Frank Maggio opened the action with a raise to 13,500 from middle position. The player to his immediate left moved all in for 27,000 total. Everyone folded back to Maggio and after some thought he made the call.
Maggio;
Opponent:
The opponent got on Maggio for thinking at all about his decision and claiming he got slow rolled. There seemed to be some redemption on the flop. But the turn changed the complexion of the hand, giving Maggio open-ended strait, flush and higher set outs. The river was the , filling Maggio's strait and shipping him the pot.
Thang Nguyen raised to 17,000 from middle position before the player in the small blind moved all in for just under 50,000 more. The player in the big blind folded and Nguyen made the call.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
The flop was and Nguyen still needed a lot of help. The was a good card for him but gave his opponent hope of making a better two pair or flush to beat him. However, the river did neither of those things and he gets us down to our final three tables.
When we reach 27 players the tournament staff will conduct a table redraw.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
flop. But the 
turn changed the complexion of the hand, giving Maggio open-ended strait, flush and higher set outs. The river was the 
, filling Maggio's strait and shipping him the pot.
and Nguyen still needed a lot of help. The 
was a good card for him but gave his opponent hope of making a better two pair or flush to beat him. However, the 
river did neither of those things and he gets us down to our final three tables.
and Lemke's day was done.
and Burgeron had the hand locked up when he hit a set on the turn.
and both players checked. The turn came 
, Smith bet 20,000 and the button called. The river fell 
and Bergeron's tournament was done.
against the 
and the river heart was what gave Reyes the winning hand.
