Mike Watson raised to 13,000 on the button and Prahlad Friedman three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind.
Watson called, and Friedman stood pat. Watson drew one, and both players checked.
Friedman tabled his 
and Watson mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 50,000 |
|
70,000 | -55,000 |
Mike Wattel raised all in for 50,000 from the cutoff and Paul Volpe called from the small blind.
Volpe stood pat, sending Wattel into the tank for a bit before he decided to stand pat as well.
Volpe tabled 
, Wattel showed a defeated 
and Wattel was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 93,000 |
|
Busted |
Cary Katz raised all in for 57,000 from the cutoff and Jean-Robert Bellande called from the small blind, drawing one.
Katz stood pat with 
, while Bellande showed .
Bellande peeled his card, but turned over an 
to lock up a double for Katz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000 | 18,000 |
|
114,000 | -148,000 |
Brian Rast raised to 10,000 from the button, Dan Zack reraised all in from the small blind for 68,500, Marco Johnson tanked for about 90 seconds from the big blind before he folded and Rast called.
Zack drew one while Rast stood pat and turned over , leaving Zack and his nine draw drawing dead.
"C'mon Marco, get it in there," said Rast.
"I was a favorite to do it, replied Johnson. "But decided to backtrack."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 105,000 |
|
Busted |
Prahlad Friedman raised the button to 10,000 and Daniel Ospina moved all in from the small blind for 40,000. Jim Bechtel called in the big blind, and Friedman shoved all in. Bechtel folded, and Ospina drew two as Friedman stood pat.
Friedman:
Ospina:
Ospina drew the 
and , and was eliminated in 25th place from Event #21.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000 | 52,500 |
|
70,500 | -85,000 |
|
Busted |
Galen Hall raised to 8,000 from the small blind, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 28,000 from the big blind and Hall called.
Hall drew one, Negreanu stood pat, Hall bet 36,000 and Negreanu called.
Hall tabled , Negreanu showed a defeated ten-eight and Hall won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
294,000 | 10,500 |
|
127,000 | -57,000 |
Shawn Sheikhan opened to 12,000 under the gun, and Alex Balandin called in the cutoff as both players drew one.
Sheikhan checked, and Balanadin bet out 25,000.
Sheikhan folded, and Balandin collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 10,000 |
|
175,000 | -2,000 |
Matt Glantz raised to 11,000 in middle position and Dan Zack called out of the big blind.
Zack drew one, and Glantz stood pat.
Zack bet out 13,000 and Glantz folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
309,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
165,000 | -15,500 |
Arriving during the predraw raises, Matt Glantz had four-bet all in for 151,000 from the button. Julien Martini was in the tank in the cutoff, having previously three-bet to 32,000.
After a little while mulling it over, Martini called and drew one.
Glantz stood pat and fanned .
Martini was drawing dead with and mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
324,000 | 169,000 |
|
265,000 | -149,500 |
Daniel Ospina raised to 11,000 in the hijack and both Pedro Bromfman and Mike Watson called from the blinds.
Each player drew one card, and action checked round.
Bromfman tabled his 
and both Watson and Ospina conceded the pot to the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
735,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -25,500 |
|
|
60,500 | -3,500 |
