Jonathon Poche made it 5,400 to go preflop only to have Josh Evans three-bet to 15,200 from the cutoff. Poche slid out a four-bet amounting to 39,300 to force Evans into the muck.
Eventually, Evans opted to kick his cards to the muck while slipping to 110,000 as Poche moves to 315,000 in chips.
We didn't catch the action on this monster pot until the turn when all the money went in. With a board reading , Chris Klodnicki was all in holding against the of La Sengphet. With the river card still to come, Sengphet's supports began calling for a deuce. Sure enough, the harmless peeled off on the river and Klodnicki, who was clearly frustrated, made his exit from the WSOP-Circuit National Championship.
Just before the break Josh Evans and Adam Hui got all of the money in on the turn with a board reading . With 235,000 in the pot, Evans' tournament life was at stake. Lucky for him, he held the nuts with . However, Hui held for a redraw. The table was tense as the dealer burned and revealed the . Evans survived the river to double while Hui dropped to 64,000.
James Anderson entered the pot from middle position with a raise to 7,000 only to have Traci Brown move all in from the small blind for just her last 9,000. Anderson made the call to put the one of the remaining females at risk.
Brown:
Anderson:
The flop gave Brown additional outs to chop, and when the landed on the turn, there would be nine cards that she would hope would peel on the river to keep her alive.
Unfortunately, the completed the board and Brown was bumped to the rail as Anderson moves to 95,000 in chips.
Charles "Woody" Moore raised to 9,000 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Drazen Ilich in the small blind. He opted to reraise to 28,500, which Moore called after spending a minute in the tank. When the flop came down , Ilich led out for 40,000 and Moore simply folded. The former player is up to 220,000 while the latter dropped to 95,000.