Matt Giannetti raised to 12,000 from late position, then David Ashby reraised all in for 30,500 from the button. It folded back to Giannetti who called, turning over 
to Ashby's 
.
Flop came 
, that case queen giving Giannetti a set. Ashby could still outdraw Giannetti, but the 
on the turn filled the latter up, making the river 
no matter and sending Ashby railward just a few spots shy of the cash.
Jamie Pickering and James Wiese just got involved in a big hand that saw them putting their close-to-even stacks in the middle following a 
flop. That's when Pickering led for 30,000, Wiese raised all in for around 120,000, and after some thought Pickering called.
Pickering tabled 
for top pair, an open-ended straight draw, and a backdoor flush draw, while Wiese had 
for a wrap draw to a straight and a backdoor flush draw of his own. As it turned out, that latter backdoor flush draw of Wiese's proved meaningful as the turn was the 
and river the 
, giving Wiese a huge double and crippling Pickering to less than 20,000.
Shortly after that hand, Wiese eliminated a short-stacked Peter Charalambous to add still more chips to his stack.
Rickie Vedhara raised to 8,000 from under the gun, Jonathan Duhamel called in late position, and Daniel Fuhs defended his big blind. The flop fell 
, Fuhs checked, Vedhara checked, and Duhamel tossed out 17,000. Only Vedhara called.
Both players knuckled as the turn and river came 
, respectively, and Vedhara took the pot with 
for a pair of kings.
There was about 50,000 already in the middle and the board read 
when George Danzer committed his last 26,000 from the big blind, then Jared Bleznick called immediately from a couple of seats over.
Danzer had 
, but was behind Bleznick's two pair as the latter held 
. THe turn was the 
and river the 
, and Danzer has been eliminated.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante:
Mikhail Semin raised to 8,000 in early position, Alexey Rybin called on his direct left, and Oleksii Kovalchuk three-bet to 35,000. Dermot Blain moved all in for 111,000, and the action folded back to Kovalchuk, who called.
"You have aces too?" the Irishman asked the Ukranian.
Kovalchuk shook his head, showing 
, and Blain tabled 
. The flop fell 
, changing very little but both the turn () and the river () were both tens, giving Kovalchuk trips. Blain hit the rail, while Kovalchuk, who is searching for his third WSOP bracelet in as many years, is up to 400,000 chips.
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