From under the gun, Jesse Chinni raised to 45,000. Carlos Mortensen, winner of the 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event, reraised from under the gun plus one to 154,000. Everyone folded included Chinni and Mortensen won the pot.
Ricky Fohrenbach raised from under the gun and made it his standard 45,000. Action folded to Maria Ho in the big blind and she made the call to see the flop. The first three community cards were the 
and both players checked. They also checked after the 
fell on the turn and the 
on the river.
"Ace-jack," announced Ho before turning over her 
. Fohrenbach mucked his hand and Ho won the pot.
Farzad Bonyadi opened to 40,000 from middle position only to have Thomas Ross three-bet o 140,000 to force a fold from Bonyadi as he slipped to 430,000.
Ricky Fohrenbach entered the pot with a 45,000-chip raise only to have Nicholas Blumenthal three-bet to 124,000 from the small blind. Fohrenbach kicked his cards to the muck as Blumenthal raked in the pot.
Over on table two, Joseph Kuether made it 44,000 to go, but he too was met with a three-bet amounting to 102,000. Once Kuether mucked, Jesse Chinni was pushed the pot to move to 870,000 in chips.
Peter Gilmore pushed from middle position for his last 297,000 and Thomas Ross made the call from the big blind.
Gilmore: 
Ross: 
"Here she comes baby!" screamed Ross, just like he did many hands earlier against Dmitry Gromov.
Just like he caught a queen on that occasion, Ross' luck would continue as the board was spread 
to see Gilmore hit the rail in 18th place as Ross soars to over 2.3 million.
Thomas Ross entered the pot with a raise to 52,000 only to have Markus Gonsalves three-bet to 151,000. With the action on the short-stacked Maria Ho, she pushed from the small blind for her last 122,000 before Ross iso-shoved all in. Gonsalves made the call for his near half a million as three sets of cards were tabled.
Ross: 
Gonsalves:
Ho: 
With Ho in great shape to survive, her rail would bellow with excitement when the board was spread 
to ensure her triple to nearly 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,015,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
380,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
345,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Joseph Kuether opened to 44,000 from under the gun only to have Brian Lemke three-bet his button to 89,000. Once the action returned to Kuether, he four-bet jammed for 367,000 with Lemke making the call.
Kuether:
Lemke: 
With Kuether in great shape to double, the board would ensure that his jacks held true as he doubled through to over 740,000 while Lemke slipped back to a similar amount.
Frank Rusnak pushed his last 195,000 into the middle from the button and Mikhail Lakhitov made the call from the big blind.
Rusnak:
Lakhitov: 
The board ran out 
to see both players chop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,145,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
1,140,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
|
|
830,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
820,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
800,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
780,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
760,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
710,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
510,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
||
|
490,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
470,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
|
470,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
420,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
315,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
274,000
236,000
|
236,000 |
|
208,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
154,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Table 1
| Seat | Player |
| 1 | Peter Gilmore |
| 2 | Farzad Bonyadi |
| 3 | Sean LeFort |
| 4 | Maria Ho |
| 5 | Ricky Fohrenbach |
| 6 | Richard Lyndaker |
| 7 | Thomas Ross |
| 8 | Nicholas Blumenthal |
| 9 | Markus Gonsalves |
Table 2
| Seat | Player |
| 1 | Frank Rusnak |
| 2 | Brian Lemke |
| 3 | Mikhail Lakhitov |
| 4 | Cary Katz |
| 5 | Joseph Kuether |
| 6 | Jesse Chinni |
| 7 | Carlos Mortensen |
| 8 | Simon Charette |
| 9 | Allen Bari |
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
