John Dolan opened the action to 2,800 from middle position and Duy Ho reraised to 12,000 from the cutoff. The action was folded back to Dolan who moved all in for around 26,000 and Ho called. Dolan was slightly ahead with against Ho's .
The flop came and Dolan took a stranglehold on the hand with a set of eights. The turn was the giving Ho a flush draw and the river brought the making Ho's flush. Dolan was eliminated and Ho got back some of the chips he lost earlier.
With around 11,000 in the pot preflop, Thomas Lutz was heads up with Benjamin Wright, the big blind. The flop came and Wright check-called a bet of 5,500 from Lutz. The turn was the and Wright checked again to Lutz who bet 5,000. Wright moved all in for 25,300 and Lutz quickly called.
Wright tabled , but was drawing dead to the of Lutz. The completed the board and Lutz sent his opponent to the rail.
Brett Shaffer raised to 3,800 from middle position and his opponent in the small blind three-bet to 8,900. Shaffer then four-bet shoved all in for 62,200. His opponent thought for a minute and compared stack sizes before tossing in a chip to call. Shaffer barely had his opponent covered by less than 2,000 chips.
Shaffer showed and his opponent rolled over . It was the classic race scenario for their stacks. The board ran out and Shaffer made a flush to take down the pot and earn himself a bounty.
Harrison Gimbel raised to 3,200 and Ronnie Ballantyne called from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Gimbel check-called a bet of 4,000 from Ballantyne. The river was the . Gimbel put out a 12,500 bet and Ballantyne called.
Ballantyne showed for a pair of aces, and that beat Gimbel's to give Ballantyne the pot.
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against Ho's 
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and Dolan took a stranglehold on the hand with a set of eights. The turn was the 
giving Ho a flush draw and the river brought the 
making Ho's flush. Dolan was eliminated and Ho got back some of the chips he lost earlier.
and Wright check-called a bet of 5,500 from Lutz. The turn was the 
and Wright checked again to Lutz who bet 5,000. Wright moved all in for 25,300 and Lutz quickly called.
, but was drawing dead to the 
of Lutz. The 
completed the board and Lutz sent his opponent to the rail.
. It was the classic race scenario for their stacks. The board ran out 
and Pearson was eliminated while Bowen earned a bounty.
