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Josh Thomas shoved in over a Patrick McMahon limp.
McMahon called with the 
. Thomas had the 
and the 
board was all McMahon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
Busted |
It was a six-way limped pot and Maurice Sessum shoved in for 165,000 on a 
flop. Steve Roberts called with the 
, but was behind Sessum's 
.
The 
river changed nothing, but the river was not a good one for Sessum. Roberts made aces up and he's well over one million chips now with Sessum out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
820,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
650,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
350,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
260,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
200,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
200,000
119,600
|
119,600 |
|
|
170,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
170,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
160,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Michael Castanza shoved nines over an Arthur Gates open.
Gates called with big slick and a king on the river ended Castanza.
They are now down to a final table of ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
Busted |
Douglas Cloud doubled to 200,000 making a set of eights against Tom Babiarz' 
.
Then, Babiarz raised and Cloud shoved 
. Babiarz had the again, and this time he held for the knockout on a 
run out.
Just one more elimination and they will be down to a final table of ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
John Abraham jammed 
into a 
flop.
Tom Babiarz had the 
and made the call. Abraham is on the rail now, there's 12 left and Babiarz has suddenly grabbed the lead.
Babiarz started the day near the bottom of the counts under 60,000. His meteoric rise today now includes becoming the first player with seven figures in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
|
Busted |
George Nicolaides shoved eights and ran into Josh Thomas' queens.
Queens held and they are down to 15.
John Abraham has been continually threatening to take all Thomas' chips. However, that might prove a tough task now that Thomas has him about 3:1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
Busted |
Steve Roberts has suddenly sprung to life again.
He was just seen bullying Michael Castanza off of a 100,000-chip pot and has moved into the chip lead on over 650,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
660,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
