When we arrived at the table, Phil Laak, Nick Binger, and Alex Freiberg were playing a pot with the board reading . The pot had around 16,000 in it, and Freiberg bet out exactly that much, leaving himself around 12,000 behind. Laak counted out a pot sized reraised of 63,600, and slid it into the middle, and action was on Binger. He tanked for about 90 seconds before letting his hand, and Freiberg put the rest of his chips in. Laak showed for the nut low and a low flush. Frieberg mucked, and Binger looked visibly upset, saying that he had folded a higher flush. Regardless, Laak took the pot, boosting his stack to over twice the average in the room.
We caught up with the action three-handed and around 47,000 in the pot on a flop. Zbigniew Pakleza went all in for his last 1,800 and Ali Eslami called before Sorel Mizzi raised to an amount that we didn’t catch. In any case, Eslami folded and two remaining players flipped their cards.
Mizzi:
Pakleza:
Mizzi was ahead with top pair and the on the turn and on the river didn’t provide enough help to Pakleza who was eliminated.
Gazes got his last 26,500 in with versus the of Daniel McNally.
Before the dealer dealt out the cards, Allen Kessler said, "You need a five and a three. Put out a five and a three." Sure enough the flop came . The turn and river made Gazes a full house though with no low on board.
After the double up, Kessler looked at McNally and joked, "I guess I should have been more specific about what cards you needed." McNally is now down to 41,000.
On a flop, Dan Heimiller bet 6,000 into Austin Marks and Phil Laak. Marks made the call while Laak threw his hand away.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Heimiller checked again to Marks who bet 13,500. Heimiller thought for a bit and decided to call.
Marks tabled for a hand that could not be beat. Heimiler mucked and fell to 75,000 while Marks chipped up to 125,000.
We missed all of the preflop action but found Surindar Sunar all in from the small blind for around 23,000. Brandon Paster then re-potted from middle position which got the hijack to fold as the two remaining players flipped their hands.
Paster:
Sunar:
Sunar was in solid position for the double up until the flop came down to giver Paster top two. Sunar would now need one of the two remaining kings left in the deck to survive but it came the and and he was eliminated.
Brett Shaffer just doubled through Erik Seidel and then got three-quarters of Richard Talaber's all in on the very next hand. He now has 110,000 chips while Seidel falls to 45,000 and Talaber is left with just 10,000.
Three players limped in preflop and the big blind checked his option as the flop came down . Tobias Hausen potted for 10,600 from the small blind with Joseph Silverman the only caller on the button. The last of Hausen’s 500 in chips went in on the turn and Silverman called.
Hausen:
Silverman:
Hausen's set of eights had the high locked up and he would just have to avoid Silverman making a low to double up. The river was the which paired the board and made no low as Hausen doubled.
We found a blind versus blind battle where David Bach in the small called a raise to 16,600 from Peter Levine in the big. On the flop, Bach thought for a few seconds before putting Levine in for his last 11,300 who called.
Levine:
Bach:
Levine was solidly ahead with top-top and secured the double when it came the and .
We caught the very end of this monster hand, but when we came over, John Hennigan was counting down what was already a healthy stack, while Dan Shak looked none too please as his chips were being counted too. What we do know is that Hennigan held , and that all the money was in on the turn with the board reading . The river came the , and Hennigan made a full house on the river to drag the ginormous pot, upping his stack to a tournament leading 265,000.
. The pot had around 16,000 in it, and Freiberg bet out exactly that much, leaving himself around 12,000 behind. Laak counted out a pot sized reraised of 63,600, and slid it into the middle, and action was on Binger. He tanked for about 90 seconds before letting his hand, and Freiberg put the rest of his chips in. Laak showed 
for the nut low and a low flush. Frieberg mucked, and Binger looked visibly upset, saying that he had folded a higher flush. Regardless, Laak took the pot, boosting his stack to over twice the average in the room.
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flop. Zbigniew Pakleza went all in for his last 1,800 and Ali Eslami called before Sorel Mizzi raised to an amount that we didn’t catch. In any case, Eslami folded and two remaining players flipped their cards.
on the turn and 
on the river didn’t provide enough help to Pakleza who was eliminated.
versus the 
of Daniel McNally.
and river 
and Heimiller checked again to Marks who bet 13,500. Heimiller thought for a bit and decided to call.
and 
and he was eliminated.
