Christopher Adams raised to 45,000 from middle position only to have Kurt Jewell move all in from the small blind. Adams called off for about 250,000 and the cards were turned on their backs:
Adams:
Jewell:
Jewell's good luck continued as the board ran out and he took down the massive pot, increasing his stack to 970,000. On the flip side, Adams was eliminated from the Main Event.
Action folded to Stephen Kats on the button and he moved all in for 140,000 holding the . Not surprisingly, Kurt Jewell woke up with a hand, , in the big blind and made the call.
The flop gave Kats a flush draw and a renewed hope. The dealer burned and turned the , which was not what Kats needed. In order to stay alive, he needed a jack or heart on the river. Instead, it was the and Kats ran out of lives. Meanwhile, Jewell continued his heater to chip up to 1.14 million.
On a flop of , Jesse White bet 16,000, Matthew Lawrence called, and Maurice Hawkins raised to 53,000. White made the call while Lawrence opted to get out of the way. Both players then checked the on the turn, which was followed by the on the river. White led out for 50,000 and Hawkins made the call.
Hawkins:
White:
White had hit his flush on the turn to pull ahead of Hawkins' two pair. After the hand, Hawkins was down to 170,000 while White was up to 760,000.
Marco Palacios raised to 28,000 under the gun only to have Bob Talbot move all in for around 99,000 in the cutoff. The blind got out of the way and Palacios made the call:
Palacios:
Talbot:
The flop changed little, other than Talbot now needing a queen instead of a jack. The turn was no help to him and neither was the on the river. Palacios took down the pot, increasing his stack to 340,000, while Talbot was sent on an extended dinner break.
Maurice Hawkins raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Jessie White in the small blind. Edward Chevallier, who was in the big blind, then moved all in for 97,000. Hawkins responded by moving all in himself for 225,000 and surprisingly White made the call:
Hawkins:
White:
Chevallier:
Both Hawkins and Chevallier were at risk as the board ran out . After the dust had settled, Chevallier tripled to around 300,000, White took the side pot and sat with 820,000, while Hawkins made his way to the exit.
Seat 1: La Sengphet
Seat 2: Vincent Cornoyer
Seat 3: Dale Slatton
Seat 4: Sam Barnhart
Seat 5: Matthew Lawrence
Seat 6: Shane Campbell
Seat 7: Rose Cooney
Seat 8: Kurt Jewell
Seat 9: Marco Palacios
Table 5
Seat 1: John Holley
Seat 2: Jonathan Thomas
Seat 3: Mary Harden
Seat 4: Edward Chevallier
Seat 5: Scott Standridge
Seat 6: Samuel White
Seat 7: Preston Derden
Seat 8: Kai Landry
Seat 9: John Nguyen
Table 6
Seat 1: Steve Winkel
Seat 2: Ed McPike
Seat 3: Jesse White
Seat 4: Brian Burney
Seat 5: Jim Dowen
Seat 6: Steve Galey
Seat 7: Mark Kehrees
Seat 8: Chris Welch
Seat 9: Don Kidd