From under the gun, Bernard Lee raised to 1,625. The player in the big blind made the call and the flop came down 
. Lee fired 2,750 after his opponent checked. The player made the call.
On the turn, a 
fell and both players checked.
The river completed the board with an 
and the first player fired 3,750. Lee called with pocket queens and his opponent held the 
for just ace high. Lee's hand was best and he moved up to 115,000.
Eric Assadourian was all in preflop with the 
. He was flipping against the 
for Alexander Kostritsyn.
The board ran out 
and Assadourian successfully doubled to 34,000 in chips. Kostritsyn had 139,000.
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Jason Mercier currently has 104,000. On his last hand he bet 1,750 from the big blind and the small blind called. Mercier then bet three streets of a 
board - 2,400, 5,550 and 11,800 - the latter of which resulted in a fold.
Earlier in the day, we reported a hand in which an opponent at Gabriel Walls' table complained that Walls had been pushing him around all day. Those two players tangled again, and it did not end well for Walls' opponent.
The opponent moved all in for 22,900 pre-flop after Walls opened for 1,500. Walls made the call with 
, a two-to-one underdog to his opponent's pocket tens. After a flop of 
, Walls said, "It's going to be painful," and he was right. The turn 
gave Walls aces and sixes, better than his opponent's tens and sixes. The river 
gave Walls the pot.
Walls is now up to -- believe it or not -- 435,000 in chips.
A player in middle position raised to 1,650 and Ted Bort called. Prahlad Friedman also made the call from the cut-off.
The flop rolled out 
, and Bort called a c-bet of 6,900.
On the turn, the preflop raiser bet again, this time 24,000. "Why so much?" asked Bort. "It's like you don't want a call."
After some back and forth banter, both players agreed to show their hands if Borts folds, which he eventually does. In hindsight, it was the right decision, his 
indeed behind against 
.
Bort slips to 115,700.
Gavin Griffin opened to 1,400 from middle position and an opponent in the big blind defended.
The flop fell 
and, when checked to, Griffin continued for 1,900. Griffin's opponent check-raised to 6,000 and Griffin called.
The turned and Griffin's opponent checked to Griffin who moved all in for about 13,000. After a few minutes of deliberation, his opponent made the call.
Showdown
Griffin: 
Opponent:
Griffin needed a seven or a queen to double through, but the dealer dropped a 
on the river eliminating him from the tournament.
Anthony Yeh is still fighting over at Orange 318. Sitting in the big blind, he called a raise to 1,800 from the button. Both players checked a queen-high flop, . Yeh led the 
turn for 2,200 and was called. When the river put a third diamond on board, Yeh checked. His opponent responded with a 10,000-chip bet that Yeh called with . That pair of queens was much better than what Yeh's opponent showed down, for a busted flush-and-straight draw.
Yeh now has about 50,000 in chips.
Every time I venture into the battlefield, I spot Dag Palovic in the thick of battle, waving his sword around frantically in the hope that he hits his target. On this occasion, the board read 
, and Palovic was faced with a bet of 8,200.
"Flush?" he inquired to no response. Suddenly, he made a raise to 25,000, putting the pressure back on his opponent. After a lengthy dwell, during which time Palovic feigned mucking his cards, his opponent folded and Palovic showed 
.
For a moment, I felt like Jason Donavon as Palovic smiled at me and said, "That was especially for you."
Palovic up to 110,000.
Giovanni Safina limped from the hijack seat and Ronnie Bardah completed from the small blind. Bryan Micon was in the big blind and checked his option before the three saw the flop come 
.
Bardah led the betting with a wager of 875. Micon took some time and then made the call before Safina called as well.
The turn card brought the and Bardah fired again. HIs bet was worth 2,375 and Micon folded. Safina made the call though and a river would be seen.
The final community card was dealt the 
, completing a possible flush draw and some straight draws. Bardah checked and Safina checked right behind. Bardah tabled the 
for trip sevens and Safina mucked.
Bardah is now up to 94,000 in chips.
A bit of a wild hand has resulted in the elimination of Jordan Smith. Smith, the big blind, moved all in for about 25,000 after the cutoff player opened to 1,500 and was called by button Bill Melvin. The cutoff then four-bet all in for 60,000 and Melvin again called!
Smith:
Cutoff: 
Melvin: 
"And I was like 'please call, please call!'" said Smith, upon seeing Melvin's hand. None of the players improved their starting hand after the board rolled out 
. Melvin's kings held up to drag the whole pot and eliminate two players.
