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On a flop of 
play checked to David "Devilfish" Ulliott on the button who fired 3,500. His opponent made the call from the small blind and the turn landed the 
.
Both players quickly checked and the river was the 
. The small blind slid out just 3,000 and Ulliott flashed 
for a busted straight draw and mucked. His opponent then showed 
for just ace-high, but it was enough to take it down. Ulliott is back to 105,000.
Adam Levy raised from the hijack and the big blind moved all in for around 25,000. Levy quickly called and showed 
, which was far ahead of the big blind's 
.
The board ran out 
and Levy chipped up to 85,000.
A player raised to 2,200 from middle position before a string of callers entered after him. The cutoff, button and Lex Veldhuis in the small blind all called. The player in the big blind reraised all in for 17,100. The original raiser, cutoff and button all folded before Veldhuis tossed in the call.
Veldhuis held the 
. His opponent had two overcards with the 
and was racing for his tournament life.
The flop came down 
and the all-in player hit an ace to take the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. The dealer mucked Veldhuis' losing sixes and he dropped to 42,000 in chips.
Tony Korfman called after the player to his right shoved for about 15,000. His 
was racing the short-stack's . The 
flop was clean. "Good so far," said one of the people at the table. And on cue, the on the turn wasn't so good anymore. The 
completed the board, and Korfman notched the knockout. He's up to 190,000.
The cutoff raised to 2,100 before last year's Main Event winner Joe Cada reraised to 6,000 from the button. The cutoff seat moved all in for 18,100 and Cada made the call.
Cada held the and was up against the at-risk player's . It was another race for a tournament life.
The board ran out 
and Cada improved to a set of tens and eliminated the player. He's up to 94,000 in chips in his title-defense run.
With the flop showing 
, there were three checks before a player fired a bet of 4,600. One fold before Lauren Kling check-raised to 10,800. One more fold and her opponent made the call.
The turn brought the and Kling fired a bet of 15,200 and again she found a call before the 
fell on the river. Kling released a third barrel worth 38,000 which was good to force a fold as Kling powers her way to 140,000.
Johan van Til was staring at a 
board with a grimace on his face. His opponent had moved all in for around 25,000 with 110,000 already in the middle. After shaking his head over and over, van Til decided to call. The other player triumphantly slammed down for the rivered nut flush. That confirmed what "busto_soon" really already knew, and he mucked unhappily. Van Til is down to 23,000.
Kathy Liebert has found a double up after a fortunate river went her way. We're not sure when the action went down as we approached the table when the cards were already on their backs. Liebert held on the 
board to get the chocolates against her opponent's .
Liebert is up to 63,000.
A player raised to 2,000 (2.5x) from under the gun, and it folded around to Vince Van Patten who made it 5,000 from the button. The small blind thought for some time before letting it go, as did the big blind. The UTG player made the call.
The flop came . Van Patten's opponent checked, he bet 6,000, and his opponent called. The turn came the , and both quickly checked.
The river was the . Again, a check from Van Patten's opponent followed, and the former tennis pro who once beat John McEnroe leaned forward. He gathered some chips, then quickly looked up at his opponent. Finally, with what appeared a kind of resignation at not being able to make a bet, Van Patten rapped the table with his knuckles, indicating he was checking, too.
His oppenent tabled 
, and Van Patten showed 
. He moves to 106,000.
The button opened for a 2,400 raise, Brian Hastings three-bet to 7,800 from the small blind and the button called. The flop came down 
. Hastings led out for 8,100 and the button called. The on the turn brought checks from both players. The river fell the and Hastings checked over to the button, who bet 15,000. Hastings gave up his hand and conceded the pot. He is still on a healthy 97,000 in chips.
