Liz Lieu raised, Brandon Wong three-bet and Lieu called. The flop was . Lieu checked, Wong bet, and Lieu called. The turn was the . Lieu checked, Wong bet, Lieu raised and Wong called. The river was the and both players checked.
Wong flipped over . Lieu looked at her hand, looked at the board, looked back at her hand, looked back at the board, and finally mucked disgustedly. She was down to only 30K after the hand, while Wong was up to 213K.
Thor Hansen went to the dinner break as one of the tournament's shortest stacks and has staged a remarkable comeback over the last half-hour. His stack is up to 110,000 after dragging several pots in a row.
Thomas Wahlroos got the rest of his chips in before the flop with , only to run into Matt Woodward's . There was no help for Wahlroos on the board and he was eliminated one off the money bubble, in 29th place.
With 28 players remaining, play is now hand-for-hand until we eliminate one more player and hit the money.
Howard Lederer raised from UTG, Saro Getzoyan re-raised from the big blind and Lederer called. The flop was . Getzoyan bet and Lederer called. The turn was the . Getzoyan bet and Lederer called all in. Getzoyan held while Lederer flipped over the , needing a queen or a jack to survive. The river was the , missing Lederer's outs and he was eliminated.
Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori raised from early position and Kirk Conrad called from the big blind. The flop was . Conrad bet and Pescatori called all in. Pescatori turned over the while Conrad tabled the , and would need an ace or a jack to win. The turn was the , the river was the and Pescatori doubled up.
Pescatori was up to 30,000 after the hand while Conrad was down to 40,000.
Rick Chase raised from UTG, Don Todd three-bet from early position and Chase called. The flop was . Chase bet and Todd called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Chase bet and Todd called. Todd turned over and Chase mucked.