holding 
and his opponent made the call with 
. Alvarado's rockets held up and he doubled up to 21,500.
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holding and his opponent made the call with . Alvarado's rockets held up and he doubled up to 21,500.
, and when the cards were revealed the other player got a nasty surprise. He'd flopped a straight with 
, but Wilt made Broadway on the turn with 
. Still, the turn gave the other player a flush draw and he caught the 
on the river to eliminate Wilt.
on a flop of 
, but trailed against the 
of Chris Lovelace who had flopped two pair.The turn was the
but a miraculous 
on the river gave Lechich a much-needed double-up before the dinner break to jump to 27,150.
Glantz:
Opponent:
Board:
Glantz is up to 56,000.
, "Miami" John Cernuto checks and Thierry van den Berg bets 1,500. Miami John calls.The river is
and Miami John checks. Thierry bets 2,000 and Miami John calls. Thierry shows and takes down a 9,000 pot. He's up to 34,000 while Miami John falls to 15,000.
outlasted Ware's 
and the other player's 
. Ausmus is up to 35,000.
and was up against Patrick Fortin's 
. The board ran out 
, and Ausmus survived. He's up to 26,000.At a nearby table, Anna Wroblewski held
and called her opponent's all-in after a flop of 
. Her opponent showed pocket queens for the set, but the on the turn gave Wroblewski the heart flush. The river didn't pair the board, and Wroblewski now is up to 62,000.
. Tahtouh's opponent fired a bet of 8,000, and Tahtouh went into the tank for several minutes, trying to decide what to do. He looked over his opponent several times before finally announcing, "Call."His opponent snap-mucked when Tahtouh turned over
. His busted ace-high flush draw, which had not connected with the board in any other way, was the winning hand after making an incredible hero-call. Tahtouh is now up to about 48,000 in chips.
Lam got the last of his chips all in preflop with
, only to find his hand dominated by his opponent's 
. A king hit the flop, but Lam could not improve and he hit the rail shortly before the dinner break.
The players reveal their hands:
Rainbow flop, chop it up. Back to the grind.
