The UTG player limped, Erick Lindgren limped from the cutoff, Steve Billirakis moved all in for 1,550, the UTG player called and Lindgren called. Both of Billirakis' opponents checked down the flop, turn, and river. Billirakis showed A-6, having flopped top pair and rivered two pair. He was up to 5,700 after the hand.
Shortly thereafter, Billirakis raised to 1,200 from the cutoff and the big blind called. The flop was A-10-4 and both players checked. The turn was a three. The big blind bet 1,600, Billirakis moved all in and the big blind called. The big blind showed 10-8 while Billirakis tabled K-K. The river was an ace and Billirakis doubled again. His stack currently sits at 12,000.
Thor pushed all-in on a board reading 6-3-A-2, and Steve Wong called almost instantly. "No!" was the only thing Thor could say as Wong turned over A-2 for top and bottom pair.
Thor showed A-K and would need a king to fall on the river to stay alive. Instead, another deuce came on the river, giving Wong a full house and the victory.
Thor was eliminated from the tournament on the hand.
On a flop of , Nam Le checked and his opponent checked from the big blind. The turn brought the . The big blind bet 2,000 and Le called. The river was the . The big blind checked, Le bet 2,900, and the big blind called. Le showed but was dominated by his opponent's .
Shortly thereafter, Le doubled with Q-Q vs. his opponent's A-Q. The ladies held up and Le doubled to 35,000.
With the board reading , Adam Gomes checked from the small blind, John Juanda bet 5,800, Gomes raised to 11,800, Juanda reraised to 21,800, Gomes moved all in and Juanda called. Gomes tabled for quads, crushing Juanda's . Juanda was down to 17,100 after the hand.
With the in his hand, Adam Hourani turned a royal flush on a board of , doubling through Ram Vaswani and eliminating a short stack. Hourani had 31,000 after the hand while Vaswani was down to 28,500.
Vanessa Selbst's found herself all in with and looked to have Barry Greenstein's dominated. But on a board of , Barry had an open-ended straight draw as well as the flush draw. Greenstein connected when the river brought the and Selbst was eliminated.
After the hand Selbst asked, "Barry, don't I get a book or something?"
"No, you don't," was Greenstein's reply. Barry is known to give players who knock him out a copy of his book.