Nick Blumenthal just shot up to seven figures after his held up in a tough way against the for an opponent after all the money went in preflop. The flop came down to make Blumenthal sweat a bit, but a clean on the turn and on the river netted him the win.
Lee Childs was just dealt a dream scenario: back-to-back pocket aces. Unfortunately for him, he was only able to won one of the two hands.
On the first hand, Jeff Fielder and Childs got all in on the flop. Childs held the , but Fielder had flopped a set of fives with the . Fielder's set held after the hit the turn and hit the river. He was all in for 249,000, and doubled to over 500,000 in chips.
On the very next hand, Childs moved all in from the cutoff seat for 113,000, and Fielder called from the small blind. Fielder held the , but was dominated by the for Childs. The flop, turn and river ran out , and Childs doubled back.
In a raised pot preflop, Kathy Liebert and Claudia Crawford were heads up with the board reading . Liebert led out for 60,000, and Crawford moved all in, having Liebert well covered.
Liebert tank-called, and the hands were opened.
Liebert:
Crawford:
The on the turn was a brick, but the slammed on the river, eliminating Liebert from the tournament.
Mukul Pahuja began the day as one of the big stacks of the tournament, but just recently busted. His demise came after two hands. The first one was a big 800,000-chip flip against Charles Donahue where Donahue held and beat Pahuja's . Then on his bust out hand, Pahuja was all in for his last few thousand chips with the and against the for Je Tekara. The board ran out , and Tekara made a straight to eliminate Pahuja.