

, Hellmuth shoved all in for his remaining 75. The middle-player position called and the late-position player made it 2,000 more to go. The middle-position player folded and Hellmuth's pocket queens were up against the late-position player's A-7. The turn brought another six, giving Hellmuth's opponent a full house, but the river dropped another ace, giving him quads to eliminate Hellmuth from today's event.
and his opponent
. The board helped neither player and Black is back above his starting stack with 4,250.

was no match for the aces of Shaf Holland. After the hand, a different player at the table asked Brenes for his autograph. Brenes graciously complied before exiting the Amazon Room.


, and both players checked.
, and Pham again checked. This time his opponent decided it was time, and bet out 500. Without much delay, Pham put in a check-raise up to 2,150. The other player called, and the river paired the board,
. Pham again checked, and his opponent thoughtfully pushed his remaining 4,325 chips forward.

and both players checked. The turn brought the
and asked the dealer, "Ace-seven any good here?" The dealer chuckled, as did other players at the table. The river was yet another queen to give the big blind a full boat, eliminating Haxton from today's event.


the big blind bet 400 and Singer called. The big blind bet 900 on a turn card of the
and Singer again called the bet. The river was the
and the big blind checked. Singer bet 2,100 and the big blind folded his hand. After the hand Singer looked at his opponent and said, "I knew you didn't have it."

and Tran led out for another 600. Again his opponent called and the turn brought the 