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Elior Cohen opened to 6,000 in middle position, John Hall called in the hijack seat, and the rest of the players folded. The flop fell 
, and Cohen led out for 7,500. Hall called.
The turn was the 
, and Cohen checked. Hall fired 16,000, and Cohen opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
230,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Shawn Rice, who you may remember as a qualifier in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship a few years back, has shifted gears a bit and is starting to amass a decent stack.
In a recent hand, Rice opened from early position for 5,500 only to have the player to his direct left move all in for 25,700. Action folded back around to Rice and he made the call with 
, which was racing against his opponent's 
.
The cards favored Rice in this match as the board ran out 
and allowed him to eliminated his foe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
141,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Ray Henson opened for 6,000 only to have David Nicholson three-bet to 13,500. Action folded back around to Henson and he wasted little time in four-betting to 34,000. Nicholson asked how much Henson had behind, and the latter remained silently while moving his hands to reveal his chips.
Nicholson then announced that he was all in and Henson snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
138,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
||
In addition to the qualifiers, players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will be able to buy-in to the National Championship:
| Player | Points | Rings | Cashed | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Clinkscales | 167.5 | 0 | 7 | $38,368 |
| Yossi Azulay | 165 | 0 | 12 | $79,218 |
| Wendy Freedman | 150 | 1 | 5 | $55,755 |
| Charles “Woody” Moore | 150 | 0 | 7 | $46,997 |
| Caufman Talley | 142.5 | 2 | 5 | $82,963 |
| Aaron Massey | 142.5 | 1 | 5 | $55,252 |
| Trevor Deeter | 127.5 | 1 | 8 | $37,898 |
| Alex Masek | 127.5 | 2 | 6 | $37,163 |
| Carter Myers | 125 | 1 | 6 | $49,713 |
| Joshua Pender | 125 | 1 | 7 | $44,657 |
*Leading up to the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant stop.
Action folded around to Andy Philachack on the button and he put in a raise to 7,000. The small blind got out of the way, but the player in the big must not have been a believer as he moved all in for 40,500. Philachack asked for a count and then dropped in a call.
Philachack: 
Big Blind: 
"I've got two unders," the big blind said upon seeing Philachack's cards. The big blind was drawing live, but the 
flop put a dagger through his heart as it paired Philachack. The 
turn gave the big blind a double-gutshot straight draw, but the river failed to complete it.
With that, Philachack is closing in on 300K.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
We just heard Mike Davis shouting to his friends on the rail. "Look at this," he said while pointing to his stack of 360,000. "I'm catching everything in the world. Two hours ago I had 25,000, and now I have this!"
We're not sure what Davis caught to amass so many chips so fast, but he's just tossed his name into the hat for Day 1b chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 |
The remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
On a flop of 
, Steven Vogel checked from the big blind and watched Kunal Patel bet 6,500 from the button. Vogel then woke up with a check-raise to 15,000, Patel called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
Vogel kept the pressure on with a bet of 15,000, but Patel came along to see the river. When the peeled off on the river, Vogel bet 17,000 and this time it was enough to shake Patel, who gently tossed his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
248,000 | |
|
240,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
