Everyone has a story about how they got involved in poker, but Eric Aude, who is in today's field, learned poker in one of the most unconventional ways possible, in a Pakistani prison on death row. To learn more, check out this PokerNews video from 2009 when Aude revealed his story.
We missed the exact preflop action, but it appeared that Dan Smith raised from early position, was three-bet by William Pierron in the cutoff and action folded back around to Smith - who made the call.
The flop came 
and Smith instantly bet enough to put Pierron all in for his remaining stack. Pierron snap-called and hands were revealed.
Pierron: 
Smith: 
Pierron was in excellent shape, and would stay in excellent shape when the 
fell on the turn. However, the 
river left Smith with a set and Pierron hit the table in frustration upon seeing his bad luck. He then stood up, wished his table good luck and headed to the payout desk.
Smith is up to 620,000 following the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 143,000 |
|
Busted |
Erik Aude raised under the gun and was met with a three-bet from Andrew Lichtenberger in the cutoff. Aude responded by moving all in and Lichtenberger called off for 331,000.
Showdown
Lichtenberger: 
Aude: 
Aude was looking to catch an ace, but he failed to do so as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | 442,000 |
|
335,000 | -353,000 |
Derek Gregory raised to 22,000 under the gun only to have Stanislav Barshak three-bet to 58,000 from middle position. The rest of the field got out of the way, Gregory made the call, and the flop came down 
.
Gregory proceeded to check-raise a 63,000 bet to 126,000, which Barshak three-bet to 210,000. Gregory made the call and then check-called all in for 345,000 when Barshak shoved the 
turn.
Showdown
Gregory: 
Barshak: 
Barshak held top pair with top kicker, but Gregory was fortunate enough to turn two pair. The 
river improved Gregory to a full house, and he took over the chip lead with 1.265 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,265,000 | 729,000 |
|
155,000 | -535,000 |
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Ivey | 539.70 |
| 2 | John Monnette | 524.25 |
| 3 | Michael Mizrachi | 486.20 |
| 4 | Andy Frankenberger | 406.66 |
| 5 | Phil Hellmuth | 368.70 |
| 6 | Andy Bloch | 340.50 |
| 7 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 325.63 |
| 8 | Michael Gathy | 321.25 |
| 9 | David “Bakes” Baker | 317.94 |
| 10 | David “ODB” Baker | 314.88 |
Some of our remaining players are busting out faster than we can keep up. Here are some bustouts in the early going.
42nd: Robert Macdonald . . . $20,324
43rd: Foster Hays . . . $20,324
44th: Rodrigo Caprioli . . . $20,324
45th: Madison Bergeron . . . $20,324
46th: Bryan Leskowitz . . . $17,360
47th: Fernando Brito . . . $17,360
48th: Dominykas Karmazinas . . . $17,360
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Action folded to Micah Raskin in the hijack and he raised to 24,000. Ronald Lee then moved all in for 170,000 from the button, which cleared out the blinds. Raskin made the call and the hands were tabled.
Showdown
Lee: 
Raskin: 
Raskin was ahead when the chips went in, but the 
flop gave Lee a pair of queens and the lead; however, Raskin did hold a club draw. The turn was of no consequence, and neither was the 
. Lee's hand held and he double to 378,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
378,000 | 189,000 |
|
290,000 | -171,000 |
Kevin Schulz just doubled through David Diaz after getting all in for 126,000 with 
against the latter's 
. The 
flop gave Schulz quads and a guaranteed double. The meaningless 
and completed the board and Schulz was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
423,000 | -145,000 |
|
289,000 | 161,000 |
Fernando Brito open-pushed all in for his last 80,000 from early position and directly behind him, Randy Lew announced he was all in as well. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Lew:
Brito:
Brito was in great shape to double, however, the board ran out 
....., giving Lew a winning set of tens on the river for the knockout.
Lew is up to 250,000 after that one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 107,000 |
|
Busted |
Dominykas Karmazinas, who began the day the shortest of the 48 returning players, moved all in under the gun and received a call from Jeremy Ausmus in the hijack.
Showdown
Karmazinas: 
Ausmus:
It was a flip, but one that didn't come down in Karmazinas' favor as the board ran out 
. He became our 48th-place finisher and will take home $17,360.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
463,000 | 72,000 |
|
Busted |
