[user37786]
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow raised to 2,400 on the button and J.J. Liu moved all in from the small blind for 9.285 more. Matusow called and his trailed Liu's . Right up until the point where Matusow spiked an ace on the flop. Liu was eliminated and Matusow boosted his stack to 58,000.
[user38420]
Jason Lester pushed all in for 6,200 from middle position, the player on the button reraised 12,000 total and the blinds folded. The board came . The player on the button showed and Lester turned over for a set of fives to take the pot and double up.
[user37786]
David "The Dragon" Pham moved all in on the cutoff with pocket nines...and ran into the pocket queens of the player in the small blind. Pham doubled up the other player to 21,000.
[user38420]
On a flop of , Tony Cousineau pushed all in and one player called. Cousineau had and his opponent had . The turn and river came and Cousineau was eliminated.
[user37786]
Running short, Steve Dannenmann moved in with A-10, only to run into A-Q. His opponent flopped a queen and quickly put an end to the drama.
[user37786]
Right before the break, Karen Thomas won a big pot when her aces held up against pocket kings. Karen apparently is the excitable sort, because she let out a loud squeal, jumped up on her chair, and did a little dance. And then, uh, she lifted her skirt and flashed the crowd.
The other players watched the performance and then quickly headed out for break.