Craig "Smitty" Smith was desperately short stacked in his final orbit and was all in on his big blind. Jerry Case was under the gun and isolated him.
Smith: 
Case: 
The board ran 
and the local player's tournament was done.
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are now on a 15-minute break. Just a reminder that we are scheduled to play four more levels tonight unless we reach a final table. There are 26 competitors remaining.
We caught the action when the board and action had already been completed. The result was that Mike Parech was eliminated holding 
while Luis Reyes doubled up with 
against the 
of Craig "Smitty" Smith. The board read 
and the river heart was what gave Reyes the winning hand.
Smith is now down to under 100,000 while Reyes shoots up to 230,000.
| Table | Seat | Name | Chipcount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jacob Bazely | 353,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Frank Maggio | 110,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Randy Pfeifer | 330,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Mark "Pegasus" Smith | 485,000 |
| 1 | 5 | John Sullivan | 111,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Donovan Darland | 406,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Jennifer Parrish | 25,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Tommy Cronin | 207,500 |
| 1 | 9 | David Hengen | 488,000 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chipcount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | John Nguyen | 180,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Stan Combs | 375,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Craig "Smitty" Smith | 196,500 |
| 2 | 4 | Jerry Case | 79,500 |
| 2 | 5 | Luis Reyes | 105,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Terry Jacobs | 52,500 |
| 2 | 7 | Mike Parech | 20,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Waseem Karim | 68,500 |
| 2 | 9 | Kenny Smith | 194,000 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chipcount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Bernard Lee | 125,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Khang Luu | 360,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Charles Kramer | 55,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin Calenzo | 230,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Thang Nguyen | 500,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Bob Cole | 50,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Sameer Al Dbhany | 325,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Robert Castoire | 410,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Aaron Massey | 426,000 |
Craig Bergeron and Aaron Massey got it all in preflop. Massey held and Bergeron held 
. The board ran 
and Bergeron's tournament was done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
158,500
|
158,500 |
|
Busted |
A player in early position raised to 18,000 and received three callers who were in position as well as both players in the blinds.
The flop was 
and action checked five times before Mark "Pegasus" Smith took a chunk of red 5,000 chips and put them in the middle. The bet ended up being 130,000 and the first three players folded. Luis Reyes was the first player to flat the raise preflop and went into the tank. The decision would be for his tournament life. Eventually, he folded and Smith took the pot.
Mark "Pegasus" Smith opened for 15,000 in late position and the player on the button called. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn came 
, Smith bet 20,000 and the button called. The river fell , Smith bet 50,000 and the button folded.
As he was raking the pot another player at the table said, "Quit smashing the table Mark."
Smith just smiled.
Jacob Bazely raised from late position to 13,500 before Craig Burgeron moved all in for 42,000 from the big blind. Bazely called and took his chance to knock out his opponent.
Bazely: 
Burgeron: 
The board ran out 
and Burgeron had the hand locked up when he hit a set on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
93,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
Another Nguyen has eliminated another player, this time it was John Nguyen. A short stacked Brina Lemke pushed preflop and Nguyen called.
Nguyen: 
Lemke:
The board ran 
and Lemke's day was done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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