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We learned on break that Charles "Woody" Moore has a very valuable gold coin as a chip protector. In fact, we've been told it's value is worth more than this tournament's buy in. It's safe to assume he never leaves it at the table unattended.
Bradley Lipsey opened for 130,000 and received a call from Tim Killday, who then turned around and led out for 300,000 on the 
flop. Lipsey thought for a few moments before moving all in and Killday snap-called.
Showdown
Lipsey | 
Killday | 
Lipsey had flopped top pair but run straight into the nuts. The 
left Lipsey drawing dead, and after the was put out on the river, he made his way to the rail in sixth place. "You led out," Lipsey said to Killday. "That's what got me."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400,000
3,250,000
|
3,250,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
The final six players are now on a one-hour dinner break, and so are we.
With no action in front of him Tim Killday open-shipped over 1.6 million preflop from the cutoff. Charles Moore called from the button and the blinds released.
Moore: 
Killday: 
The board ran 
and Killday's full house took the pot.
On a flop of 
, Jeff Fitzgerald checked to Charles Moore, who bet 200,000. Fitzgerald responded with a check-raise to 460,000, Moore moved all in, and Fitzgerald quickly called off his stack. The cards were turned up and it was the first major cooler of the day.
Showdown
Fitzgerald | 
Moore | 
It was top two pair versus bottom set with Moore out in front. In order to survive, Fitzgerald needed to catch either an ace or nine, but it was not meant to be as the appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river. Fitzgerald became the seventh-place finisher for $28,445.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
Busted |
Bradley Lipsey opened the action by raising to 105,000 and Chris Conrad re-raised right behind him to 245,000. The blinds released and Lipsey called.
The flop came 
, Lipsey checked and Conrad eventually bet 200,000. Lipsey tank-folded and Conrad picked up the pot.
There are only so many ways we can say action is slow, but it's slowed to a crawl here in St. Louis. There have been no notable hands, let alone flops, in the past 15 minutes. With 22 minutes left on the clock, players may be content to wait until after dinner to mix it up.
On the third hand in a row that Chris Conrad opened for 100,000, Charles "Woody" Moore looked him up from the small blind. Both players proceeded to check down each street as the board ran out and Moore rolled over , which was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
In addition to the qualifiers, players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will be able to buy-in to the National Championship:
| Player | Points | Rings | Cashed | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Clark | 202.5 | 1 | 8 | $74,868 |
| Alexandru Masek | 167.5 | 1 | 9 | $138,169 |
| Daniel Blakeman | 160 | 1 | 7 | $143,777 |
| Stephen Kats | 160 | 1 | 11 | $57,506 |
| Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon | 157.5 | 1 | 7 | $62,973 |
| Michael Cooper | 155 | 0 | 9 | $57,051 |
| Chris Parsons | 150 | 0 | 7 | $74,942 |
| Benjamin Kramer | 150 | 1 | 10 | $52,354 |
| Daniel Lowery | 135 | 0 | 8 | $243,008 |
| Dan Natarelli | 135 | 1 | 6 | $44,646 |
*Leading up to the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s St. Louis stop.
