Henry Chow had escaped from elimination when he cracked pocket aces with an ace-five, spiking two fives on the flop. The fortune didn't last long, as soon after Chow's seat was empty and he headed to the rail.
Further players to bust before the end of the level were Robert Mizrachi and Pamela McPeak. They were both among the big stacks in the second level of the day but since dropped into short stack territory before bowing out.
"Wow I finally won one," Daniel Chio said after he scooped with 
against the 
of Adam Haman. The board came ten-high and the aces held up, but Chio had barely gone from misery to enthusiasm, as he only has a few big bets a few minutes prior to the dinner break.
As we near the dinner break, here are some assorted counts from the field.
A raise by Peter Eichhardt was met with a three-bet by Mike Leah from one seat over and Eichhardt called. What followed was a board of 
on which Eichhardt reluctantly check-called a river bet by Leah. The Canadian turned over 
for a pair of aces and busted nut flush draw, which Eichhardt had beat with the 
for two pair.
The next four players to hit the rail can be found below.
As far as Derek Raymond is concerned, he just lost a portion of his stack after getting quartered by Gregory Dinkin. Raymond's raise was three-bet by Dinkin and the former then check-called a bet on the 
flop. Both players checked the turn and the 
river. Raymond showed 
and Dinkin scooped three quarters with 
.
Phuong Tran's run in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better has ended in 101st place. Down to mere dust, Tran was all in against Tamir Ilcafass.
Phuong Tran: 
Tamir Ilcafass: 
The dealer fanned out a board of 
, which gave Ilcafass the scoop.
On the three-way flop of 
, Derek Raymond checked and Nick Guagenti bet. Gregory Dinkin raised and Raymond folded, Guagenti called. The 
turn was checked through and Guagenti's bet on the river was called. Guagenti showed the and Dinkin claimed the low portion of the pot with 
.
Soon after a bigger pot emerged between Christopher Roth and Jan Stein. The latter bet the 
turn and folded to a raise to drop into the danger zone.
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