Anthony Lombard opened to 15,000 in late position, a player on the button called, and the flop fell . Lombard continued for 15,000, the player raised to 43,000, and Lombard called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Lombard check-called a 82,000-chip bet, and rolled over for a pair of jacks.
Ebony Kenney was eliminated just before the break. She was happy enough to let us in on the details, and according to her, Michael Johnston opened to 18,000 from under the gun. Kenney, thinking she was opening the action, tossed out 12,000. It was ruled a call, and the rest of the players folded.
The flop fell , Johnston led out for 30,000, Kenney moved all in for 87,000, and Johnston made the call.
Kenney:
Johnston:
The turn was an , giving Johnston a leading pair of aces, and the river was a brick.
Kenney was eliminated, while Johnston now sits with 500,000 chips.
Mark Rose opened to 16,000 in early position, Adam Teasdale called in middle position, and Jared Jaffee defended his big blind.
The flop fell , Jaffee checked, and Rose continued for 26,000. Only Teasdale called.
The turn was the , Rose opted to check, and Teasdale slid out 37,000. Rose tanked for a bit, then announced that he was all in. It was about 160,000 more to Teasdale, and he tanked for a bit before releasing.
The board read and Nancy Birnbaum checked. Bryan Campanello fired 34,000 and Birnbaum stuck around to see the completion of the board.
The dealer rapped the table and produced the . The action went check-check and Birnbaum confidently rolled over . Campanello mucked and Birnbaum scooped up the pot, boosting her to about 360,000.
We missed the live action but can report that Rex Clinkscales as been eliminated from play. He was kind enough to recap the action of his final hand for us. He moved all in for his last eleven big blinds from the button with and was called by a player holding . Clinkscales did not improve and was eliminated from play.
Tom Gleason opened to 18,000 in late position, a player on the button called, and the flop fell . Gleason led out for a bet, his opponent called, and then Gleason check-called 45,000 more after the turned.
Both players knuckled after the completed the board, and Gleason showed . His opponent mucked, and he raked in the pot.
After a series of unknown preflop raises, Mark Maletic was all in for his last 177,000 before the flop holding . Unfortunately for Maletic, Sheddy Siddiqui held and far out in the lead.
The five community cards were of no help to Maletic and Siddiqui was able to score the knockout and boost his stack up to about 500,000.
Shortly after, Adam Teasdale was also eliminated from play in unknown action.