David "Doc" Sands raised to 8,500 and received calls from the button and the small blind.
The flop came down and the small blind checked. Sands fired out a continuation bet of 12,500 and the button quickly shot his hand into the muck. The small blind, however, opted to push out a raise that made it 31,000 to go. Sands called and fouth street was the .
The small blind bet 48,000 and after about thirty seconds Sands slowly moved his hand to the muck, awarding his opponent the pot. This loss brings Sands' stack down to about 155,000.
Action folded around to Richard Tygum who moved all in for his last roughly 70,000 in chips. Ralph Westbrook was next to act on the button and he moved all in over the top. The blinds got out of the way and the hands were tabled to find the two players in a race situation.
Westbrook:
Tygum:
Tygum struck gold on the flop, giving him a set of eights and propelling him even further into the lead. Westbrook paired his ace on the turn, but it was no match for Tygum's hand. The rivered and Tygum was able to score a double up.
This hand knocked Westbrook down to 68,000 in chips. He would bust a few hands later.
David Sands opened with a raise under the gun and Ryan Snickles re-raised all in from the big blind for 47,000 more. Sands mulled it over before calling with .
Snickles was ahead with and held up through the to double up.
Sands, though, doubled up a few hands later to us his stack to about 180,000.
The remaining players have now entered hand for hand play. Once the final 41 players are reached, they will be guaranteed a spot in the money when they return for Day 2 on Sunday.
and the small blind checked. Sands fired out a continuation bet of 12,500 and the button quickly shot his hand into the muck. The small blind, however, opted to push out a raise that made it 31,000 to go. Sands called and fouth street was the 
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flop, giving him a set of eights and propelling him even further into the lead. Westbrook paired his ace on the 
turn, but it was no match for Tygum's hand. The 
rivered and Tygum was able to score a double up.
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and held up through the 
to double up.
when the board ran out 
