Norman Michalek opened for a raise to 1,200 and then call a three-bet to about 4,000 from Elio Fox, who was in the cutoff. The flop came , and Michalek check-called 2,500. Both checked the , and Michalek checked the river. Fox said he was all in, dropping 12,000 in. The total was 15,125, and Michalek tanked about 90 seconds and mucked.
Ruben Costa raised to 1,400 from under the gun, Peter Smyth called from middle position, Sridhar Sangannagari called from the button, and Javier Negron defended his big blind.
The flop came down and Negron led for 1,500. Costa called, Smyth folded, and Sangannagari called.
The turn was the and Negron led for 1,500 again. Costa called, Sangannagari raised to 8,000, Negron folded, and after a few moments, Costa gave it up as well.
Peter Smyth bet 3,200 from middle position into two opponents on a flop. A player on his immediate left called and the last player folded. Smyth checked the and then bet 5,000 on the river after his opponent checked back. That player thought a couple of minutes and tossed in a call.
Aylar Lie raised all in for 9,900 from early position and Barry Greenstein isolated the pot with a raise from the small blind with , racing with Lie's .
The board ran out , giving Greenstein top two pair to score the elimination.
Kevin Crombie was facing a bet of what looked like around 15,000 from an opponent in the cutoff on a flop, and he then shoved all in from middle position. His opponent sighed and called off his last 4,000 or so, only to see Crombie turn over for quads. The cutoff had and was drawing stone cold dead.