Facing a cutoff raise to 4,000, Brett Richey pushed for his remaining 29,700 into the middle. Farhan Madhani iso-shoved from the big blind to force the original raiser's cards into the muck.
Richey: 
Madhani: 
The flop of 
gave Richey a huge lead in the hand, and when the 
and 
completed the board, Richey doubled through to 62,000 as Madhani was left with roughly 14,000 in chips.
The internet phenom Randy "nanonoko" Lew is still in contention, despite remaining short-stacked.
Lew found a caller in the big blind after raising 3,300 from early position.
The flop came 
and both players checked to see a turn.
The turn brought the and this time the big blind player led out for 3,800. Lew made the call.
The 
slowed the big blind down, however, who opted to check. Lew fired 5,200 and his opponent folded, earning Lew the pot and chipping him up to 35,000.
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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159,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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147,000
13,100
|
13,100 |
|
145,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
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|
145,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
120,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
112,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
112,000
49,100
|
49,100 |
|
|
||
|
108,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
106,000
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
98,000 | |
|
|
||
|
95,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
94,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
90,000
9,600
|
9,600 |
|
86,000
85,999
|
85,999 |
|
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|
83,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
78,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
65,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
62,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
61,900
600
|
600 |
|
58,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
57,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
56,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
46,000
34,600
|
34,600 |
|
|
||
The remaining players are now heading on a 20-minute break.
Action folded to the winner of the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic Matt Brady in the small blind and he completed the bet. Darren Elias checked his option in the big blind and the two took a flop of 
. Brady bet 1,300 and Elias called.
Fourth street was the 
and Brady checked. After Elias reached for chips and bet 3,500, Brady made the call and the dealer placed the out on the river. Brady checked and Elias bet 9,600. Brady called, but couldn't beat the 
that Elias held for a full house.
Brady dropped to 56,000 in chips while Elias improved to 54,000.
Michael Noda, Mickey Petersen and Ben Zamani saw the flop of 
together. Noda was up first and checked. Petersen bet 3,600 and Zamani raised to 7,200. Noda then check-raised all in for about 80,000, having both players covered. Petersen called and Zamani folded.
Noda showed the 
for top pair and a flush draw. Petersen held the 
for middle set. The turn brought the 
and the river the , which kept Petersen's hand in front and doubled him up. He was all in for 29,000 on the flop and doubled to approximately 75,000. Noda was knocked back to 50,000.
We caught up with the action just as Erick Lindgren, who was on the small blind, bet 11,000 on the turn with the board reading 
. JC Tran made the call from the big blind.
The river revealed the , prompting a 17,000 bet from Lindgren. Tran counted out a call and shipped it into the middle. Lindgren showed the 
for a rivered wheel. Tran mucked his cards.
"So that's how you make a final table?" another player asked.
"...Gotta make wheels!" Lindgren replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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|
130,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
On a flop of 
we found Dutch player Robbie Verspui all in against David Williams.
Williams:
Verspui:
With Verspui needing to fade both hearts and straight outs, the on the turn would change little, but it would be the 
on the river that would send him to the rail as Williams moves to roughly 120,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
48,400
|
48,400 |
|
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Busted | |
