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Cole South raised to 5,500 and called a re-raise to 17,500 from the player on the button. Both players checked the flop after it came 
.
The turn was the 
and South check-called a bet of 25,000 from his opponent. When the 
came on the river, both players checked again. South showed 
, but was left with the second-best hand after his opponent showed 
.
South is now sitting with about 457,000 chips.
A quick word about the Chip Counts tab:
Harrah's has requested that we leave all 1,203 players in our chip counts despite the fact that we can't possibly track them all throughout the course of the day. We're definitely going to keep an eagle eye on the notables, but understand that the chip counts for many of the players will not be edited today. This is the last day we'll all have to deal with a huge, messy list; once we hit the money, things will be a lot easier to keep track of.
Thanks!
Julie Yale has been eliminated within the first hour of play. Her tournament ended with 
versus the 
of David McLaws, the board coming a knaveless 
to send her home before breakfast. David, meanwhile, McLaws his way up to the 200,000 mark.
Action folded to Juha Helppi on the button. He opened with a standard raise that was re-raised all in by a short-stacked Peter Mairhofer. Helppi called with 
, a dominating favorite over Mairhofer's 
. Nobody connected with a board of 
. As a result Mairhofer is out of the tournament and Helppi is one step closer to the money.
Catching the action on the turn on a board of 
, Jason Mercier led out with a bet of 6,100 and the player on the button made the call to see the fall on the river.
Mercier came out betting once again for 13,500, but his opponent quickly splashed the pot with ten 5,000-denomination chips to announce a raise.
"Nine-ten huh?" sighed Mercier as he tossed his cards into the muck. He slips to 150,000.
Kathy Liebert opened for a 6,000 raise from under-the-gun and the small blind called. The flop came down and the small blind led into Liebert for 15,000. She responded with a shoved and her opponent made the call.
Liebert
Mr. Small Blind 
Liebert's overcards and open-ended straight draw were up against the small blind's top pair and flush draw, making her about a 2-1 dog. The 
on the turn was no help for Liebert, nor was the 
on the river, and the all-time women's tournament money winner was sent to the rail.
Vitaly Lunkin raised to 6,000 under the gun and a couple seats down Matt Savage shoved for his last 35,000 or so. It folded around to David Frazee on the button, who reshoved to cover Lunkin.
Lunkin now disappeared into the tank for a full five minutes. He seemed to be counting on his fingers for a while, before dropping his face into his hands and then chewing on his thumbs for a bit. Eventually, after double- and triple-checking his hole cards, perhaps hoping that they would magically turn into different ones, he folded.
So, on their backs.
Savage: 
Frazee: 
Board: 
With a polite, "Good luck," Savage was gone.
Lance Harris has been snipered down. His assassin was Eric Blair who rid his foe in a battle of the blinds encounter, Harris moving all in from the big blind with and being snapped off by . A 
board later and Harris was pushing up the poker daises.
With the board spread 
and with more than 55,000 chips in the pot, Patrik Antonius fired a 43,000-chip bet. His opponent check-folded and Antonius is now up to 210,00 chips.
Antonius, as always, is very relaxed at the table and building a stack.
Hoyt Corkins opened to 7,200 from the hijack seat and Aaron Nadell called in the cutoff. The button and blinds released, and the flop fell 
.
Corkins continued for 12,000 Nadell raised to 28,000 and Corkins re-popped it to 60,000.
Nadell jumped up in his seat. "How much are you playing?" he asked Corkins. Corkins made all of his 97,200 chips visible, and Nadell made the call.
The turn brought the and Corkins instantly moved all in.
"How much?" Nadell asked the dealer.
The dealer cut it down and verified that it was 97,200. Nadell let out a huge sigh and slid in enough chips to call.
Showdown
Corkins:
Nadell: 
The 
on the river did not improve Nadell's hand, and Corkins' cowboys held. Corkins doubled to 330,000 chips while Nadell slipped all the way down to 85,000.
