Rupert Elder raised to 3,200 from early position and received a call from defending champion of this event Athanasios Polychronopoulos. The player in the hijack called and the blinds tagged along as well.
The flop came down and it checked to Polychronopoulos who fired 6,200 into the center. Three hands hit the muck quickly and Elder thought for a moment before becoming part of the majority by mucking his hand, allowing Polychronopoulos to take down the pot.
We caught up to find David Doc Sands and another player with hands turned up in front of them. Sands' opponent's life was at stake with and was racing with Sands' .
The board fell and Sands was unable to improve his hand. He was forced to ship a vast majority of his stack across the table, leaving himself with only about 8,000.
Jonathan Little opened to 4,000 from middle position and was called by Aaron Jones directly behind him. Victoria Coren then squeezed to 14,000 total from the cutoff seat and it was folded back around to Little, who announced he was all in. Jones quickly folded, but Coren fell into the tank. After some time, she said, "Alright, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt," and folded.
Little is up to 82,000 following the hand, while Coren has slipped to 70,000.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where Steve Brecher was in a heads-up pot.
Brecher checked from the big blind and his opponent in the cutoff fired 3,400 into the middle. Brecher made the call to see a turn, which brought the .
Brecher again checked and, undeterred, Brecher's opponent fired again for 8,800. Brecher tanked for about two minutes, but eventually opted to fold his hand.
The World Poker Tour champion, whose live-tournament winnings exceed, $2.4 million, is down to 42,000.
A late position player opened to 4,100 and the player in the small blind tossed out a call. Cherish Andrews peeked at her cards from the big blind and opted to join the two.
The flop was and the small blind and Andrews checked. The original raiser continued out for 7,500 and the big blind quickly folded. Andrews called and the two saw a turn of which paired the board. Andrews decided to take the lead on the turn by betting 9,000. Her opponent called and the board was completed with the .
Andrews moved out a large stack of purple t500 chips for a bet of 10,000. Her opponent replied by moving all in and a frustrated Andrews threw her hand into the muck.
and it checked to Polychronopoulos who fired 6,200 into the center. Three hands hit the muck quickly and Elder thought for a moment before becoming part of the majority by mucking his hand, allowing Polychronopoulos to take down the pot.
and was racing with Sands' 
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and Sands was unable to improve his hand. He was forced to ship a vast majority of his stack across the table, leaving himself with only about 8,000.
flop, where Steve Brecher was in a heads-up pot.
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and the small blind and Andrews checked. The original raiser continued out for 7,500 and the big blind quickly folded. Andrews called and the two saw a turn of 
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