Greg Mueller raised from late position, Marco Johnson three-bet from the button, and Mueller called. The flop was . Mueller bet and Johnson called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Mueller bet and Johnson called. Mueller showed but Johnson had and took the pot.
Tommy Rounds raised pre-flop and got a call from Vivek Rajkumar. The flop was . Rounds bet out, Rajkumar raised, and Rounds called. The turn was the . Rounds checked, Rajkumar bet, Rounds raised all in, and Rajkumar called. Rounds showed for a set, but the turn had made Rajkumar's flush with the . The on the river didn't pair the board for Rounds and he was eliminated.
Tom Dobrilovic raised from UTG, Chad Brown re-raised from middle position, Don Grove called from the button, and Dobrilovic called all in. Brown and Grove checked down the flop, the turn, and the on the river. Grove showed A-J, Dobrilovic flipped up , and Brown's held up to win the pot, eliminating Dobrilovic.
Chad Brown and Greg "FBT" Mueller tangled in a rather large pot, Brown holding K-K and Mueller holding A-A. Brown hit his set on the K-T-4 flop, but Mueller rivered an ace for the re-suck and scooped the pot.
Shortly thereafter they hooked up again, only this time Mueller had the pocket kings and Brown held A-T. Brown flopped an ace and rivered another one to take most of the chips back that he'd lost in the first hand.
Vivek Rajkumar raised Mike Thorpe all in on an flop and Thorpe thought for so long that he called a clock on himself (the floor told us they had never seen such a thing before). Thorpe eventually called and showed to Rajkumar's . The turn was the , the river was the and Crazy Mike hit the rail.
Phil Hellmuth limped in for 4,000, Serena Liu raised to 8,000, Hellmuth re-raised for his last 9,000 and Liu called the remaining 1K. Liu turned over and Hellmuth tabled . The flop brought a set for Liu, and Hellmuth began to rant about how "there's no skill in this game." The turn was the , the river was the , and Hellmuth's run at a 12th bracelet ended . . . at least until the next tournament.
Vivek Rajkumar moved the remainder of his chips in on a flop with and Brandon Wong called with . None of Wong's outs hit on the turn or the river, and Rajkumar doubled up.