Donovan Darland opened for 36,000 from middle position and action passed to Khank Luu and he moved all in for 129,000 from the cutoff. The blinds released and action was back on Darland and he called.
Darland:
Luu:
The board ran and Darland's full house made Luu the first elimination of the day.
From middle position, Jacob Bazely raised to 35,000 and was called by David Hengen in position. THe flop was and Bazely led for 45,000. Hengen made the call.
The turn was the and this time Bazely bet 100,000 before being met with an immediate all in. About 250,000 more to call, Bazely thought for a bit before finally flipping over the and mucking the other card.
Action folded to Thang Nguyen on the button and he moved all in for his last 142,000. Sameer Al Dbhany was next to act and reraised all in over the top. Jacob Bazely folded his big blind and it was Dbhany putting Nguyen at risk of being our 9th place finisher.
Nguyen:
Al Dbhany:
The flop was which gave Nguyen some additional outs. The turn was a blank but the river shipped the pot to Nguyen.
With that hand, Dbhany and Nguyen switch places as the shortest stack and second shortest stack.
From under the gun Aaron Massey opened to 45,000 and Mark Smith reraised to 125,000 behind him. Action folded back around to Massey and it didn't take long for him to move all in.
Smith was distraught by Massey's bet and almost immediately stood up to think about it. He tanked for a few minutes and muttered under his breath "I feel like I have the best hand."
Massey had the chiplead but Smith wasn't too far behind him. An onlooker from the rail commented, "It's an expensive hand."
"I'm folding the best hand," Smith said as he flipped over .
Sameer Al Dbhany moved all in for 155,000 from middle position. After asking for the count, Aaron Massey made the call on the button before the blinds got out of the way.
Al Dbhany:
Massey:
The board ran out a dry and Al Dbhany got himself right back into with a key double up.
Massey is now just barely second in chips behind Robert Castoire.
Mark Smith was on the button and opened to 52,000. Bernard Lee was in the small blind and popped it to 138,000. Smith wasted no time in announcing call.
The flop fell and Lee checked. Smith virtually insta-shoved all in for 436,000. Lee counted his stack and just barely had Smith covered. After a couple more moments of consideration Lee called.
Lee:
Smith:
The turn hit Smith when it fell and Lee needed an ace of a five to retake the hand on the river. He aired when the river fell and Lee was left crippled.
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and Darland's full house made Luu the first elimination of the day.
and this time Bazely bet 100,000 before being met with an immediate all in. About 250,000 more to call, Bazely thought for a bit before finally flipping over the 
which gave Nguyen some additional outs. The turn 
and Lee checked. Smith virtually insta-shoved all in for 436,000. Lee counted his stack and just barely had Smith covered. After a couple more moments of consideration Lee called.
and Lee needed an ace of a five to retake the hand on the river. He aired when the river fell 
. Darland and Castoire checked down the whole way. Lee rolled over 
, his opponents could beat it and Lee was able to triple up.