| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$65 | 283 | $84,900 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Fakhimi | Fayetteville, AR | $22,071 |
| 2 | John Holley | Destin, FL | $13,640 |
| 3 | Douglas Ashmore | Houston, TX | $9,470 |
| 4 | Calvin Kincade | Paragould, AR | $6,644 |
| 5 | Kat Bowen | Gladewater, TX | $4,712 |
| 6 | Philip Boyd | High Ridge, MO | $3,377 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
A short-stacked player moved the rest of his stack all in before the flop and Craig "Smitty" Smith called.
Smith; 
Opponent: 
The board came down 
and Smith's queens were able to hold, securing the elimination of his opponent. He's now sitting on about 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 25,000 |
The board read 
and Cary Marshall fired out a bet of 15,000. Action was on Andrew Rothfolk and he sat riffling chips and contemplating his action. After about forty-five seconds, he tossed out a call.
"Good call," said Marshall. "I missed."
Rothfolk then rolled up 
for merely ace-high.
"Very good call!" said Marshall, showing 
for an open-ended straight draw.
With this win Rothfolk is sitting on about 187,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | -2,000 |
|
187,000 | 42,000 |
We caught the aftermath of a huge hand which saw Michael Sanders almost triple up.
When we got to the table, we saw the flop reading and a short stacked player was all in with 
. Sanders was all in over the top with 
and both players were covered by a player holding 
.
The turn and river were the and the , giving Sanders the ace-high flush and the best hand. He's now sitting on about 135,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 37,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
192,000 | 88,000 |
|
167,000 | |
|
160,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | -65,000 |
|
140,000 | 100,000 |
|
90,000 | 66,000 |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
60,000 | 24,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Allen Kessler has been relatively quiet today but all of that changed in the last couple of hands.
We weren't on hand when the chips started coming his way, but he was kind enough to recount the action to us. He first doubled up when he moved all in with 
against an opponent's 
. Kessler flopped two eights and was able to score his first double.
The next came a few hands later at the hands of Aaron Massey. The flop was 
and Kessler shipped all in holding 
for an open-ended straight draw with backdoor spades. Massey called with for two pair but Kessler made his straight and doubled up.
The man they call "Chainsaw" is now sitting on about 65,000 while Massey has fallen to 77,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | -41,000 |
|
65,000 | 46,000 |
We caught up to the table to find a short-stacked player all in and at risk with 
before the flop. Mark Maletic had the player covered and called the all in of about 14,000 with . The board ran out 
and Maletic was able to score a knockout and boost his stack to about 142,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000 | 15,800 |
On the last hand before the break, Aaron Massey took down a massive pot that has boosted his stack up to 118,000. The details of the hand were recounted to us by Massey himself and tablemate Allen Kessler.
A short-stacked player shipped all in before the flop with 
for roughly 16,000. Another player flat called with and action folded to Massey who announced that he was all in over the top for about 50,000 to go. The player with ace-jack called and Massey rolled up 
to find that he was ahead.
The nines were able to hold and Massey was able to score a huge more-than-double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000 | 56,000 |
