After several raise-and-takes from various players, Chiduziem Obi raised in middle position. Grayson Scoggin defended his big blind, then check-raised on a flop of 
. The two engaged in a short stare down, until Obi finally folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
345,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Ahmed Mohamed raised in early position, and Mark Mierkalns reraised from the button. Mohamed made it four bets, and Mierkalns called.
After a flop of 
, they got the last of Mohamed's chips in.
Mohamed: 
Mierkalns: 
"Yesss," Mohamed said after the dealer placed the 
down on the turn. He dodge a ten on the river to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
190,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Queen | 345,000 |
| 2 | Grayson Scoggin | 285,000 |
| 3 | William James | 295,000 |
| 4 | Ahmed Mohamed | 80,000 |
| 5 | Brian Nichols | 123,000 |
| 6 | Chiduziem Obi | 380,000 |
| 7 | Malissia Zapata | 223,000 |
| 8 | Eric Froehlich | 257,000 |
| 9 | Brent Wheeler | 209,000 |
| 10 | Mark Mierkalns | 680,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
380,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
345,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
295,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
285,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
257,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
||
|
223,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
209,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
123,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
80,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
Mark Mierkalns raised from the cutoff, Aaron Ogus three-bet on the button, and Grayson Scoggin made it four bets from the small blind. Mierkalns called, as did Ogus.
The flop came 
, and Scoggin bet. Mierkalns got out of the way, and Ogus raised. Scoggin reraised to put Ogus all in, and Ogus called.
Ogus: 
Scoggin: 
Ogus was drawing nearly dead, and the 
on the turn finished him off. A 
came on the river to complete Ogus' set, but it was far too little, far too late.
The players have now condensed to the unofficial final table of ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Mark Mierkalns led out on every street as the board came 
, and Aaron Ogus look him up every time. The Canadian ripped over 
after Ogus called the last bet, and Ogus tossed his cards into the muck.
"Livin' right!" Ahmed Mohamed said after the hand. "Go take a walk, Mark."
"I'm going to," Mierkalns told him, pointing the the secondary feature table. "I'm going to talk a walk over there."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
50,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Chiduziem Obi raised from the cutoff, and Brian Nichols made it three bets from the small blind. The two eventually put enough bets in to get Nichols all in.
Obi: 
Nichols:
The board ran out 
, and Nichols doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Chiduziem Obi raised in late position, Brian Nichols three-bet in the big blind, and Obi called. Nichols led out on a flop of 
, Obi called, and both players checked when the turned and when the completed the river.
Nichols showed 
for ace-king high, but it was no good against Obi's .
"Rivered ya," Obi said, as he turned his hand over.
Nichols, who said he was already rivered twice before the hand, is down to 45,000 chips, while Obi is up to 500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
45,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Brent Wheeler tossed out a bet on a flop of 
, and Brian Nichols called. The turn was the 
, Wheeler bet out again, and Nichols called.
Nichols called one last bet when the 
completed the board, then mucked when Wheeler showed for a pair of kings.
A few hands later, James Williams raised in late position, Wheeler called out of the blinds, and the check-called every street as the board came . Williams showed 
for trip aces, and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
160,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
155,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
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Brent Wheeler raised from the button, and Jack Jiang reraised from the small blind. Wheeler called.
The flop came , and Wheeler called again. The turn was , and Jiang bet, leaving himself 8,000 behind. Wheeler raised, and the two turned their cards over.
Wheeler:
Jiang:
Jiang needed a non-spade king, queen or ten, but the river was the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Chiduziem Obi raised in late position, Brent Wheeler three-bet on his direct left, and the action folded back to Obi, who called.
The flop came 
, Obi check-called a bet, and both players checked on the turn (
) and the river (). Obi showed for ace-high, but Wheeler had him out-kicked with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
151,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
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