Matt Woodward raised to 10,500 from the cutoff, and Michael Martin reraised all in for about 20,000. It folded back to Woodward who called, showing versus Martin's . The board ran out queen-high, and Woodward's nines held up. Martin is out, and after that one Woodward was up to 80,000.
Soon after, though, Woodward fell back down in a hand against Malte Strothman. Woodward had raised under the gun to 4,500, Strothman reraised to 11,000 from the small blind, and Woodward called. The flop came , Strothman continued with a bet, Woodward came over the top all in, and Strothman called with his last chips, showing for a set of treys versus Woodward's .
The turn was the , giving Strothman the boat and leaving Woodward drawing dead. Strothman is up close to 100,000 now, and Woodward back down to 22,000.
A short stacked Jeff Williams was all in before the flop with against the pocket queens of Steve Weinstein. The board brought no help for Williams and he is eliminated from the tournament.
After a flop of Mike Caro announced a bet of 26,000 from the small blind, but only tossed out 16,000.
Phil Hellmuth put out 35,000, thinking he was raising Caro. When the dealer informed Caro that he was short 9,000, a controversy arose whether or not Hellmuth should still be forced to raise. It took three floormen to make the ruling that it was just a call because Hellmuth put out less than 1.5 times the amount of the bet.
As the confusion cleared, the fell on the turn. Mike Caro moved all in for 40,000 and Hellmuth called.
Caro:
Hellmuth:
The river was a meaningless eliminating "The Mad Genius of Poker" from the tournament.
After a flop of Peter Feldman check-calls an 11,200 bet from Daniel Zink. The turn brings the and again Feldman checks. Zink bets enough to put him all in and Feldman make the call.
Feldman:
Zink:
The river is the and Feldman doubles up to 140,000 with his set of sixes.