held up against the
of Lou Esposito.The board ran out
to give Eastgate the win. He climbed to just over 400,000 chips and left Esposito with about 345,000.
held up against the
of Lou Esposito.
to give Eastgate the win. He climbed to just over 400,000 chips and left Esposito with about 345,000.
and Damien Creurer called with
. Chan got no help from the
board and his quest to win his third title came to an end.


. Chip leader Jeremy Joseph checked the action to James Mills who fired out a bet of 90,000. Joseph made the call.
and again Joseph checked to Mills who bet out 130,000. Joseph then moved all in to put his opponent to the ultimate test. Mills laid it down and Joseph extends his chip lead to move to 2.3 million chips!
face-up.
-- Zane's
leading, but Kenna would have flopped a set of tens. The turn was the
, the river was the
and Zane raked in the pot, eliminating Petersson.
flop, Josh Chait moved all in and Bill Seber called. Chait held
for the second-nut straight. Unfortunately for him, Seber held
for Broadway and when the board ran out
Seber won the hand and doubled to 365,000.
. The turn spiced things up a bit as it dropped the
. Nagji's fate was sealed but Spinasanta had a chance to win if the river paired the board.
and Beckman had the nuts. He eliminated both Nagji and Spinasanta from the tournament and climbed to about 480,000 chips on the hand.








and a mirculous jack on the river keeps Marcon alive to double up to over 200,000 chips.

, and Beddingfield 
. The flop was good for Godfrey -- 

. But the
on the turn gave it back to Beddingfield. The river was the
, and Beddingfield bumped up to 240,000. Godfrey, meanwhile, was running on fumes with just 5,000 -- less than one big blind. He'd be eliminated on the following hand.
and was called by Barry Leventhal holding
. After the
flop Habib turned the
, but when the
fell on the river Leventhal had the bigger pair and Habib was out.


. Smith bet 20,000, and McManus called. The turn was the
. This time Smith checked, and McManus bet 44,000. Smith called.
. Smith checked, McManus pushed all in, and Smith called with his last 160,000.
for a Broadway straight. Smith tried to muck, but someone at the table (we're not sure who) asked to see his cards. The floor was called over, and Smith's cards were revealed to be J-6 for a pair of jacks.