On the river the board read 
. Alexander Ahmed bet 30,000. His opponent thought it over for about 30 seconds before making the call.
Ahmed announced straight and turned over the 
for the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
The money bubble is imminent and hand for hand play has begun in the Main Event.
All the chips were in the middle preflop and Shawn Quinn was at risk for roughly 57,000 against John ' Johnny Chicago' Nowak.
Shawn Quinn: 
John Nowak: 
They were in a race and the board ran out 
for Nowak's queens to hold and eliminate Quinn from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
272,500
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
Busted |
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The action folded around to Peter Nigh on the button and she moved all-in for 49.500, the small blind folded and Michael Wolff called quickly.
Peter Nigh: 
Michael Wolff: 
Nigh was ahead for the moment and the flop came 
giving both players a pair and Nigh a flush draw. The turn was the 
changing nothing but the on the river gave Wolff trip kings to eliminate Nigh on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
Busted |
The players have reached their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Showing up on the river with a massive pot already brewed the board read 
and Alexander Ahmed was all-in for roughly 100,000 against Michael Wolff. Ahmed tabled 
for queens full of fives and Wolff tabled for queens full of aces, eliminating Ahmed from the tournament and adding to his rapidly growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Action was on the river. The board read 
. James Snyder bet 55,000 into a pot of about 75,000. Casey Carroll thought it over for a few moments before shoving all in to but Snyder's tournament life at stake.
A long multi-minute tank ensued as Snyder stared down the stone faced Carroll and thought things through. After a few minutes, the clock was called. As the count winded down Snyder eventually folded and showed the 
for a surrendered set.
Carroll checked his cards a few times and decided to show the , meaning that Snyder laid down what would have been the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000
443,000
|
443,000 |
|
|
105,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
The under-the-gun player moved all-in for roughly 70,000 and the action folded around to Millard Hale who snap-called in the big blind and both hands were tabed.
Under-the-gun: 
Millard Hale:
It was a coin flip and the flop was no help for Hale as it came . The landed on the turn giving him a gutshot straight to go along with his two overcards and the river was the making top pair and eliminating his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
304,000
195,500
|
195,500 |
|
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