James Brown was looking for a double-up with 
against the 
of Angel Iniquez.
The 
flop gave Iniquez the nut flush draw, which he hit on the 
turn to lock up the hand and the knockout.
Iniquez moved up to 725,000 with that pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Sylvain Naets went all in in the small blind and the big blind player called with the effective stack.
Big Blind: 
Sylvain Naets: 
The flop came 
which had the small blind drawing to running chop outs or running nines. The 
on the turn left him drawing dead and he was out of his seat by the time the 
hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
780,000 |
Sylvain Naets raised to 90,000 from the small blind and Gabe Ramos shoved his remaining 370,000 from the big blind. Naets called.
Gabe Ramos: 
Sylvain Naets:
Ramos came out on top in the coin flip as the board came 
, doubling to 750,000.
Naets was left with 275,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
275,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
On a flop reading 
, the player in the cutoff had pushed all in for his entire stack of about 600,000 and Jonathan Kotula went into the tank. After about a minute of thinking he made the call and his opponent tapped the table to say good call.
Opponent: 
Jonathan Kotula: 
The turn of the did not improve the opponents' hand and the river gave Kotula the pot, sending him to over 1.4 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
Shane Melert and Stephen Kennedy just tangled in a pre-flop all-in confrontation. Melert had Kennedy covered.
Stephen Kennedy: 
Shane Melert: 
Melert flopped top pair on 
, and there would be no help for Kennedy on the turn or river as he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
795,000
|
795,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Davie Cline was facing a raise to 200,000 and with his big stack decided to move all-in with . A smaller stack called with .
Cline, who hails from Mattoon, Illinois and is a die-hard Fighting Illini fan, clapped when the board ran out 
, giving him the largest stack in the tournament and sending a player home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
James Bouldin went all in from middle position for 520,000 and was called by the big blind.
James Bouldin:
Big Blind:
The flop came 
offering no help to Bouldin, but the turn paired his hand and he clapped his hands in celebration.
The river came a and Bouldin doubled up to 1.2 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
Vinny Pahuja was all in with 
against the 
of big stack Paul Dhaliwal.
Dhaliwal hit a king on the flop to send Pahuja to the rail.
With that pot, Dhaliwal has taken the tournament chip lead with 1,800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
Busted |
