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.
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.
Action folded to Maria Ho in the small blind and she put in a raise. Ho made it 60,000 to go with only Ricky Fohrenbach to act in the big blind. Fohrenbach studied Ho and her stack before reraising all in. Ho had 462,000 behind and tanked for a bit. She eventually mucked her hand and Fohrenbach won the pot.
From middle position, Nicholas Blumenthal raised to 44,000. That's his standard amount, but what's not standard is Markus Gonsalves three-betting him. Gonsalves opted to this time and moved all in for 302,000. Action folded around back to Blumenthal and he also folded.
From the button, Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 45,000. Richard Lyndaker called from the small blind and the flop came down 
. Lyndaker bet 59,000 into the preflop raiser and Fohrenbach folded.
Mikhail Lakhitov raised to 43,000 and Jesse Chinni called in position to take the flop of 
. Lakhitov checked and Chinni bet 40,000. Lakhitov gave it up and Chinni won the pot.
From early position, Cary Katz raised to 50,000. Brian Lemke made the call from the big blind and the flop was 
. Both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Both checked again.
The 
put a third lady out on the river and Lemke checked. Katz fired 25,000 and Lemke made the call.
Katz showed the 
for a full house, queens full of nines, and won the pot. Lemke mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
835,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
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695,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
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Frank Rusnak open-shoved from early position for 256,000 and Cary Katz made the call from a few spots over.
Rusnak: 
Katz:
Rusnak was in bad shape until the board was spread 
to see him spike a two-outer on the river to double to over 550,000 as Katz slipped to below 400,000 in chips.
The remaining players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play is set to resume at 8:15 pm PST.
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
