| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
336,000 | -14,000 |
|
227,000 | 76,000 |
|
165,000 | 75,000 |
|
131,000 | 32,000 |
|
72,500 | -80,500 |
Mike Lancaster shoved all in from the hijack and was called by Mrityunjay Jha out of the cutoff, who was covered by Lancaster and at risk for his tournament life.
Mrityunjay Jha: 
Mike Lancaster: 
The board ran out safe for Jha, coming 
to score the double at Lancaster's expense. Jha now finds himself back over six figures in chips, while Lancaster is now one of the shortest stacks in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 | 28,500 |
|
52,500 | -61,500 |
Ryan Awwad opened to 11,500 from the button and Noel Rodriguez went all in over the top of him from the small blind, effectively putting both Awwad and big blind Bryant Miller to decisions for their tournament lives.
Miller decided his hand was good enough to go for the double and called, prompting a fold from Awwad.
Bryant Miller: 
Noel Rodriguez: 
The flop came 
to give Rodriguez a flush draw as well as backdoor outs to Broadway. The turn 
took away those backdoor outs and the river 
left him with zero percent equity in the hand, securing the double for Miller along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
256,000 | -70,500 |
|
192,500 | 152,500 |
|
80,000 | -57,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
There was 22,000 in the pot on the river with a board of 
and Ian Steinman had bet 12,000 from the small blind into Russell Garrett, who was in the big blind. Garrett shoved all in over the top for about 65,000 and Steinman was in the tank. He eventually motioned to fold.
Upon doing so, he knocked over a stack of chips and in order to remove all doubt, quickly verbalized a fold long before any falling chip hit the felt. The table paused for a moment, and the dealer calmly reached over around the pile of chips to take Steinman's cards from in front of him in the one-seat and slide them over to the muck.
The chaotic verbalized fold sounded somewhat like a "whoa!" and Kelly Minkin stated she thought that's what Steinman had said, asking what transpired in the situation as she didn't hear the word fold but knew he hadn't called. The dealer and Steinman both confirmed the word "fold" was said as some laughter ensued.
"I had two kings. I probably should've called," said Steinman as Garrett raked in the pot and the dealer began to pitch the cards for the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000 | 16,500 |
|
|
99,000 | 48,000 |
"All in," said the dealer as Brett Murray shoved his last 60,000 or so in from the button. Moments later, Ian Steinman was sliding a stack of T5,000 chips forward to reraise. The two tabled their hands upon a fold out of the big blind.
Brett Murray: 
Ian Steinman: 
Murray's shove had run into Steinman's aces and he now found himself in need of significant improvement in order to stay alive. The flop 
was of little help, but the turn 
did give Murray some life. Unfortunately for him, the river 
would be the last card of his tournament life as his jacks were no good to Steinman's aces, resulting in his elimination from the tournament.
"Nice hand, dirtbag!" Murray said to Steinman with a smile on his face, having already stood up from his eight-seat at the table to walk behind the dealer over to Steinman in the one-seat in order to give him a fist bump.
Steinman reciprocated the smile and the fist bump.
"Did I play it well?" he asked Murray as the two shared a laugh. Meanwhile, Steinman had lost some chips since the break and has now gained them back, finding himself as the chip leader with 10 players left in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
333,500 | -4,000 |
|
Busted |
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By the time the World Series of Poker (WSOP) stop at Thunder Valley comes to an end, 14 gold rings will have been awarded. In fact, right now more than half of them have already found ring bearers.
Here's a look at all those who've captured rings thus far:
| Event | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event #1: $250 Series Kickoff | 290 | $58,000 | Michael Narlesky | $13,278 |
| Event #2: $400 NLH Re-Entry | 1,166 | $384,780 | Nick Shkolnik | $63,335 |
| Event #3: $400 NLH Knockout | 142 | $32,660 | Randy Gil | $8,762 |
| Event #4: $400 NLH (One-Day) | 85 | $30,000 | Dennis Arciosa | $9,084 |
| Event #5: $400 HORSE | 65 | $21,450 | Frankie O’Dell | $6,994 |
| Event #6: $400 NLH Six-Handed | 101 | $33,330 | Jed Hoffman | $9,522 |
| Event #7: $400 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 82 | $30,000 | David Brookshire | $9,084 |
| Event #8: $400 Monster Stack | 500 | $165,000 | Thomas Morris | $32,846 |
| Event #9: $400 No-Limit Hold’em (One-Day) | 116 | $38,280 | Jimmy Zeledon | $10,582 |
Mike Lancaster was under the gun and shoved all in for 52,000, receiving action from Ryan Awwad who was in the cutoff.
Mike Lancaster: 
Ryan Awwad: 
Lancaster was able to fade an ace as well as any other fatal runouts as the board came 
to bring his stack over six figures at the expense of Awwad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000 | -44,000 |
|
|
114,000 | 60,000 |
Lee Markholt's seat was seen having been vacated and Brett Murray, who recently moved tables, confirmed that Markholt had three-bet all in from the small blind over Mike Heshmati's raise from the button. Heshmati called.
Lee Markholt: 
-suited
Mike Heshmati: 
Markholt found himself needing to hit in a coin flip situation to stay alive and was unable to do so on what was a clean runout for Heshmati, sending Markholt to the rail in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
151,000 | 28,000 |
|
Busted |