Action folded to Phil Hellmuth on the button and he raised to 725. The players in the blinds both called to see a 
flop.
All three players checked through to the 
turn and the player in the small blind checked. The big blind bet 1,100, Hellmuth min-raised to 2,200, and the small blind ducked out of the way. The player in the big blind called and quickly checked the 
river. Hellmuth checked, too, and was shown 
by his opponent.
Hellmuth mucked and slipped to about 25,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
was being put out. There were three players in the hand, and the other two checked to Gazes, who fired out 6,800. Sergey Tikhonov was the only caller, and the turn brought the 
.
, and Gazes headed to the rail. It's been a decent summer for Tikhonov, who has recorded two five figure cashes. First he placed 17th in the $5,000 Mixed Max Event, and then he took 34th in Event 54: $1,000 No Limit Holdem. He's off to a great start today, as he's sitting on 67,000.
, showing the table his set of aces.
. Lovgren was again heads up against an unknown opponent, but this time she was in late position. Her opponent checked and Lovgren bet out 1,700. A call was made and both players were off to the turn.
for the river. We saw another check from the early position player and after a minute or two passed a bet of 5,875 from Lovgren. Lovgren's opponent folded and she took down the pot.
. Paur fired out another bet, 2,250 this time, and after 20 seconds of thought, Ryan tossed in the call.
for top pair, but it was no good, as Ryan held 
for a better ace. He took the pot to get back up to 17,000, and while Paur lost that hand, he's still sitting on a healthy 49,000.
