Mike Krescanko Jr raised and Kristan Lord defended his big blind.
Both players drew two. Lord bet and Krescanko called.
Lord drew one and Krescanko drew two. Lord bet, Krescanko raised and Lord called.
Both players stood pat and checked. Lord tabled 8x6x4x3x2x and Krescanko mucked.
Aaron Cummings raised under the gun and Brandon Shack-Harris, who had lost a big pot to Nathan Gamble a couple of hands prior, three-bet next to act. Action folded back to Cummings and he called before drawing two.
Shack-Harris took one and then bet after Cummings checked. The latter called and drew another two while Shack-Harris stood pat.
Cummings checked and Shack-Harris bet 120,000, leaving himself just 100,000 behind. Cummings didn't like it and folded his hand.
David Mead raised and Travis Erdman called.
Both players drew two and checked. Erdman stood pat and Mead drew one. Erdman bet and Mead called.
Erdman stood pat and Mead drew one. Both players checked.
Erdman tabled 8x7x6x4x3x and took down the pot, with Mead slipping under one million chips.
James Tilton raised from middle position and Andres Korn defended the big blind. Both players drew two cards on the first draw. Korn bet and Tilton called.
Korn and Tilton took one card each on the second draw. Again, Korn bet and Tilton called.
Korn stood pat going into the final draw and Tilton drew one. Korn checked and Tilton bet. Grimacing, Korn paid it off.
Tilktpon showed Number Three 7x6x5x3x2x to win the hand.
There was already a sizeable pot brewing between Aaron Cummings and Nathan Gamble headed into the last draw. Gamble had checked from the big blind and Cummings bet 120,000 from the cutoff.
Gamble then check-raised to 240,000 and Cummings called. The former stood pat while the latter drew one.
Gamble wasted little time in putting out a bet of 120,000 and Cummings called.
Gamble then rolled over the perfect 7x5x4x3x2x and an exasperated Cummings sent his hand to the muck.
Kristan Lord raised and Travis Erdman defended his big blind. Both players drew two cards.
Erdman bet and Lord called. Erdman drew one and Lord drew two. Erdman bet and Lord called.
Erdman stood pat and Lord drew one. Erdman bet and Lord called.
Erdman sheepishly turned over Kx8x6x5x4x and Lord won the pot with 9x7x6x4x2x
Travis Erdman raised and called a three-bet from Kristan Lord.
Lord drew one and Erdman drew two. Lord bet and Erdman called.
Lord stood pat and Erdman drew one. Lord bet and Erdman called.
The draws repeated and both players checked. Lord tabled 8x7x6x4x3x with Erdman flashing a nine-low before mucking.
In back-to-back hands, Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner's tournament came to an end to make him the first elimination of the day.
In the first hand, Nathan Gamble raised from under the gun and Turner three-bet in the cutoff. Gamble called and drew two while Turner took one. Gamble then check-called a bet.
On the second draw, both players took one apiece. Gamble led this time and Turner called, leaving 50,000 behind. Gamble stood pat and Turner drew one, after which both players checked.
Gamble showed 10x8x5x3x2x, Turner flashed 8x4x3x2x but bricked the final card.
In the next hand, Turner shoved all in for 50,000, Andres Korn raised from the small blind and Gamble folded the big blind.
"Protection!" Turner grinned.
On the first and second draw, Korn drew one while Turner drew two. Korn then stood pat and Turner drew one.
Korn revealed eighty-seven perfect 8x7x4x3x2x and Turner showed 7x6x4x3x, needing a deuce and a deuce only to save his tournament. The final card was a Qx instead and he was eliminated.
Travis Erdman raised and called a three-bet from Kristan Lord. Erdman drew two and Lord drew one.
Erdman bet and Lord called. Both players then drew one and checked.
Both players drew one again, and Lord called a bet from Erdman.
Erdman tabled 8x6x4x3x2x and won the pot.
Andres Korn raised from middle position, Aaron Cummings defended his big blind, and both players drew two.
Both players then checked before Cummings stood pat and Korn drew two once again.
Cummings bet 120,000, Korn called, and then it went pat-pat.
Cummings bet another 120,000 and while Korn didn't seem excited about it, he called nonetheless.
Cummings rolled over 8x7x4x3x2x and it was good as Korn sent his hand to the muck.
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