Ben Yu shoved all in for 39,500 from the cutoff and Martin Finger re-shoved from the button, getting the blinds to fold.
Yu: 
Finger: 
"Just ace king!" smiled Finger. "I was blinding out," laughed Yu.
The dealer ran the board 
, safe for a double for Yu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000 | 36,000 |
|
40,000 | -60,000 |
James Collopy and Giuseppe Pantaleo met in a preflop all-in contest with Pantaleo putting in his last 25,000 or so.
Unfortunately for him, his 
trailed 
and Collopy's hand remained the best after the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 46,500 |
|
Busted |
Perry Friedman made it 5,500 under the gun and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff. Angel Guillen paused in the small blind but he eventually folded. Friedman called to see the flop.
It fell 
and Friedman checked to Lichtenberger who tossed in enough chips to cover Friedman's remaining 35,000. Friedman folded and avoided the risk.
However, Friedman's seat was empty shortly thereafter and the table broke after his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 5,000 |
|
Busted |
Loni Harwood opened to 6,000 from the hijack and Kirk Caldwell tossed in a chip to call from the small blind.
The dealer put out a flop of 
and Caldwell checked. Harwood bet 6,000 and Caldwell check-raised to 15,000. Harwood counted out her stack and then shoved all in for about 100,000. Caldwell went deep into the tank and eventually folded, shipping the pot to the five-time Circuit winner and two-time bracelet champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
133,000 | -20,500 |
|
120,000 | -41,500 |
Scott Seiver was in the small blind, checking on the 
turn. Christian Pham fired 26,000 from the hijack and Seiver paused.
"Call. See what happens," Seiver said, throwing in the chips.
The river came 
and both players quickly tapped the felt.
Seiver tabled 
and Pham mucked his hand.
"Scary river. Very scary," Seiver said.
With his latest addition, Seiver has already been able to increase his stack to around 270,000, having played this event for just 40 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | 140,000 |
|
74,000 | -67,000 |
Action folded to Jim Collopy on the button and he asked to see the stacks of Giussepe Pantaleo in the small blind and William Kakon in the big blind. After a moment of thought he raised to 6,500.
Pantaleo folded and Kakon shoved all in. Collopy couldn't get his 40,000 in chips in the middle fast enough, tabling . Kakon tabled 
.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Collopy was still ahead with ace-high while Kakon picked up a straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the to send the pot to Collopy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,500 | 33,500 |
|
28,000 | -77,000 |
Chris Vitch raised to 5,000 from an early position and Martin Finger called from the big blind.
Finger checked the 
flop and Vitch bet 4,000. Finger called.
Both checked the 
turn and Finger led out 7,000 on the river. Vitch quickly called and Finger turned up 
for a pair of fours. Vitch tabled and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 18,500 |
|
|
100,000 | 15,500 |
Action folded to Scott Seiver in the small blind and he decided to limp in. The player in the big blind thought for a moment before moving all in. Seiver snap-called for just under 65,000 and quickly tabled .
The big blind tabled 
, and Seiver found himself flipping for his tournament life. Luckily for him the board ran out and he held for an early double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 80,000 |
Tony Ma was all in for last 16,500 from the small blind and Andrew Lichtenberger looked him up with a dominating hand.
Ma held and needed help against 
, but while the 
flop offered a sweat, the 
turn and river bricked his outs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | 55,000 |
|
Busted |
Action folded to Jeremy Wien in the cutoff and he raised to 5,600. Haixia Zhang was in the small blind and three-bet to 19,100. Wien asked for a count and then thought about it for a moment before four-betting to 41,100.
Zhang took her time and eventually asked for a confirmation of the raise. She then slowly pulled in her initial three-bet and put in a five-bet to 100,000. Wien took a brief moment before deciding to six-bet shove all in for around 144,000. Zhang called.
Zhang:
Wien: 
Wien saw what he was up against and said, "Oh wow. How do I run into that shit?!"
The dealer ran the board out 
and Wien was eliminated. "You did a really good acting job preflop," said Wien. "I was just really nervous," replied Zhang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
415,000 | 150,500 |
|
Busted |
