Dustin Woolf had two previous attempts to finish off Ryan Young but lost two all in preflop pots with the best hand - one with pocket queens vs. and another with vs. .
In the final hand of their match, Young was all in after a flop of . Young showed and was up against the of Woolf.
The board filled out x allowing Woolf to advance to the next round.
In a roller coaster match, David Benefield is back down to 9,000 chips after having retaken the chip lead moments ago. In this last pot, he would up losing a race with . Scott Augustine showed down for the two overs. Augustine paired his jack on the flop, and Benefield could not improve. The chip stacks switch again, Benefield with 10,000 to Augustine's 50,000.
Michael Mizrachi moved all in from the button for 15,000. Leo Wolpert looked down at and made the call. Mizrachi tabled with two live cards for his tournament life.
The board would frown on the Grinder though, coming . Wolpert's pair of jacks gets the job done, moving him on to round two without Michael Mizrachi.
David Lambard was all in blind from the button for his last 3,000. Jamie Armstrong calls the additional 1,400 and shows . Lambard flips over a dominating .
However, the board came giving Armstrong a straight.
Phil Hellmuth limped in from the button, and Benny Spindler put out a big stack of covering chips to put the Brat to the test. Hellmuth called all-in for his last 9,000.
Showdown
Hellmuth:
Spindler:
The flop was pretty good for Hellmuth, as the gave both players a gutshot straight draw but changing nothing. The turn was not as safe though; a peeled off to pair Spindler and leave Hellmuth drawing from behind. Another paired the board on the river, and that's the end of Phil Hellmuth.
Benny Spindler is a strong, strong heads-up player, and he has advanced to round two.