Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
We missed the action, but James Mackey is sitting on a healthy stack of about 335,000 thanks to his 
defeating an opponent's 
. The final board read 



, giving Mackey a pair of kings to bust his opponent.
Michael McDonald was just seen on the rail.
Speaking to his friends still in the tournament, McDonald made his intentions clear that he was on the way to registering for the Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
296,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
290,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
208,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
182,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
54,100
|
54,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
152,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
127,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
124,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
71,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
56,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
Jesse Yaginuma has just snagged a nice double through Steven Goosen.
Yaginuma: 

Goosen: 

The board filled out 



to see Yaginuma turn the nut flush to double through to 150,000 as Goosen slips to 140,000.
We caught up just in time to see the two players hands, which were 
for Matt Affleck and 
for his opponent. The dealer shuffled the board together before we could fully see, but it appeared that Affleck's opponent hit a straight on the river to send Affleck to the rail.
JC Tran opened with a raise to 7,500 from early position and Kory Kilpatrick called one seat over. Mohsin Charania squeezed all in for about 40,000 from the cutoff and action folded around back to Tran. He gave it up, but Kilpatrick called immediately with 

Charania tabled 
, but missed when the board ran out 



.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Luke Staudenmaier limped in from the small blind only to have Michael McClain up the ante to 8,000. Staudenmaier made the call before check-calling 11,000 on the 

flop as the
was checked through on the turn.
When the river of the
landed, Staudenmaier pushed out a 35,000-chip bet which McClain called. Staudenmaier tabled his 
for a turned straight to collect the pot to move to 260,000 as McClain slipped to 80,000 in chips.
From the cutoff seat, Allen Bari raised to 6,000. Bernard Lee flatted on the button and then the big blind called as well. The flop came down 

and action checked to the preflop raiser. Bari fired 7,500 and that was good enough to win the pot.
Bari's up to 92,000 in chips now.
Greg Dyer entered the pot with a raise to 7,500 only to have the player on the button push for 41,000. Dyer made the call.
Dyer: 

Opponent: 

The board ran out 



to see Dyer eliminate his opponent and move to 235,000 in chips.