With the board reading 
and about 60,000 in the middle, Jim Kasputis Jr. found himself facing a decision after he bet 45,000. Stephen Foutty raised all in with a slightly bigger stack.
After a little while in the tank, Kasputis Jr called with 
. Foutty sheepishly tabled 
and was not saved by the 
river. Foutty busted shortly thereafter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
Busted |
We found Cherish Andrews looking down at a board of 
. With over 400,000 in the pot, Andrews announced that she was all in for her remaining 470,000. Her opponent pondered for over a minute before announcing a call.
Andrews showed 
.
"They're good," announced her opponent as he threw away his hand. The mass of chips in the middle of the table were pushed to Andrews and as she had her opponent covered, she was able to effectively reduce the field by one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,335,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
Each earned $12,599.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
With about 85,000 in the pot and the board reading 
, Michael Aron's bet of 35,000 was raised to 82,000 by Maximilian Lehmanski.
After about 90 seconds in the tank, Aron re-raised to 190,000. A call from Lehmanski landed the 
on the river where Aron fired 325,000. Lehmanski called after mulling it over, but mucked when Aron tabled 
for a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,530,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
780,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
After each committing 60,000 chips before the flop, JC Tran and Thomas Miller saw a flop of 
.
Miller open shipped all in for his remaining 160,000 and Tran snaped. Tran showed 
for top two and was killing Miller's .
The board was completed with the 
and the 
and Miller was sent to the rail while Tran was able to absorb his chips.
However, Tran lost those chips back a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Joe Cada opened to 22,000 in second position and Dwyte Pilgrim shoved for 223,000 from the button. Action folded back to Cada who called with 
, racing with the of Pilgrim.
The board ran out 
to give Pilgrim the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
||
|
468,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
We caught the remnants of a giant preflop all in pot. With well over 600,000 in the middle, Maximilian Lehmanski was holding against John Dull's 
.
The flop came down 
and Lehmanski was still in the lead. At this point railbirds came flocking to look down at all of the commotion. The turnw as the and Lehmanski was one card away from skyrocketing into the chip lead and sending Dull home.
The 
rivered and just like that Dull's hopes of a huge double up were crushed and Lehmanski became the man on top.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,230,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Action folded to Drew Crawford on the button and he raised to 23,000. Joe Cada three-bet to 54,000 in the big blind, leading to an all-in shove from Crawford for roughly 260,000. Cada called with , well ahead of the of Crawford.
The board ran out 
to give Cada the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
740,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
710,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
630,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
||
|
520,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
470,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
410,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
275,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
250,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
240,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
210,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
210,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Joe Cada raised to 22,000 before the flop and it folded to Jonathan Poche who three-bet all in. Cada snap called and tabled , the very hand that scored him his double up before the break. Cada was way ahead against Poche's .
The board fell 
and Poche was not able to catch up by hitting one of the two remaining tens. Thanks to his jacks holding, the 2009 Main Event champion is now sitting on 455,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
455,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
|
|
||
|
360,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
