We caught up just as Liv Boeree and another player were getting it all-in preflop in a button vs. small blind confrontation. Boeree had her opponent covered by a mere 200 in chips.
Boeree: 
Opponent: 
The board came 
, crippling Boeree.
In the next hand, Boeree went all-in blind and lost, sending her to the rail.
Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 1,600. Ali Eslami called from the small blind and Noah Schwartz called from the big blind, bringing the three players to the 
flop. All three checked to see the land on the turn. Eslami was first to act and checked to Schwartz. He bet 3,500 and the button folded. Eslami also folded and Schwartz won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
Pierre Neuville checked the 
board to the next player in the hand. He also checked and then action fell on Matt Hawrilenko. Hawrilenko bet 2,900 and Neuville made the call. The third player folded.
The turn was the and Neuville checked again. Hawrilenko bet a larger 7,000 and this time Neuville couldn't make the call. He mucked his hand and Hawrilenko won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
17,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Grant Hinkle was first to act and pitted against Rene Angelil in this one. We picked up the action on the 
board. Hinkle checked, Angelil bet 3,000 and Hinkle check-raised to 7,000. Angelil called.
Fifth street was the 
and Hinkle bet a small 2,000. Angelil called.
Hinkle tabled the 
for kings and deuces with an eight. Angelil showed the 
for trip deuces and won the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
|
23,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
We caught up with the aftermath of an all in confrontation between top poker author David Sklansky and Balazs Botond. Sklansky's tournament life was on the line as the cards were turned over.
Sklansky: 
Botond: 
The board read 
and Botond's pair of jacks reigned supreme, sending Sklansky to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
44,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
42,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
|
|
37,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
35,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
28,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
27,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
24,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
17,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
16,000 | |
|
|
11,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
9,500
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
8,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
We caught up with the action on a 
where Ricky Fohrenbach and his lone opponent in the small blind checked.
The turn brought a and the small blind bet 2,000. Fohrenbach called.
When the 
hit the river, the small blind check-raised an 8,000 bet from Fohrenbach for enough to put Fohrenbach at risk. Fohrenbach said, "I could fold with kings here, that would be kind of sick," and threw in his remaining chips for the call.
His opponent revealed the 
for treys-full-of-deuces and sure enough, Fohrenbach mucked 
face up.
With the final board reading 
, defending champion James Dempsey fired 7,800 into a pot of approximately 10,000. His opponent tanked for a bit and then made the call. Dempsey showed pocket threes, which meant he was playing the board. His opponent tabled the 
and won the pot.
Dempsey slipped back to 15,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,100
42,100
|
42,100 |
|
||
|
46,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
45,000 | |
|
||
|
|
44,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
43,900
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
42,400 | |
|
|
40,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
38,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
35,600
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
34,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
34,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
31,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
28,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
27,100
8,100
|
8,100 |
|
|
23,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
21,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
20,600
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
20,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
20,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
19,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
13,800
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
||
|
|
11,000 | |
|
10,400
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
|
||
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
