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Just a few hands after his crippling, Jeff Fielder called all in after Mark Sykes raised and Dave Cubeta three-bet. Sykes ducked out to let Cubeta try for the knockout, and he had the goods:
Cubeta: 
Fielder: 
Fielder found a ten on the 
flop, but that's as close as he'd get to a triple up. The turn 
and river 
were blanks for him, and he has been eliminated in 32nd place.
Lorne Kanover raised to 19,000 before Jonas Wexler three-bet shoved for about 90,000 total. Kanover quickly called.
Showdown
Kanover: 
Wexler: 
Wexler was already in a bad way, and the news would get worse as the 
flop left him dead to running straight cards. The 
turn ended any chance of that miracle, and the 
river ushered Wexler to the payout desk in 31st place.
Kanover has about 290,000 now.
Joanne Monteavaro was all in for 71,000 preflop, moving her stack forward from the button. In the small blind, Mike Schoultz reraised all in for about 130,000 total, folding the big blind and getting him heads up with Monteavaro's tournament in jeopardy. She was, however, well ahead:
Monteavaro: 
Schoultz:
Board: 
. That's pretty uneventful, particularly for Schoultz and his underdog hand. He's sent a double up to his neighbor, the two of them swapping spots. Monteavaro has about 156,000 now, while Schoultz falls to 60,000.
Under the gun, Artie Smith opened to 21,000, and Mike Schoultz moved all in for 61,000 on the button. Smith tanked and eventually called, and the two of them were racing for Schoultz's tournament life:
Smith: 
Schoultz: 
The on the flop was a fine sight for Smith, but the 
flop still left the all-in player with four outs to the win. The turn 
was on the wrong end of the deck, and the river just added insult to Schoultz's injury. His ace-high can't beat four tens, and he's out in 30th place, taking a pay bump up to $3,389.
Mark Sykes was all in for about 110,000 before the flop with , and he ran them smack into Josh Brikis' 
. No worries, Mr. Sykes. The 
board was clean through fourth street, but the disastrous landed on the river to rob Brikdog of a big pot. He was forced to pay off his big debt, dropping to 270,000 while Sykes moved up to 225,000.
A few hands later, we picked up another pot between the two men as the board read 
. Brikis checked and called a bet of 19,500 from Sykes, and the filled out the board. When Sykes fired a final bet of 44,000, Brikis called again but we'd never get to see what he held. Sykes flipped up to cue a Brikis muck, and the former is on a real tear. He had a short stack of 51,000 chips at the last break, but he now finds himself flush with about 300,000 chips in front of him. Brikis, on the other hand, has had a frustrating level to drop his stack down to 205,000 or so.
Paolo Nigris opened to 16,500 from middle position, and Matt Glantz three-bet to 42,000 from the button. In the big blind, Ed Koppe called all in with his short stack, and Nigris ducked out of the way to let the other two duke it out. Koppe was in a bad way:
Glantz:
Koppe: 
The king on the 
all but ended things, but Koppe caught a on fourth street to keep his hopes flickering. The river was the ultimate blank, however, and Koppe is forced to exit after failing to improve his dominated hand.
We missed the hand that sealed his fate, but Warren Wiggins has been eliminated in 28th place.
His exit cues another redraw as we're down to 27 players across three tables. We'll have the seating chart and full updated chip counts after the approaching break. The average stack is now over a quarter-million chips.
Dany Dalal opened with a middle-position raise, and Matthew Waxman three-bet an additional 21,000 on top from the big blind. Dalal called, and off they went to the flop.
It came 
, and Waxman knocked the table. After a moment, Dalal announced that he was all in for 102,500, and he was instantly called with his hand caught in the cookie jar:
Waxman:
Dalal:
"Come on, ten!" Dalal pleaded, but the turn was a blank . The river, however, brought him exactly what he had wished for. The binked the board, and Dalal clapped his hands together in surprised satisfaction. His unlikely double brings him back to life with about 275,000 chips, while Waxman has lost the chip lead as he falls to 365,000.
Charles Croft made it 14,000 to go from under the gun, and small blind Joe Gradowski three-bet to 35,000. Croft called, and it was off to the 
flop. Gradowski continued out with 43,000 chips, but Croft promptly made a small raise to 90,000 total. His opponent called, and the action went check-check on the 
turn.
That brought them to the 
river that paired the board, and Gradowski moved all in for about 195,000 total. Croft took several long minutes to think it over, eventually making what would prove to be a fine call. He turned up , and we'd never get to see Gradowski's cards as they went into the muck. He's out in 27th place, good for $3,800.
Don't look now, but Charles Croft has a massive stack after that pot. We have him at about 690,000 with nearly a 2:1 chip lead over his nearest challengers.
In a battle of the blinds, Chris Bonita and Will Heger mixed it up in a preflop raising war that left Heger all in for just less than 200,000. Bonita had his man slightly covered, and he had his pocket pair dominated too:
Bonita:
Heger:
There was nothing untoward on the 
board, and Heger falls. Behind all the way and unable to improve, he's out in 26th place. Bonita, on the other hand, is up to 420,000.
