On a flop of , Travis Lutes checked from the big blind position to his sole opponent, Garrett Jones, who moved all in for around 175,000. Lutes quickly called and left Jones mumbling, "I was trying to steal it."
Indeed he was as he flipped over . Lutes revealed and was in great shape to eliminate Jones. The board ran out and , sending Jones to the rail in 19th place. With that, Lutes is up to 600,000 and the remaining 18 players will redraw for seats.
John Holley raised to 33,000 from the cutoff only to have Robert Gunter move all in for 58,000 on the button. Bob Harris then moved all in himself from the small blind and Holley got out of the way.
Gunter:
Harris:
The board ran out and Gunter doubled to 180,000. Harris dropped to around 100,000 on the hand.
T.J. Cloutier raised under the gun and Will "Monkey" Souther called from the hijack. The flop came down and Cloutier bet 90,000. Souther made it 200,00 to go and Cloutier called.
The appeared on the turn and Cloutier moved all in for his last 60,000. Souther called and showed which was far ahead Cloutier's . In order to survive Cloutier needed a king on the river. Unfortunately for the Poker Hall of Famer, the river was the and he was eliminated from the tournament in 18th place.
Cary Purcell was under the gun and put in a raise. Action folded to Farid Nasserazad in the big blind who raised 60,000 more. Purcell moved all in and Nasserazad called off his stack for a total of 370,000.
Nasserazad:
Purcell:
Purcell was ahead but not after the flop. The on the turn and river gave Nasserazad a double to 750,000 and left Purcell with just 60,000. A few hands later, Purcell was eliminated at the hands of Travis Lutes.
David Barrow was under the gun and moved all in for around 180,000. Action folded to Farid Nasserazad on the button and he made the call. After the blinds folded, the cards were turned up:
Nasserazad:
Barrow:
Nasserazad's big slick was in a commanding lead and stayed there as the board ran out . He is up to 940,000 while Barrow was eliminated in 16th place.
Action folded to Bob Harris on the button and he moved all in for his last 60,000 with . Yair Alon called him from the small blind with and the two watched the flop fall . Harris was in big trouble and needed running straight cards to stay alive. The on the turn gave him hope, but the on the river quickly dashed it away. Alon took down the pot with his full house, increasing his stack to 245,000, while Harris was eliminated in 15th place.