We had a rush of double ups as four players doubled their stacks.
Ray Qartomy pushed all in from the button with and Jim Jakobsen woke up with aces in the small blind to call with: . Qartomy didn't improve on the board of and Jakobsen got the double.
Then we caught up with Jason Vanstrom with quad sixes raking in the chips as he earned a double up through Rajaee Wazwaz.
On a flop of , Justin Wilks bet out 35,000, Dominick Minaya shipped all in, and Wilks made the call. Minaya had the best hand with by the time the turn and river fell , giving him the flush and the double, leaving Wilks very short.
Lastly, Jeffrey Finkelstein pushed all in preflop and got a call from Matt Stout with the big stack.
Finkelstein:
Stout:
The board ran out and Stout couldn't catch up, giving Finkelstein twice as many chips as he started the hand with.
Ronald Sullivan was first to act from under the gun and he raised to 22,000. The action folded around to Jonathan Gray on the button and he moved all-in for 120,000. Sullivan glanced at his all-in opponent and called.
Sullivan:
Gray:
Neither player improved their hand as the board ran out , Gray winning the pot courtesy of his king-kicker.
With the flop reading , Matt Stout bet out 30,000 and Kyle Weir made the call. The turn was the and Stout slid out another bet, this time to 60,000. It was enough to win the pot as Weir let go of his hand. Stout has a substantial chip lead in this tournament.
Jason Vanstrom was desperate to accumulate some chips with his short stack ,and he moved all in from under the gun. Matt Stout raised to 30,000 to isolate, but just the two of them held cards when the board was dealt.
Vanstrom:
Stout:
Board:
Vanstrom paired his eight to win the hand and double up. "You just need about six more of those," Stout said laughing.
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and Jim Jakobsen woke up with aces in the small blind to call with: 
. Qartomy didn't improve on the board of 
and Jakobsen got the double.
, Justin Wilks bet out 35,000, Dominick Minaya shipped all in, and Wilks made the call. Minaya had the best hand with 
by the time the turn and river fell 
, giving him the flush and the double, leaving Wilks very short.
and Stout couldn't catch up, giving Finkelstein twice as many chips as he started the hand with.
.
flop, but fell way behind on the 
turn. The 
river completed the hand and Nanev headed for the exits.
to improve Berger to a pair of queens.
on the river was too little too late and he crashed out of the tournament.