| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,450,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
3,365,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
1,595,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
1,290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Players are now on a short break.
The remaining four players have tightened up a bit and seem content to wait for some big hands. Flops are rare, but we expect that to change before too long.
First to act, Marco Palacios shoved for about 1,050,000. Sam Barnhart re-raised all in on the button with the bigger stack, quickly forcing folds from the blinds.
Palacios: 
Barnhart: 
The board ran out a safe 
for Barnhart and he is now in the chip lead with about 3,400,000.
Palacios takes home $37,422 for his fifth-place showing.
Action folded to Brian Burney in the small blind and he promptly raised to 130,000. Marco Palacios called from the big blind and the 
was put out on the flop. Burney bet 145,000, Palacios called, and the 
hit the turn.
Burney checked, Palacios bet 200,000, Burney moved all in, and Palacios called.
Burney: 
Palacios: 
Both players had flopped a straight, so it was a chopped pot. We won't even bore you with what the river was.
Action folded to Sam Barnhart on the button and he tossed in a raise to 150,000. John Nguyen was next to act in the small blind and he moved all in for a total of 400,000. Barnhart made the call and it was off to the races.
Barnhart:
Nguyen: 
Unfortunately for Nguyen, the flop came down 
and Barnhart took a commanding lead. The on the turn didn't help Nguyen and he was left looking for a four on the river. It was not meant to be for the man who started the day as chip leader as the hit. Nguyen, who could never recover after losing a monster pot to Kurt Jewell early on, was eliminated in sixth place.
Under the gun, Preston Derden shoved for 210,000. Action folded to Jesse White in the big blind and he called immediately with . Derden could only shake his head, showing 
.
The flop came down 
and gave Derden some hope. The 
turn card did not offer any help, leaving Derden with five outs to survive. It was not meant to be as the 
river card sealed his fate, a seventh-place finish for $22,084.
White, meanwhile, upped his stack to roughly 1,860,000.
Marco Palacios moved all in from the cutoff for 405,000 and received a call from John Nguyen in the big blind.
Palacios: 
Nguyen: 
The board ran out 
and Palacios doubled to 860,000. Nguyen is down to just 390,000.
Both Preston Derden and Marco Palacios are in dire need of a double up. They each have under 10 big blinds with respective stacks of about 250,000 and 425,000.
Level: 29
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
