Robert Damiano busted out when he had his cracked by Philip Hilm's . Hilm turned a Queen-high straight to crack Damiano's Kings and send him to the rail.
Robert Starkey took a double beat. He had his pocket Aces cracked and was eliminated on the same hand. He moved all in with . Hoa Nguyen called with . The flop was . The turn was the . The river was the . Nguyen rivered a gutshot and Starkey headed to the rail.
After a flop of , Kelly Jo McGlothlin moves all in, and Richard Klein calls with . But McGlothlin shows for the higher pair, and Klein needs to improve to survive.
The last two cards are , and McGlothlin's pocket aces hold up to win the pot. Richard Klein is eliminated from the Main Event.
Conor Tate moves all in from the button for 60,000 and is called by Team PokerNews player Ed De Haas from the big blind. Tate shows , but De Haas has . The board does not improve Tate and he is out of the tournament.
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On a flop of , Scott Freeman bet 52,000 from UTG and Hal Lubarsky called. The turn was the . Freeman bet 140,000, Lubarsky moved all in for 238,000 more and Freeman called. Lubarsky turned over and was behind to Freeman's turned set of sixes.
Lubarsky's assistant begged for help on the river, screaming for an 8 to hit, but the fell, ending Lubarsky's Main Event.
After his elimination, Nolan Dalla called Lubarsky up to the podium and recognized his amazing accomplishment. Lubarsky is legally blind, yet managed to outlast over 6,000 players. Our hats are off to him for being an inspiration to all of us in the poker world.