A series of raises broke out between Ross Ruby and Spencer Lawrence that ended with all of Ruby's chips in the middle and the cards on their backs. Ruby held the and Lawrence the .
The flop came down . Lawrence flopped the nut low and a pair of fives for the best high hand. The turn brought the giving him trips and the river came the .
Ruby was all in preflop for 37,000 and is now busto while Lawrence improved to 110,000 chips.
Flaminio Malaguti raised to 4,500 and then Anthony Frederick reraised to 8,500 and was all in. Malaguti made the call and tabled the . Frederick held the .
The board ran through and Malaguti made the best low with a diamond flush to scoop the pot. He eliminated Frederick and moved to 44,000 in chips.
Well, we can't give you any of the action. Chris Ferguson was already rising out of his seat to his impressive height when we got to the table. At some point during the hand, Ferguson put all of his chips at risk with against Stephen Tanner's dry aces, . Tanner flopped a full house, , then turned the to leave Ferguson drawing dead into the river.
After adding Ferguson's chips to his own, Tanner is up to 91,000.
There wasn't much post-dinner play for Domenic Martucci. He moved all in for 9,600 from the button after Alan Cutler opened for 6,000. Cutler called with and was up against a similar hand, . Cutler got the best of it when the board came to give him a pair of kings for the scoop. He's up to 103,000. Martucci is busto.
A series of raises on a flop of ended with Nathaniel Smith all in. His opponent was Donald Vann, who showed down for a pair of aces and a low draw. Smith was ahead with , two pair aces and tens, but the turn and river came running clubs, and , to give Vann the nut flush and the scoop.
John Guth began the day with just 7,800 chips, but has built to over 40,000. He just sent Peter Knutson to the rail after Knutson shoved under the gun for 4,400. Guth was in the cutoff seat and reraised to 16,800 to get some isolation. Everyone else left to act folded and it was Guth versus Knutson heads up.
Guth held the against the for Knutson who was at risk.
The board ran out and Guth was able to scoop the pot and eliminate Knutson to move to about 42,000 in chips.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Guth, he owns one bracelet and it came from a format of this game back in 2007 in the $5,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better. Guth scored $363,216 for that win. Looking at his tournament resume, something really stands out: all ten of his cashes are in Omaha and nothing else. That's right, Guth has amassed nearly $400,000 in career winnings just from Omaha tournaments. Although he came into the day on the short stack, Guth has used his experience to build up and is slowly becoming a big threat to the rest of the field. If he can climb to the top of the leaderboard, people really better start looking out.
The following places all earned $2,847 in prize money.
73. Nathan Hagens
74. Cesar Garrido
75. Chris Ferguson
76. Anthony Frederick
77. Mitch Schock
78. Jordan Stone
79. Ross Ruby
80. Quentin Krueger
81. Paul Johnson
The cards were on their backs, and James Bord was all in for 42,000, by the time we came to his table. His opponent was Kevin MacPhee, who tabled single-suited aces, . Bord was playing and would need some help to survive. He didn't get it. The board double-paired, , to give MacPhee the scoop with aces and queens. He's back up to about 89,000 while Bord heads out in search of the cashier.