. Greg checked the flop and his opponent bet out 6,000. Greg quickly moved all in and his opponent called, showing A-K, while Greg had flopped a set with pocket queens.The turn was the
and the 
on the river gave Greg's opponent a straight.
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. Greg checked the flop and his opponent bet out 6,000. Greg quickly moved all in and his opponent called, showing A-K, while Greg had flopped a set with pocket queens.The turn was the
and the on the river gave Greg's opponent a straight.
Zachary Clark moved all in for 30,000 and Armando Pagliari made the call. Clark
Pagliari
The turn was the
, the river was the and Clark was eliminated. Pagliari is now up to 71,000.
but he was behind Eidsvig's 
.The flop of
soon saw that flip around, though, until the turn 
swung it back the original way, before the river came 
.The flush was good for the pot and Eidsvig is up to 17,500.
"Wake up with a hand, Mr. Varkonyi?" says Parr.
"No shame in doubling me up," says Varkonyi.
"Got a big pair?" says Parr.
At that point, with the ESPN cameras watching, Varkonyi stands up and motions as if he's unzipping his pants. "Wanna see my big pair?" he says.
Then, while Parr is still in the tank, the dealer starts chatting with Varkonyi, asking him where his bracelet came from, apparently never having noticed the massive photo of Varkonyi along the wall.
Eventually, Parr folds and Varkonyi rakes in the pot. He has 20,975.
After this second encounter between the two players, Brown has 183,000 and Dicken is down to 30,000.
, Bachar bet out 3,000 and Eichel raised 8,000. Bachar then moved all in and Eichel called.Eichel held
and Bachar held 
. The turn of the
and river of the helped neither player and Eichel was eliminated. Bachar moved up to 67,000 after this hand.
, Peter Hanke was more than happy to get his chips into the middle holding 
. That was, until he saw his opponent, William Burdick, roll over 
. The turn and river blanked for Hanke, and Burdick doubled through him.
, P.L. Haslam bet 2,500 and Rheem called. The turn must have looked safe to Haslam, who bet 7,500. Rheem raised enough to put Haslam all in (about 30,000 more). Haslam quickly called and tabled 
. The bad news for him was that Rheem outdrew him on the turn with 
for an eight-high straight. There was no board pair when the river fell 
.Haslam is out; Rheem has about 178,000.
and his opponent held 
.Board:
Nines up were sufficient to eliminate Morales.
and Orlando Moretti showed . The board came out 
to make a straight for Moretti and knock Merritt out of the tournament.
