Steve Tymms was just eliminated by a gentleman named The Grey Fox when the two got all of the money in the middle preflop. Tymms' was slightly ahead of the Fox's , and remained ahead after the flop. The turn was the , however, giving the Fox a leading pair of queens, and the bricked off on the river.
David Middleton opened for 20,000 under the gun and received a call from Khylon Hanegraaf. Jimmy Nistas then three-bet all in for 110,000 from the big blind, Middleton folded, and Hanegraaf made the call.
Hanegraaf:
Nistas:
It was a bad spot for Nistas, and things only got worse when the flop came down all diamonds. Hanegraaf had the bigger diamond, so he got even stringer. The turn was nothing special, and that meant Nistas needed a three on the river to stay alive.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It was close to a three, but not close enough.
Christopher Chronis got his short stack all in on a flop of holding the only to run into the of Jeff Rossiter, who had been steadily chipping up here on Day 3.
Chronis was on his feet to see if he could catch either a five, deuce, or four. Even though he had his fair share of outs, he'd fail to hit one as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river. Chronis was eliminated on the hand while Rossiter's stack got even larger.
From under the gun, Scott Seiver raised to 12,000. Action then folded to Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier in the big blind, and he reraised all in for approximately 120,000. Seiver began to think, and Mercier commented, "Don't do it, Scott." Eventually, Seiver made the call.
Seiver tabled the , and he was up against the for the at-risk Mercier.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Mercier doubled up to a quarter million. Seiver was clipped back to 600,000 or so.
Just before the dinner break, David Middleton was all in and at risk for around 100,000 with . Khylon Hanegraaf had him at risk with , and Hanegraaf remained ahead when the flop fell . The spiked on the turn, giving Middleton the lead, and the bricked off on the river.
Middleton doubled to 200,000 chips, while Hanegraaf fell to 639,000.
Just before the dinner break, Derek Wolters was eliminated from the tournament courtesy of Erik Seidel.
It happened when Seidel raised the button and then called when Wolters shipped for 69,000 more.
Wolters:
Seidel:
Both players held a queen, which meant Seidel's jack kicker had him well out in front. Wolters was in desperate need of a ten, but he wouldn't find one as the board ran out . Wolters, the roommate of Jake Balsiger, was sent to the rail just before dinner while Seidel went to eat knowing he had a healthy stack of 600,000 to return to.
Bob Trask moved all in for 39,000 from the under-the-gun position and cleared the field all the way around to Jarred Graham in the big blind. He made the call and the cards were turned up.
Trask:
Graham:
Trask was well out in front and took a hammerlock on the hand when the flop paired his ace. The turn left Graham drawing dead, and after the was run out on the river Trask was shipped the double.