Humberto Brenes opened to 60,000 from the cutoff only to have Michael Swick move all in for 292,000 from the button. Brenes called and we were off to a showdown.
Brenes: 
Swick: 
The board ran out 
to see Swick double through to 644,000 as Brenes slipped to just 142,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Humberto Brenes moved all in for his remaining 136,000. It was folded around to Aaron Gustavson on the button who made the call. The blinds released and the cards were on their backs.
Brenes: 
Gustavson: 
The flop was a good one for Brenes when it fell 
. It was the 
turn however that did The Shark in. The river was the and Brenes hit the rail and Gustavson increased his stack to 1,500,000.
With the action folding round to Thomas O'Neal in the small blind, he moved all in for 301,000 and, following a lengthy deliberation, Ian Wiley made the call from the big blind.
O'Neal: 
Wiley:
The board ran out 
to see both players chop it up!
Dean Hamrick opened to 56,000 from the cutoff and James Schaaf made the call from the small blind.
Schaaf checked the 
flop to see Hamrick fire out 61,000 with Schaaf making the call.
Hamrick then found himself all in for his last 314,000 on the turn after it fell the with Schaaf making the call.
Hamrick: 
Schaaf: 
The river landed the 
and Hamrick doubled to over 900,000 as Schaaf slipped to 325,000 in chips.
When we walked up to the table, it was on Niccolo Caramatti, who was in the tank after Ryan Hemmel raised, Caramatti reraised, Ian Wiley moved all in and Hemmel called. Caramatti eventually folded and Hemmel tabled and was up against Wiley's 
.
The and fell on the flop. Keeping Wiley's tournament hopes alive, as he was covered by Hemmel. The turn brought the and the river the 
, giving Wiley a double to just over 604,000.
"Did you say what you had?" Wiley asked Caramatti.
"Queens," he replied.
Here are the updated chip counts of the remaining fifteen players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,540,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
1,220,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
940,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
870,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
810,000
512,000
|
512,000 |
|
800,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
790,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
780,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
||
|
740,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
730,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
620,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
540,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
420,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
280,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
Daniel Buzgon raised it to 58,000 from the cutoff. The button folded and Peter Grunlund moved all in from the small blind for 325,000.
Thomas Johnson thought about it for a moment, playing with his chips, and then moved all in. Buzgon took just a moment before folding sevens face up.
Grunlund tabled 
and would need some help against the of Johnson.
The flop came fown 
. Grunlund was looking for a queen, but it didn't come on the 
turn. It did however bink on the river. The 
fell, and Johnson lept out of his seat and walked away from the table in disbelief.
Johnson is down to 430,000 while Grunlund chipped up to 700,000.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Ryan Hemmel made it 72,000 from the cutoff. To answer that, Niccolo Caramatti moved all in from the big blind. Hemmel made the call for 63,000 more.
Hemmel:
Caramatti:
The board rolled out 
for a chop.
The action folded round to Dean Hamrick in the small blind and he raised it up to 82,000 with Aaron Gustavson defending his big.
Hamrick fired out 126,000 on the flop and Gustavson made the call as the fell on the turn.
Hamrick slid in a stack of 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 210,000 and again Gustavson made the call.
The river of the was checked through to see Hamrick table his for quads to rake in the pot and move to 1,360,000 as Gustavson flashed his 
and slipped to 1,230,000 in chips.
