsbilck reshipped and Campanello folded right away.