David "The Dragon" Pham raised from middle position, Brandon Wong three-bet from the button, and Pham called. The flop was . Pham checked, Wong bet, and Pham called. The turn was the . Pham checked, Wong bet, Pham raised, and Wong had a long think before calling. The river was the . Pham bet and Wong called. Pham showed for trip queens and Wong mucked.
Phil Hellmuth put the last of his chips in on an A-K-T-J board and got called by an opponent with K-K. Hellmuth had turned a Broadway straight with Q-Q and is back up to 27,000.
Holding K-9, "Crazy Mike" Thorpe put Brian Devonshire all in with . A king on the turn ended Devonshire's tournament, as well as their series of coin flips at $100 a pop.
Phil Hellmuth and Linda Ryke-Drucker capped the action pre-flop. The flop was and they capped it again. The turn was the . Drucker bet and Hellmuth called. The river was the . Drucker checked and Hellmuth checked behind. Drucker showed for top set and Hellmuth slammed his on the table.
Immediately after the hand "Crazy Mike" Thorpe ran over to the table and asked "Hey, are you Phil Hellmuth? Can I shake your hand?" Fuming, Hellmuth called for the floor.
"I lose a huge pot and I have to deal with this guy coming over?" Hellmuth roared. Thorpe was escorted back to his table and reprimanded while Hellmuth was left to steam.
A late position player raised, Thor Hansen called all in from the button, and Chad Brown called from the small blind. The flop was . Brown checked, the LP player bet, and Brown called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and both players checked again. Both Brown and the LP player showed 10-9 and they split the pot, while Hansen was eliminated.