, and there were about 15,000 chips already in the pot. Veldhuis was first to speak, and he led out with a bet of 12,000. His lone opponent made the minimum raise to 24,000, drawing a puzzled look from Veldhuis."Please don't have aces," he said as he threw in the extra bet for the call. "You know what I got man," came the reply. It was indeed aces for Veldhuis' opponent, and his
gave him the big book. Lex flashed the 
and sent his cards back to the muck. Veldhuis' stack took another hit, and he's down to 22,000 now, just about one quarter of his starting stack.
, but ran into pocket jacks. No help for Townsend on the 
board and he hit the rail.
with a draw, 
. Thater was in the lead with 
hit the river, giving Thater a set of tens that she desperately didn't want as it also made a straight for her opponent.
, Jani Sointula checked, the UTG+1 player bet 5,600, another early position player called, and Phil Laak moved all in for 53,200 from the cutoff. 
hit the turn. 
and Laak shipped 45,500 over to Sointula, leaving himself with only 11,025.
and he was eliminated from the tournament.
, but the 
