Ben Yu raised preflop, and action folded around to Darin Thomas, who defended his big blind. The flop came 
, and Thomas check-called Yu's bet, then check-called again when the 
hit the felt on the turn. The river was the 
, and Thomas again checked to Yu, who bet out. Thomas thought for a minute, counted out the chips to call, then put them back in his stack and slid his cards toward the dealer.
Yu is now up to 32,000 in chips.
Last year in this very event, Benjamin Scholl could do no wrong as he ultimately captured his first gold bracelet and the accompanying $206,760 first-place prize. Five days ago, Scholl's run good continued as he finished runner-up to Tom Schneider in Event #29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $197,228. Unfortunately Scholl's momentum came to a screeching halt in today's tournament as the defending champ has already been eliminated.
It happened when Scholl, who had dwindled down to 800, raised to 600 from the cutoff. Sean Chen responded with a three-bet to 900 from the small blind, and after the big got out of the way, Scholl called off.
Scholl: 
Chen: 
Scholl seemed a bit frustrated, and understandably so as he was having the polar-opposite experience than a year ago. With that said, he was drawing to live cards. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Scholl had a 30.98% of surviving the hand, though that dropped to 16.36% on the 
flop. Scholl was looking for some help on the turn, but instead the 
left him drawing dead as Chen improved to trips. The meaningless 
was run out on the river for good measure as Scholl made a beeline for the exit.
JC Tran bet out on the flop with the board reading 
. Ronnie Bardah called, and the dealer turned the 
. Tran bet again, but this time Bardah raised. Tran called, and the 
fell on the river. Bardah bet out, and Tran raised. Bardah called and turned over 
. Tran also turned over , and the players split the pot with matching straights.
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Negreanu | 459.28 |
| 2 | Tom Schneider | 427.88 |
| 3 | Daniel Kelly | 344.70 |
| 4 | Matt Waxman | 300.00 |
| 5 | Benny Chen | 300.00 |
| 6 | Mark Radoja | 292.50 |
| 7 | Matthew Ashton | 289.75 |
| 8 | Mike Matusow | 268.75 |
| 9 | Charles Sylvestre | 260.00 |
| 10 | Jason Duval | 256.25 |
Level: 4
Limits: 300/600
Ante:
Matt Matros, J.J. Liu, and two other players saw a flop of 
. Action checked to Matros, who bet out, and everyone called. The turn was the , and Matros again bet out. This time, only J.J. Liu called. On the 
river, Matros bet out again, but Liu raised. Matros called the raise, and Liu turned over for a rivered straight. Matros showed 
before sliding his cards toward the muck.
After the hand, Liu is up to 22,000 in chips.
Micah Raskin is known as a go-big-or-go-home player, and today it ended up being the latter result.
Raskin was down to his last 400 when he moved in from middle position. The players in the hijack and cutoff called, J.J. Liu did the same from the small blind and then the big raised it up. Three calls followed and a side pot was created.
All four active players checked the 
flop and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Liu was first to act and bet 600, the big blind immediately raised to 1,200 and both the hijack and cutoff folded. Liu took a moment before three-betting to 1,800 and the big blind snap-folded. Liu tabled the 
for trips, and Raskin was in trouble with his 
.
"Bink," Raskin quipped as the dealer put out the river. It was the 
. Raskin couldn't bink a ten and was eliminated from the tournament.
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