Limit Hold'em
A short-stacked Ian Johns was all in preflop with the 
against the 
for Chris Tryba. The board ran out 
and Johns doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
Level: 14
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
On one of these eliminations, Joshua Chait was all in preflop with the 
versus the for Michael Scarborough. An ace flopped and Scarborough sent Chait out the door in 25th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
No-Limit Hold'em
From middle position, Jeremy Ausmus raised to 5,000. Stan Jablonski called on the button with just 200 behind and then Michael Scarborough called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and everyone checked to see the 
land on the turn. Scarborough bet 6,000 and Ausmus called. Jablonski called all in for 200.
The river was the 
and Scarborough bet 10,000. Ausmus folded.
Jablonski showed the 
for just king high and lost to Scarborough's 
for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
192,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
No-Limit Hold'em
From under the gun, Andre Akkari raised to 5,200. Action folded to Michael Scarborough in middle position and he three-bet to 13,000. After play folded back over to Akkari, he put in the chips to make the call.
The 
rolled out on the flop and both players checked. They also both checked the on the turn and on the river.
Scarborough flashed 
, but then mucked after Akkari showed the 
for two pair.
Limit Hold'em
Konstantin Puchkov raised from the button and Joep van den Bijgaart reraised from the small blind. Puchov raised again and van den Bijgaart made the call.
After each player had put in four bets preflop, the dealer ran out the 
flop. Van den Bijgaart check-called a bet on the flop from Puchkov before doing the same after the 
was added on the turn. The completed the board on the river and both players checked.
Van den Bijgaart showed the for a pair of sixes and Puchkov showed a losing 
.
Limit Hold'em
We caught up with the action on a 
flop. Ian Johns bet his last several thousand from the big blind position and James Dempsey made the call to put Johns at risk.
Johns:
Dempsey: 
Johns was in good shape to double, however, a fell on the turn and propelled Dempsey into the lead with two-pair. The river bricked out for Johns and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Limit Hold'em
On a flop reading , Michael Malm led out against his lone opponent, James Dempsey, from the big blind. Dempsey thought it over and made the call from the button.
"What are you looking for?" Malm asked.
"I'm not sure," Dempsey replied, to which the rest of the table laughed.
The turn brought a and Malm bet his last 9,700. Dempsey called and hands were revealed.
Malm: 
Dempsey:
Malm was in good shape to double up, however, a fell on the river, counterfeiting Malm's pocket fours and eliminating him from the tournament.
Dempsey is up to 190,000 following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
77,800
|
77,800 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Limit Hold'em
Action folded over to Phil Ivey on the button, who raised. The small blind folded and Michael Foti three-bet from the big blind. Ivey called to see a flop, which came 
.
Foti led out and Ivey flatted. The turn brought a and Foti led out again. Ivey made the call, however, when Foti fired a third and final time on the river, he got Ivey to fold.
Foti is up to 100,000 following the hand. Ivey is still among the chip leaders with 220,000 despite the hit to his chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
39,700
|
39,700 |
The remaining players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Here's how they stack up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
285,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
260,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
251,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
||
|
250,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
233,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
163,700
-32,300
|
-32,300 |
|
|
146,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
|
||
|
143,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
|
119,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
||
|
|
117,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
89,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
87,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
85,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
84,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
||
|
73,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
|
68,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
||
|
64,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,800
800
|
800 |
|
23,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
