Tim West found himself all in against Andrew Rosskamm in a dominated position.
West: 
Rosskamm: 
The board ran out 
to ensure West a lucky double to 145,000 as Rosskam slipped to below 200,000 in chips.
Mike Wattel pushed for his last 47,500 and Tony Ahn made the call from the big blind.
Wattel: 
Ahn: 
The board was spread 
to see Wattel bite the dust as Ahn moves to 140,000 in chips.
From the cutoff seat, the 2009 winner of this very event Brian Lemke raised to 13,000. Justin Gardenhire reraised from the button to 42,000. Action folded through the blinds and back to Lemke. He announced that he was all in after a minute of thought and Gardenhire called to put himself at risk. Gardenhire was all in for approximately 125,000 total with Lemke having him well covered. Now for the hands.
Lemke tabled the 
to hold two overcards to Gardenhire's 
. The flop came down and Lemke picked up the lead with a pair of aces. Gardenhire would need a jack or running straight cards to stay alive and double up.
The turn brought the and now Gardenhire could only catch a jack. The river completed the board with the and that was the end of the line for Gardenhire. He was eliminated while Lemke saw his stack hit half a million in chips.
Back in 2009, Lemke won this event for $692,690 after besting a field of 655 players. He defeated a final table that included Thomas Keller, MIke Sowers, Isaac Baron and Billy Kopp. In total, Lemke has $934,830 in live tournament earnings to his name, not including this cash.
Can he win another bracelet here in a event he's already conquered once? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000
275,000
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275,000 |
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Busted | |
Shelly Teague committed what remained of her chips as Allen Bari looked her up.
Teague: 
Bari: 
The final board of 
saw Teague unable to find a double as she hit the rail while Bari moved to 360,000 in chips.
Following a few quick eliminations, the first round of eliminations are in with the following players all receiving $10,123 for their efforts.
73rd - Neil Willerson
74th - Mark Busch
75th - Mike Wattel
76th - Shelly Teague
77th - Mikhail Aleksandrov
78th - Edward Pham
79th - Justin Gardenhire
80th - Steven McNally
81st - Erich Moir
Catching the action with Ricky Fohrenbach four-betting preflop to 31,500 more to Martin Kabrhel, Kabrhel made the call as the flop fell 
.
Fohrenbach continued for 56,000 only to have Kabrhel bump it up to 112,000. Fohrenbach shipped all in for 268,500 and Kabrhel made the call.
Fohrenbach: 
Kabrhel: 
With Fohrenbach in commanding shape to double through, the 
and on the turn and river saw a straight spread on the board.
Both players believed the pot was going to be chopped up until Cliff Josephy announced from the rail, "Royal!"
It was then that the players and the dealer noticed Fohrenbach's rivered royal flush, and he was soon pushed the pot to move to over 620,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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625,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
105,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
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Scott Montgomery moved all in from early position for just about 50,000. Jonathan Durand reraised all in from the hijack seat for 118,500. Shawn Busse was in the cutoff seat and called all in for slightly less at 105,000. Everyone else folded.
Durand:
Busse: 
Montgomery:
The board ran out 
and Durand won the big pot to send both of his opponents to the rail and climb up the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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275,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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No one seems very interested in tangling with JC Tran as of late.
In a recent hand, Tran raised to 16,500 from middle position and was called by the small blind.
The flop came and the small blind checked. Tran c-bet another 16,500 and took it down.
A few hands later, a player in the hijack position open-raised to 11,500. Tran counted out raising chips from the button and made it 16,000 more for 27,500 total. Tran's opponent quietly mucked his hand.
Tran is currently rolling with 260,000.
Martin Kabrhel pushed his last 35,000 in from the small blind and Dmitry Gromov made the call from the big.
Kabrhel: 
Gromov: 
With Kabrhel needing some help, the 
board would see him forced to hit the rail as Gromov moved to 160,000 in chips.
After Allen Bari raised to 10,000 from under the gun, John Zentner moved all in from the button for 18,500. Bari made the call when action got back to him with a dominated to Zentner's .
The board ran out 
and Bari was able to get there with a queen on the river to send Zentner to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
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Busted | |
