There was about 15,000 in the middle when we walked up to the table to see Matt Salsberg heads up in a pot on a completed board of . Salsberg checked to his opponent, who moved all in fairly quickly for his last 5,925. Salsberg got an official count, cut out the chips for the call, and then stuck them in after a few more moments of though. His opponent simply shook his and tabled for bottom pair, and Salsberg showed for fourth pair on board, which was good enough to claim the sizeable pot.
After winning that hand, Salsberg jumped up to 49,000.
Eric Crain raised to 1,600 preflop, and the big blind pushed all in for 6,900. After getting an exact count from the dealer, Crain pushed forward chips for a call and showed . His opponent held . The flop paired Crain, coming . The pair of jacks was all he needed, as the turn and river came , . Crain is up to 36,000, and his opponent has been eliminated.
The last table in the bronze section has just broken, meaning that the eventual winner of this event is either in the silver or gold section of the Brasilia room.
Before the break, we caught a hand between Kara Scott and recent bracelet winner Calen McNeil. McNeil raised to 1,050 from the cutoff, and Scott three-bet to 2,500 from the button. McNeil made the call, and flop came . McNeil checked, and Scott continued for 2,100. McNeil thought for a minute, and then pushed his cards toward the dealer.
After the hand, McNeil sits with 10,000 in front of him, while Scott climbed up to 19,000.
The eliminations have been coming in waves all day, and that hasn't slowed down since we came back from dinner. Of the 2,161 players to start the day, only 530 remain according to the clock. With 243 player making the money, and three more levels still to be played, it is likely that we will get down to the money today.
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. Salsberg checked to his opponent, who moved all in fairly quickly for his last 5,925. Salsberg got an official count, cut out the chips for the call, and then stuck them in after a few more moments of though. His opponent simply shook his and tabled 
for bottom pair, and Salsberg showed 
for fourth pair on board, which was good enough to claim the sizeable pot.
. His opponent held 
. The pair of jacks was all he needed, as the turn and river came 
, 
. McNeil checked, and Scott continued for 2,100. McNeil thought for a minute, and then pushed his cards toward the dealer.
