Action folded around to Vince Procopio on the button who popped it up to 1,700. The small blind folded and Natale Kuey decided to defend from the big blind.
Before the flop fell, Kuey announced a check in the dark. The flop came and Procopio threw out a bet of 2,125. Kuey reached into his stack and counted out a raise, making it 6,000 to go. Procopio sat contemplating for a moment before mucking his hand, showing the to the table. Kuey quietly traded his hand for the pot and stacked his winnings.
We got to the table to see Everett Carlton's tournament life on the line before the flop. In front of him was the which was up against his opponent's .
The flop gave Carlton wonderful prospects, as it came . Carlton made one pair on the turn when the hit and two pair on the river with the .
"You played the turn and river very well," commented Bryan Devonshire from across the table with a smile. Carlton flashed a smile back and began stacking his newly found chips.
Dennis Phillips has been eliminated and the players at the table were nice enough to give us some details. Phillips held and shoved after the flop came with two clubs. Edward Pham called holding and his top pair held, sending Phillips to the rail.
Allen Kessler opened up with a raise preflop and was three-bet by Chip Ervin from the small blind. Kessler called from the button and the flop came . Ervin continued his aggression, betting out 5,100. "The Chainsaw" stacked his chips up and pushed them all into the middle.
Ervin seemed irked with the situation, and eventually tossed his hand into the muck, awarding Kessler a fair sized pot.
This confusing hand occurred as the field was going on break. Tuan Phan was in a hand with two other opponents - one of them very short-stacked. After the flop of the short stacked player moved all in, the second player made a small raised and Phan tossed in a bunch of oversized chips.
"I just misclicked," Phan said when his opponent called putting 98% of his chips at risk. The turn came and the remaining 275 went in the middle. The river came and Phan tabled for a full house and the other two mucked their hands.
With that misclick, Phan is now atop the chip counts.
Miguel Borrero's starting stack had been trending downwards all day, but now he's making the push up. He got in a hand with Edward Pham when Pham opened for 700 and Borrero raised to 1,525. Pham called and watched the flop fall . Pham checked, Borrero bet 2,000 and Pham folded.
and Procopio threw out a bet of 2,125. Kuey reached into his stack and counted out a raise, making it 6,000 to go. Procopio sat contemplating for a moment before mucking his hand, showing the 
to the table. Kuey quietly traded his hand for the pot and stacked his winnings.![[user196975]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
which was up against his opponent's 
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. Carlton made one pair on the turn when the 
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and shoved after the flop came 
with two clubs. Edward Pham called holding 
. Ervin continued his aggression, betting out 5,100. "The Chainsaw" stacked his chips up and pushed them all into the middle.
the short stacked player moved all in, the second player made a small raised and Phan tossed in a bunch of oversized chips.
and the remaining 275 went in the middle. The river came 
