John Racener has been moving back and forth between this event and the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event to good results so far.
A few hands after break ended, we caught up with Racener in a hand where he had opened for 2,300 preflop from the hi-jack position. The player on the button re-raised to 10,000 and Racener responded by going all-in for his remaining stack - about 20,000 total. His opponent called.
Racener:
Opponent:
The board ran out , giving Racener the winning hand with a full-house.
Racener stacked his pile of chips worth a bit over 50,000 and left to go play in the Limit event for a while.
Young Phan was all in with the and up against an opponent's . The flop came down and Phan needed to stay out of the way of diamonds now as his opponent picked up a flush draw.
The turn was the and that nailed the flush for Phan's opponent. The river completed the board with the and couldn't save Phan with a full house, eliminating him from the tournament.
Randall Flowers checked to Mike Leah on the board of . Leah fired 2,100 with about 4,000 in the pot. The next player to act folded and then action fell on Flowers. He also gave it up and Leah was able to chip up to 28,000. He showed only the .
We caught up with the action in time to see a three-way all in between Jason Newburger and two other opponents.
Newburger:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
With all three players holding pocket pairs, the second opponent was looking to dodge two eights and two threes as the board fell. Fortunately for Newburger, the flop came , flopping him a full house and jetting him out to the lead in this hand. The turn and river bricked out for his opponents, coming and , leaving Newburger to scoop a pot that brought him up to 50,000.
, giving Racener the winning hand with a full-house.
. The flop came down 
and Phan needed to stay out of the way of diamonds now as his opponent picked up a flush draw.
and that nailed the flush for Phan's opponent. The river completed the board with the 
and couldn't save Phan with a full house, eliminating him from the tournament.
and Brenes hit the rail.
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, leaving Newburger to scoop a pot that brought him up to 50,000.
, the big blind led out for 2,600 and Liv Boeree called.
