Catching the action on a flop of 
, a middle position player led out for 2,050 and Matt Savage made the call. The turn brought the 
and it was checked to Savage who fired 3,000. He was met with a check-raise to 8,050 but Savage insta-called.
The river was the 
and a bet of 12,000 was again met with a quick call from Savage. His opponent opened 
for a set of nines as Savage shook his head and mucked. He's down to 28,000.
On a board of 
and about 15,000 in the pot, Pieter de Korver was faced with a bet of 5,000 from his opponent. He didn't seem happy but made the call anyway.
His opponent simply mucked as de Korver showed 
. "That was good, you can't have it every time," de Korver said with a smile. With that, he added an extra 25,000 to his stack.
We happened upon Gabe Kaplan's table as he sat in the big blind, facing a raise and a reraise. Kaplan looked like he was considering a shove, that is, until he caught sight of our reporter.
"I was thinking about it, but I don't want him writing about how bad I got it in," Kaplan said with a chuckle.
On the next hand, a middle position player opened for 1,400 and Kaplan three-bet to 5,200 from the small blind. His opponent moved all-in and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan's 
was up against pocket aces, but he ended up rivering a Broadway straight, the board running out 
.
Kaplan is up to 28,000.
A player limped from middle position and the hijack seat raised to 1,600. Jonas Kronwitter reraised from the button to 4,700. The limper folded and then the hijack seat went into the tank. Eventually, he mucked and Kronwitter picked up the pot to move to 46,000 in chips.
A few hands later, Kronwitter was involved again. On the board of 
, a player check-called a bet of 5,200 from Kronwitter before the river completed the board with the 
. The first player checked and Kronwitter checked as well.
Kronwitter's 
bested the of his opponent and he improved to just under 60,000 in chips.
Holding , Corwin Cole called an opponent's all-in only to discover he was up against 
. The flop was a huge tease, as the 
appeared in the door, only to be followed by the 
and the , giving both players sets. The turn was the , the river was the 
, and Cole shipped 57,750 of his chips across the table, leaving him on about 172,000.
A player in late position raised to 1,300 and was called by Lauren Kling from the cutoff, the button and the big blind. All players checked the 
flop and the appeared on the turn.
Action checked to the button who bet 3,100. Everyone folded except Kling, who made the call and saw the hit the river. Both players checked and Kling turned over 
for a pair of tens. It was good as her opponent mucked, and with that she managed to increase her stack to 180,000.
Belgium PokerStars Pro Christophe De Meulder was recently sent to the rail and the hand was recalled to us by a tablemate. With a raise to 1,275 from middle position and a flat call from the hijack position, De Meulder moved all in for his last 13,500 with pocket jacks in the cutoff. The original raiser moved all in over the top with pocket tens, but the hijack was sitting there smiling with pocket aces!
The board bricked out 
and De Meulder was done.
Jesper Hougaard called an preflop all in from an opponent.
Hougaard: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Hougaard climb to over 130,000 in chips.
When we walked over, Scott Mandel and his opponent had all of their chips in the middle facing a board of 
. Mandel, who finished fifth in the $5k PLO event earlier in the series, held , Unfortunately for him, the other player had the nuts. Kind of tough to beat quad queens. After both stacks had been counted and recounted, it turns out that Mandel was just covered. He shook hands with his opponent and headed to the hall.
Facing a raise to 1,250 and a call, Frederick Jensen three-bet to 4,800 from the big blind.
The initial raiser then made it 11,250 to go to prompt a fold from the player in the middle before Jensen five-bet all in for 44,450 to eventually prompt a fold from his opponent.
Jensen is now sitting on just under 60,000 in chips.
