



and 70,000 already in the pot, Tommy Vu stood up from his chair and told his opponent "If you got me, you got me -- I'm all in," pushing his remaining 17,000 in front of him. His opponent called, Vu showed pocket sixes, and his opponent mucked. An elated Vu then pulled out a $100 bill to hand to the dealer. "No dealer ever treated me this nice," he said. (The dealer, of course, did not accept the money.) Vu was up to 107,000.
As if to prove the dealer treats all the same, on the very next hand Vu lost a Big Slick-vs.-queens confrontation with the same player, and slipped back to 66,000.
, giving Greg an open-ended straight draw, which connected on the turn.

, and Xiang
. An ace flopped, and Xiang couldn't catch up. Xiang is out, and Friedberg up to 96,000.
, Pham managed to hit a set, though it gave his opponent a straight draw. The
on the turn and the
on the river were of no help and his opponent was eliminated. Pham is up to 67,000 after the hand.

. Unfortunately for him, his opponent held 
. The board brought no third five, and Rajkumar's stack was chopped in half to 19,000.



. Ricci is out. Derrod won the main pot with his jacks and is up to 20,000. Mueller still has about 120,000.
with the
on the river, giving his opponent two pair, threes and fives. Khan is down to 22,000 after the hand.