, and his opponent tabled 
. The flop came 
. 
. More outs for D'Agostino now.
gave him the straight.
flop seems fairly innocuous. The fireworks started when one player moved in for his last 23,500 and Evan McNiff raised to 75,000. A raise that Serge Grenier then called. 
and Grenier moved in for his last 22,600. McNiff called and when the hands were turned over Grenier's 
had McNiff's 
drawing dead and the other player's 
dead to the case deuce. Which didn't come, as the 
fell on the river. Grenier is now up to 162,700, McNiff slipped to 81,600, and the third player was knocked out.
, Granstad checked to his opponent, who bet out 12,000. Granstad raised to 50,000, and his opponent went all in for 72,300 total. Granstad called. 
and his opponent showed 
.
on the turn sealed the hand, making the 
on the river irrelevant.
was dominated by Stann's 
. Neither player improved on a queen-high board. Stann doubled up to 20,000.
and the big blind check-called a bet of 4,000 from Stratman. The 
hit the turn and both players checked. and the big blind check-called yet again, this time a bet of 12,000.
and the big blind mucked. Stratmann climbed to just over 240,000 chips on the hand.
fell on the river and sent him to the rail.
. His opponent, who held pocket queens, managed to flop a set and Khan was drawing thin. Khan failed to improve and is down to 34,000 after the hand.
, and Hwang bet 14,000. His opponent pushed all in for nearly 40,000 more, and Hwang made the call. for top pair-top kicker. His opponent had 
for middle pair. The turn was the 
and the river the , and Hwang is now up to 148,000.
and Chan check-called his opponent's all-in bet of 16,000. The players showed:
and with a player in middle position raising to 11,200. Van Nguyen made it 24,000 to go and her opponent moved all in for 48,000. Van called and showed pocket sevens for a flopped set, while her opponent showed for top pair. Another queen on the river gave Van a boat and sent her opponent to the rail.
