Chau Giang just keeps climbing. He's now up to 50,000 in chips thanks to making two pair with kings and sixes. He got paid on seventh street by two opponents, but both of them held a worse hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 9,000 |
Roland Isra was just eliminated by Scott Abrams. Isra was all in on by fifth street with his hand of (
) / 
against the (
) / 
for Abrams.
Abrams made this nice and quick when he picked up the 
on sixth street to fill up. Isra landed the 
and was drawing dead.
Abrams, who has two World Series of Poker cashes on record from 2011, moved up to 39,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 24,900 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Barry Greenstein just chipped up a bit after making an ace-high flush in a hand against two opponents. He went all the way to seventh with the two players, but one of them folded on the end. The other player, Kami Chisholm, couldn't beat the flush and mucked his hand without showing. Greenstein is now up to about 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 3,100 |
Level: 10
Limits: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Mike Baxter just busted Frank Thompson. Baxter made jacks and fours, which bested the pair of kings for Thompson and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 4,700 |
|
Busted |
After Barry Greenstein brought in with the up, Shane Douglas was next in line with the 
showing and completed. Chau Giang was the only caller.
Douglas: (x)(x) / 
/ (X)
Giang: (x)(x) / 
/ (x)
On fourth street, Douglas bet and Giang called. The same action happened on fifth, but then Giang picked up the leading hand with a pair of nines showing on sixth. He led with a bet and Douglas called. On seventh, Giang bet again. Douglas took a bit of time and then finally made the call.
Giang turned over the 
for nines full of jacks. Douglas showed that he made three queens with the 
, but it was a losing hand. The table were astonished by how disciplined Douglas was in not raising on seventh and saving some bets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | 5,200 |
|
12,000 | -3,200 |
Mario Adinolfi was leading for a good portion of the day yesterday, but has lost a bit of traction and slipped back to the middle of the pack. He just won a decent pot off Sam Grizzle, though, to get back to 14,000 in chips. Adinolfi made fours full of threes to scoop the pot while Grizzle mucked his hand on the end and dropped back under 30,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,500 | -4,100 |
|
14,000 | -7,300 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Alexander Kuzmin finally decided to show up, but has just busted along with Miguel Proulx.
Kuzmin was all in against Vitaly Lunkin on fifth street showing (
) / 
. Lunkin held the (
) / 
. Lunkin added a on sixth and a 
on seventh. Kuzmin couldn't beat him when he pulled the 
and and was eliminated.
Proulx lost to Anthony Farrell's jack-high straight to bust on another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,500 | 7,800 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
