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John Tolbert raised under the gun to 30,000, and Conrad Monica called one seat to his left. Jean-Francois Lauzon called as well for his last 13,000. Tolbert and Monica checked down a 
board. Tolbert turned over 
for three pair, Monica's unimproved 
was no good, and Lauzon's 
was even less helpful. Lauzon made his exit while Tolbert scooped the pot, moving up to 440,000. Monica has 230,00 left in his stack.
Edgar de la Torre took advantage of the button to raise, and Scott Pfeffer moved all in for around 250,000 from the big blind. De la Torre called with 
, not a hand Pfeffer wanted to see with 
. The cards came out 
, busting Pfeffer and boosting de la Torre to 540,000.
Josh Norris has been sent to the rail in rather unfortunate fashion after getting his last chips in with the best hand. In fact, Norris' 
were looking good for the double up against Mike Gross' 
preflop, however the board fell 
to spike a set for Gross and disaster for Norris.
He's eliminated as Gross is up to 235,000.
Bob Ficak lost a flip and was left with just 19,000. He risked his last chips on the next hand with and ran into the 
of Blake Kelso. The 
flop was just what Ficak needed. The on the turn was fine too, but the 
on the river counterfeited Ficak's two pair. He didn't notice though, and yelled in excitement, thinking he'd doubled up. When someone pointed out that Kelso actually won the hand with kings up, a crestfallen Ficak composed himself and made his exit. With a timely higher two pair, Kelso moved up to 315,000.
Gordon Johnson raised to 30,000 from the button and Jonas Mackoff made the call in the big blind.
They checked the 
flop before Mackoff led for 50,000 on the 
turn. Johnson made the call and the hit the river. Mackoff checked and Johnson moved all in for 103,000 with Mackoff making the call.
Johnson showed 
for a straight which was good to take it down. He doubled to 355,000 with Mackoff down to 225,000.
Doug King was all in for 73,000 with against the 
of Karga Holt. The 
flop gave both players a pair and King a flush draw. The on the turn took away a few of King's outs, like the that came on the river. King's kings full of aces was no good in the face of Holt's aces full of kings, and King was eliminated just shy of making Day 2. Holt chipped up to 265,000.
Mark Walters has been eliminated late in the day when his 
couldn't improve enough to get past the 
of Gordon Johnson.
The board fell 
and Johnson collects the pot to move up to 395,000.
The clock has been paused and each table will play three more hands and then our day will be done.
Karga Holt was left with 90,000 after his pocket fives were run down by Grant Hillman's . He really didn't want to come back tomorrow to under 10 big blinds, so he moved all in blind the next hand. Hillman called him again, this time with . Holt turned over 
, and he was in rough shape. But the 
paired his deuce and gave him a shot at doubling. The on the turn kept Holt in the lead, but it wasn't to be. The river brought the 
, giving Hillman the nut flush to knock out Holt. At least he can sleep in tomorrow. After getting all of Holt's chips in two bites, Hillman will be returning with 370,000.
