With the board showing on the turn, Fred Berger bet 10,000 from the small blind, and Cory Carroll called from the big blind. The river card was the , and both players checked. Berger showed 7-6 for seven high, but Carroll showed K-5 (king high) to win the pot.
Roland Isra moved all in for 43.5K. Michelle Law called and showed . Isra called and flipped over . The flop was and Law still led. The turn was and the turn was . Law's hand held up as Isra headed to the rail in 20th place. He won $9,778.
Nick Schulman raised preflop, and Pat Atchison moved all in for 84,000 more. Schulman stopped to consider the situation for a few minutes before calling with . Atchison showed , and it was a race situation.
The board came , and Atchison paired his queen on the turn to win the pot and double up to about 200,000 in chips. Schulman was knocked down to about 190,000.
Shannon Shorr was short stacked and all in preflop against Sonny Lee. Shorr showed , while Lee had him dominated with . The board came , and Lee turned a diamond flush to win the hand. Shannon Shorr was eliminated in 21st place, earning $9,778.
In the last hand before the dinner break, David Pham was under the gun and heads up against Vasile Buboi in the small blind, and some preflop action forced Chad Brown out of the pot in the big blind.
There was unknown action on the flop of . The turn card was the , Buboi bet 20,000, Pham raised to 40,000, and Buboi folded. Pham took the pot.
Chad Brown, who had stayed around to watch the final hand, told Pham that he had folded K-9 -- Brown would have flopped a full house. Another player asked Pham to show his hand, hoping to see for the straight flush, but Pham mucked his cards.
Tom Macey was on life support with around 10,000 in chips -- barely enough for three big blinds. He doubled up against Roland Isra then picked up plenty of blinds and antes with several uncontested preflop raises. He's now up to 42,000.
Roland Isra raised from the SB and Tom Macey pushed from the BB for 10.2K. Isra called and showed while Macey flipped over . The flop was . Macey's hand was good enough to double up to 22.5K. Isra was knocked down to 31K.