Godfrey Ahana raised to 1,000 from early position, and the player in the cutoff shoved for his remaining 2,600. Ahana called.
Ahana tabled and his opponent showed for a flip.
The flop came , and Ahana still needed to hit one of his two overcards to improve.
The turn was the , giving Ahana flush and straight draws. The river was the and Ahana backed into a flush to score the elimination and take his chips to just over double the starting stack.
Rick Marting opened from middle position to 1,000. The player in the small blind moved all in for her remaining 2,200 chips and the woman next to her in the big blind called. Marting also called, setting up a potential side pot with the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and again the Marting's opponent checked. This time Marting put a bet out of 2,200. His opponent moved all in for 4,900 and Marting called.
Marting:
Big blind:
Small blind:
Marting had both of his opponent in a dominating position. The on the river sealed the deal and Marting scooped a large pot while eliminating two of the ladies at the table.
A player in early position limped in, and Don McDonald raised to 1,600. The player in the hijack moved all in for 3,400, and the player in early position called for his last 1,500. McDonald had both players covered and said, "Let's run it" as he put chips in the middle to call.
McDonald tabled , while the hijack showed and the early-position player revealed .
The flop came , keeping the hijack ahead with two queens. The turn, however, was the and McDonald took a commanding lead with a set of nines. The river was the and McDonald scored the double elimination, sending his stack right up the counts.
Tony Klemm had opened the pot from late position, and the small blind shoved for 2,500. Klemm called with the mountain of chips in front of him already.
Klemm tabled , while his opponent showed two undercards with .
The flop came , keeping Klemm in the lead with a pair of sevens, and giving his opponent some outs after pairing his four.
The turn was the and Klemm's opponent picked up some additional outs with a flush draw. The river bricked out with the and Klemm scored the knockout, adding to his tower of chips.
The board read and there was around 5,000 in the pot already. Marcus Bruitt placed a bet on the river and his opponent moved all in putting Bruitt at risk for his tournament life. Bruitt had over 20,000 chips heading into the river, so facing such a large raise from his opponent, he needed some time to think.
Bruitt eventually called and his opponent said "Nice hand" indicating he didn't have anything worth showing. Bruitt tabled for a set of deuces and shipped one of the largest pots of the day thus far.
Jake Curran moved all in from early position for his last 2,900 chips and table captain, Don McDonald, called.
Curran:
McDonald:
The flop came and Curran took the lead with a pair of kings. The turn was the and Curran made two pair, but McDonald had a chance to eliminate him after picking up a straight draw. The river was the and Curran survived.
Freddy Mateo was in the cutoff position and raised to 2,200. The small blind, and two players from early position called after limping. The flop came and the small blind shipped all-in for 4,500. Action folded to Mateo who reluctantly threw in a call.
Mateo:
Small blind:
The small blind slow played his aces to perfection. However, the board ran out and , as Mateo spiked his set of tens on the river. After the hand, Mateo asked, "Do I win a prize?" The only thing he received for cracking aces was the pot.
and his opponent showed 
for a flip. 
, and Ahana still needed to hit one of his two overcards to improve. 
, giving Ahana flush and straight draws. The river was the 
and Ahana backed into a flush to score the elimination and take his chips to just over double the starting stack.
and again the Marting's opponent checked. This time Marting put a bet out of 2,200. His opponent moved all in for 4,900 and Marting called. 
on the river sealed the deal and Marting scooped a large pot while eliminating two of the ladies at the table.
, while the hijack showed 
.
and McDonald took a commanding lead with a set of nines. The river was the 
, while his opponent showed two undercards with 
. 
, keeping Klemm in the lead with a pair of sevens, and giving his opponent some outs after pairing his four. 
and Klemm's opponent picked up some additional outs with a flush draw. The river bricked out with the 
and Klemm scored the knockout, adding to his tower of chips.
and Curran took the lead with a pair of kings. The turn was the 
and Curran made two pair, but McDonald had a chance to eliminate him after picking up a straight draw. The river was the 
and the small blind shipped all-in for 4,500. Action folded to Mateo who reluctantly threw in a call. 
, as Mateo spiked his set of tens on the river. After the hand, Mateo asked, "Do I win a prize?" The only thing he received for cracking aces was the pot.