With the board reading 
, a series of raises between Dan Snowden and an opponent led to a healthy pot of about 150,000 before the 
river fell.
Snowden check-called his opponent's all in bet (which was roughly 15,000) and tabled 
. His opponent shook his head as he flashed 
for an inferior set before making his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 90,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
We caught up to find David Becker calling a bet of 20,000 chips from a lone opponent on a flop of 
.
The turn brought the 
and Becker's opponent moved his entire stack in. Becker nonchalantly tabled 
for the nut flush and his opponent shook his head, showed the 
and mucked his hand. Becker was able to scoop up this massive pot and build his stack to roughly 285,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000 | 55,000 |
That's strike two for defending champion Bronson Tucker in his bid to repeat. We have a feeling he'll give it a final go on Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | -10,000 |
|
172,000 | -3,000 |
|
162,000 | |
|
|
155,000 | 10,000 |
|
150,000 | 10,000 |
|
120,000 | -15,000 |
|
118,000 | -12,000 |
|
108,000 | 8,000 |
|
99,000 | 55,000 |
|
98,000 | -17,000 |
|
90,000 | -13,000 |
|
85,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
83,000 | -16,000 |
|
40,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
36,000 | 10,000 |
|
28,000 | -22,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
We caught up to see Maria Ho and an opponent looking down at a flop of 
. Both players checked and did so once again on the turn.
The 
fell on the river and it was checked to Ho for a third time. Ho dipped into her stack and came out with a bet of 7,600. Ho's opponent snap called and she tabled 
for a rivered pair of queens. Her opponent instantly mucked his hand and passed the chips over to her side of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000 | 20,000 |
In a battle of the blinds, Dustin Dorrance-Bowman just added about 55,000 to his stack.
His opponent, in the big blind, wound up all in for roughly 35 big blinds with 
and needed to improve against Dorrance-Bowman's 
to survive.
The flop came down 
and didn't change much, but the turn paired up Dorrance-Bowman's opponent. However, the 
landed on the river to give Dorrance-Bowman a winning pair of queens to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 55,000 |
Chris Conrad opened with a raise to 3,700 from middle position only to have the player in the cutoff three-bet to 9,700. Conrad inquired how much his opponent had behind and found out it was about 40,000 more.
Without missing a beat, Conrad announced that he was all in and suddenly put his opponent to a decision for all of his chips. Conrad's opponent mucked his hand and allowed Conrad to pick up the pot. He's now sitting on about 135,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | 79,000 |
