An unknown player opened to 900, and Al Krux potted it up to 3,400, leaving himself just 725 behind. The original raiser put him all in, and Krux put his tournament life in the hands of the dealer and his 
, racing against his opponent's 
.
It was not a good race for Krux. The board crushed his little pair as it ran out 
. With that, the perpetually tan Krux wished his table luck and headed for the exit.
From the cutoff seat, James Akenhead came in raising to 1,000. Cornel Andrew Cimpan called from the big blind, and it was heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out 
, and the action check-checked. On the 
turn, Cimpan check-called a bet of 1,150, and both players checked again when the 
hit the river. Cimpan turned up 
, and it was the best hand. Akenhead sent his cards into the muck, sliding his chip stack down to a dangerously short 2,500.
Cimpan, on the other hand, is doing just fine with 35,000 chips.
Humberto Brenes has just picked up his second double up in as many orbits, and it once again came courtesy of Brian Hawkins. And once again, it was ace-queen that Humberto had to fade to stay alive.
This time, Brenes opened the pot to 1,700 with 
, and Hawkins made it 4,200 with 
. Brenes put the rest of his chips into the pot on a small reraise, and the cards were on their backs. Brenes' pocket pair held up to win the race on a board of 
, doubling him up to 11,500. Hawkins is now starting to get in trouble himself, down to 5,750.
Matthew Colvin opened with a raise from the cutoff seat, and Liv Boeree three-bet to 3,500 from the small blind. Colvin came right back with a four-bet to 13,500, and Boeree moved all in for just about that much, putting her own tournament life in jeopardy.
Showdown
Boeree: 
Colvin:
The board ran out favorably blank for Boeree, coming 
. That spells a big double up for the lady, sitting now with about 28,000. Colvin is down to 8,500.
We've played six levels today, and it's time for a good ol' dinner break. We'll be back in 90 minutes as play will resume right around 8:10 p.m.
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Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
All right, that's about enough time to chow. Most of the players are back in their chairs, and it's time for four more levels of poker.
Game on.
The chips went in preflop and we miss the action. Chad Batista was holding and his opponent 
.
The board ran out and Batista won the pot.
Batista is now up to 53,000 chips and his opponent is out of this tournament.
We're a little sluggish after dinner too, and we're arriving late to hands tonight. We missed the majority of the action on this one, but we did see a sizable pot get pushed to Jeff "YellowSub86" Williams. We walked up on the river as the board showed 
. Williams was in the small blind, and he put out a bet of 5,700. The big blind made the call, but we wouldn't get to see his cards. Williams tabled 
, and his full house earned him a pot of close to 20,000 chips. He's up to 26,500.
