Ryan Leng's pocket threes held up in a preflop all in vs a short stacked opponent who had 
/ The board would run out 
and Leng boosted his stack via the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
121,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
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With around 15,000 in the middle and the board reading 
, Kobie Wilkerson was facing an all-in shove for 31,000. Wilkerson thought for a moment and then made the call.
His opponent tabled 
but Wilkerson had him beat with 
. The turn was the 
and Wilkerson had his opponent drawing dead to the 
on the river.
Just a couple of hands later, Wilkerson and the player on his left limped in only to have Robert Hankins raise it up from the hijack. Both Wilkerson and the other limper called to see a flop of 
.
The action checked to Hankins who continued with a bet and both of his opponents called. The turn was the and Wilkerson led out for 20,000. The opponent on his left snap-called and Hankins came along as well.
The 
paired the board on the river and Wilkerson counted out another 25,000. His opponent instantly called again only to have Hankins shove all in for 86,000. Wilkerson called and the other player folded. Hankins tabled 
for a full house while Wilkerson showed 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
313,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
|
118,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Steve Spunt raised it up from early position and was called by the player on his left and Irene Carey in the big blind. The flop came 
and Carey checked to Spunt who continued for 6,000. The player on his left called and Carey folded.
The turn brought the and Spunt fired out another 7,000. His opponent still called and the paired the board on the river. Spunt tossed in another 10,000 and his opponent looked him up. Spunt tabled 
for a flush and was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Action was picked up on the turn as chips from the flop action between Josh Reichard in the big blind and Maurice Hawkins from the cutoff, were being pulled into the pot.
The turn came to make the board read 
. Reichard led out with an all in jam which Hawkins called after about ten seconds. Reichard turned over the 
for a set while Hawkins feebly turned his hand over flashing a 
and started to immediately turn his cards back face down as the 
came on the river to give Reichard an unneeded case trey to take the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
172,000
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
97,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
The action folded to the cutoff who raised it up to 4,000. Michael Marder called from the small blind along with Antonio Payne in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Marder checked to Payne who led out for 5,500. The cutoff called and Marder got out of the way.
The turn brought the 
and Payne fired out another bet of 10,500. His opponent still called and the 
completed the board. Payne dropped in another bet of 22,000 and his opponent went into the tank for over two minutes. He eventually decided to fold and Payne showed .
"Did you have a king?" Payne questioned, under the assumption that he was bluffing but got no response.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | |
|
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After the break, the final few players have finished trickling into the field as the tournament clock shows 360 entries for Flight A. Ryan Leng was one of them as he just recently busted Event #9 prior to the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Steven Grybas raised it up from early position and the button jammed all in for around 20,000. The blinds folded and Grybas made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Steven Grybas: 
Opponent: 
The two players were flipping and the flop of 
left Grybas in the lead. The 
on the turn and the on the river changed nothing as Grybas sent his opponent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
218,500
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
126,300
13,700
|
13,700 |
|
123,200
67,200
|
67,200 |
|
123,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
|
121,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
67,800
27,300
|
27,300 |
|
51,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
49,300
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
Busted | |
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