Heads up on a flop of , Chris Brammer checked in the big blind and Kenneth Smaron bet 50,000 under the gun. Brammer called and the turn was the . Both players checked and they also checked the river.
Brammer tabled for a counterfeit flopped two pair and Smaron's for aces and kings with the six kicker was good for the pot.
Carlos Boyd open-shoved for 167,000 in middle position and David Ormsby called in the big blind to put Boyd at risk.
Boyd:
Ormsby:
Ormsby was well behind the kings of Boyd, but the flop gave Ormsby a flush draw and he hit it on the turn. The river was the and Boyd was eliminated in 20th place for a payout of $14,277.
With the board reading and 150,000 in the pot, Chris Moorman bet 40,000 in the big blind. His lone opponent, Liang Xu, was on the button and he moved all in. Moorman called for his whole stack, which totaled 162,000, and they showed down.
Xu:
Moorman:
Moorman was ahead with top pair and open-ended, but he had to fade Xu's straight outs. The river gave Moorman a straight and he doubled up.
Kenneth Ray was all in for roughly 260,000 with , but ran into the of Kenneth Smaron. A third eight found the board, Ray couldn't catch up, and Ray busted in 23rd place.
In a three-way all-in, Aditya Agarwal raised all in for roughly 200,000 with from early position, Ashton Griffin reshoved from middle position with , and Dennis Blieden woke up with in the blinds and called all in for about 500,000.
Blieden's queens held up, giving him the double through Griffin, and eliminating Agarwal in 24th place.
, Chris Brammer checked in the big blind and Kenneth Smaron bet 50,000 under the gun. Brammer called and the turn was the 
. Both players checked and they also checked the 
river. 
for a counterfeit flopped two pair and Smaron's 
for aces and kings with the six kicker was good for the pot.
turn. The river was the 
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, no help to Xu, ending his tournament in 21st place.
river gave Moorman a straight and he doubled up.
, Ashton Griffin had all his chips in the middle from the big blind and Yevgeniy Timoshenko had him at risk in middle position. 
river. Griffin was eliminated in 22nd place for a payout of $14,277.
of Kenneth Smaron. A third eight found the board, Ray couldn't catch up, and Ray busted in 23rd place.
, and Dennis Blieden woke up with 
in the blinds and called all in for about 500,000.
