Mike Pickett recently sent a player packing when he called the all in of a short stack with 
. The short stacked player was holding 
and was in the lead before the flop. However, when the flop came ten-high and the short stacked player failed to improve, Pickett was able to scoop the pot and bring his stack up to 315,000.
Hasmukh Khodiyara called another player's preflop all in and the two went to the showdown.
Khodiyara: 
Unknown: 
The board ran 
and Khodiyara earned the knockout and smiled when his table asked, "What, just quads?"
On a flop that read 
, David Eldridge checked out of the small blind, as well as the big blind and Mike Shane in middle position before Eldridge bet 8,000 on the turn of the after the small blind checked again.
Shane shipped his last 15,600 into the middle and the Eldridge called, showing 
but needed some help against Shane's 
.
Bink! Down came the 
on the river. Shane was none too pleased, as his colorful language would attest (which we are not prepared to repeat here). Eldridge is all smiles, now on more than 110,000.
Action began when a player raised to 5,500 from early position. Gavin Smith called from the button and the two saw a flop of 
. Both players checked and the turn came . Smith's opponent checked and Smith bet 18,300. His opponent moved all in and Smith snap called, tabling 
for the nuts. His opponent flipped up 
.
The river came 
and Smith was able to send a player home and pad his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
The T100 chips are now being colored up, so we're on another 20-minute break.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The cards are back in the air!
Sergio Grosso moved his short stack all in from late position and Brian Sombero called behind him. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.
Grosso: 
Sombero:
The board ran 
. Grosso missed his straight draw and Sombero's pair sent him to the rail.
The action folded around to John Cook who raised to 6,500 before Bruce Peery shoved for an additional 30,000. Cook went into the tank, then elected to call with his 
. Peery looked sheepish as he turned up his 
.
The board was spread 
and Peery's hand-in-the-cookie-jar moment cost him his tournament life. Cook is now on more than 250,000 in chips as a result!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
174,600
|
174,600 |
|
Busted |
The action folded around to Gavin Smith who raised from the cutoff before the player in the small blind shoved for 32,500 with . Smith called, showing .
The board ran out 
and the payout list has itself another player. Smith is now almost up to 260,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
258,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
