Robert Lipkin started the action with a preflop raise to 12,000. He was reraised by a player who pushed all in for 93,500. Lipkin made the call.
Lipkin: 
Opponent: 
The flop ran out 
to put Lipkin ahead with a pair of queens. The 
fell on the turn and the 
hit on the river.
Lipkin now has about 350,000 in chips.
We caught this hand developing on the flop. Christian Harder bet the flop of 
and Tom Carman called. The turn came 
and Carman bet 20,000 can Harder called. The river fell 
and Carman bet out 45,000. Harder went into the tank, a call representing a significant portion of his stack.
He sipped his juice and then pushed out calling chips. Carman tabled 
and Harder mucked his hand. Carman increased his stack to 420,000 and Harder fell to just under 80,000.
The action folded to Matthew Hinton who moved all in for 35,000 preflop from late position; Nicolas Troubat called from late position before Michael Paciorek reraised all-in for 45,000 from the small blind. Troubat called and the cards were tabled:
Paciorek: 
Troubat: 
Hinton:
The flop of 
put Troubat out further in front with top set, but Hinton's hand got a little help with the outs to the gut-shot straight draw now open to him. The 
on the turn then gave Paciorek the same opportunity, but they both missed after the 
bricked out on the river.
And with that double elimination, Troubat rockets up the chip counts to almost 240,000!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
223,300
|
223,300 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Simon Lam called an all in when a player shoved preflop. Lam turned over and his opponent turned over 
.
The board ran out 
.
Lam now has over 500,000 in chips.
Simon Lam called an all in shove preflop from Garrett Beckman for 57,000.
Lam:
Beckman: 
Lam hit an ace on the flop when it ran out 
. The fell on the turn and the came on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
607,000 | |
|
Busted |
| Place | Name | Country | Amount |
| 72 | Helen Ellis | United States | $8,012 |
| 73 | Edward Ho | Canada | $6,819 |
| 74 | Andrew Brussard | United States | $6,819 |
| 75 | Alexander Hering | Germany | $6,819 |
| 76 | Dan Kelly | United States | $6,819 |
| 77 | David Briedis | United States | $6,819 |
| 78 | Tomas Macnamara | United Kingdom | $6,819 |
| 79 | Matthew Hinton | United States | $6,819 |
| 80 | Michael Paciorek | United States | $6,819 |
| 81 | Charles Moore | United States | $6,819 |
| 82 | Raymond Matthaei | United States | $5,838 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 60
A player opened up the action with a 16,000 raise and Pascal LeFrancois reraised to 40,000. His opponent reraised to 140,000 and LeFrancois moved all in. His opponent made the call.
LeFrancois turned over 
and his opponent turned up 
.
The flop ran out 
. The 
fell on the turn giving LeFrancois' opponent the nut flush. The river brought the and LeFrancois was sent to the rail.
Alexander Herring moved all in directly to Tristian Wade's right. Wade called and tabled and needed to hold against Herring's .
The board ran 
and Wade picked up an easy pot and knockout. Wade is up to 240,000.
The action folded around to a player in middle position who raised to 16,000; Thomas White then came in with a reraise of 34,000 from the button and the others got out of the way before the middle position player four-bet it to 84,000. White snap-shoved and the middle position player beat him into the pot.
Opponent:
White: 
To White's relief, he managed to hit quads on the board of 
to double up and stay alive in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
