After a flop C.K. Hua checked and Jacobo Fernandez bet 14,000. Hua check-raised to 40,000, essentially putting Fernandez all in, and when Fernandez committed the last of his chips he found that his dominated Hua's . The board ran out and Fernandez doubled to 85,000, while Hua fell to 19,000.
Chris McCormack was all-in preflop from the small blind and was called by Rajesh Vohra. McCormack showed A-Q and was up against Vohra's pocket kings. McCormack flopped an ace and Vohra failed to improve. After the hand, McCormack is up to 79,000.
Jorge Arias was all in preflop and was called by Ben Grundy and John Tabatabai. Arias held and was crushed by Tabatabai's , though both were in need of help against Grundy's pocket queens. The flop came , flopping top and bottom pair for Arias. Everyone else failed to improve and Arias is up to 39,000 after the hand.
Under the gun Keith Tilston raised before the flop and Dmitri Nobles reraised to 10,800. The flop came , Tilston checked and Nobles bet 20,000. Tilston check-raised all in and Nobles made the call, to find that his had been outflopped by Tilston's . Nobles didn't catch an ace on the turn or river and was eliminated. Tilston now has over 230,000.
All the money went in before the flop with Patryk Hildebranski holding pocket aces to Pier Ruscalla's pocket jacks. Ruscalla didn't improve and his day came to an early end.
Michael Watson raised to 4,440 and Scott Freeman called from the cutoff. Both players checked the flop, and when the turned Watson bet 7,200 and Freeman called. When the fell on the river Watson checked, Freeman bet 10,500, and Watson moved all in for his last 22,800. Freeman turned over to Watson's , and Watson was eliminated. Freeman now has 142,000.
Henry Strasser was eliminated after shoving all in from early position. John Murphy called and showed pocket tens while Henry held . The board ran , with Murphy flopping a set to eliminate Strasser.
Thanhdat Tran raised to 5,000 and Huck Seed moved all in for his last 20,000. Tran made the call with pocket jacks, Seed had A-6 offsuit and when he didn't catch an ace he was eliminated early in today's event.
flop C.K. Hua checked and Jacobo Fernandez bet 14,000. Hua check-raised to 40,000, essentially putting Fernandez all in, and when Fernandez committed the last of his chips he found that his 
dominated Hua's 
. The board ran out 
and Fernandez doubled to 85,000, while Hua fell to 19,000.
and was crushed by Tabatabai's 
, though both were in need of help against Grundy's pocket queens. The flop came 
. Nobles didn't catch an ace on the turn or river and was eliminated. Tilston now has over 230,000.
flop, and when the 
turned Watson bet 7,200 and Freeman called. When the 
fell on the river Watson checked, Freeman bet 10,500, and Watson moved all in for his last 22,800. Freeman turned over 
, and Watson was eliminated. Freeman now has 142,000.
