Kenny Hsiung 
/
Tamon Nakamura /
/
Hsiung bet every street, before both players checked the seventh card.
Hsiung announced "Aces Up" to win another big pot, climbing his stack and leaving Nakamura with only 120,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
321,000
|
321,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Elhindi Albarazi: 
/
Andy Bloch: /
/
Action was on sixth street as Elhindi Albarazi bet with two-pair showing, Andy Bloch called. Bloch called the seventh street bet as well.
Albarazi tabled the for tens full and collected the pot after break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
155,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
Level: 20
Limits: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
||
|
550,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
511,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
401,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
384,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
360,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
340,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
|
319,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
|
316,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
||
|
301,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
300,000
-169,000
|
-169,000 |
|
|
||
|
286,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
278,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
270,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
264,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
232,000
-163,000
|
-163,000 |
|
||
|
231,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
207,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
201,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
199,000
-111,000
|
-111,000 |
|
|
195,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
190,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
180,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
140,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
|
136,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Andy Bloch : /
/
Philip Haye : /
/
Andy Bloch bet on the 5th and 6th street, before both players check the last card.
"Trips," said Bloch, after showing 
. It was enough to beat Hayes' hand, who held 
for two pair of Kings and Deuces.
Bloch is now up to more than 300 000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000 | |
|
|
310,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Kyle Montgomery: 
James Paluszek: 
Kyle Montgomery was all in from fourth street as the dealer tossed the cards to each player. On the river, Montgomery could survive if he had any face card, but it was a disappointing as he fell victim to James Paluszek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
-40,500
|
-40,500 |
|
Busted |
Grapenthien : 
/
Anthony Fay : 
/
Anthony Fay was all-in for a few chips against Matt Grapenthien, before the fifth street.
Each time Grapenthien get a card, it was to make his straight stronger than ever. Fay couldn't do anything and finished in 39th position.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Matthew Aronowitz: /
Mitchell Putterman: 
/
Paul Holder: /
/
Mattew Aronowitz was all in for his short stack from third street as Mitchell Putterman and Paul Holder played out the rest of the hand. On fourth street Putterman bet and was called. Both players checked on fifth street.
Holder did the betting on sixth street and Putterman bet on seventh, which Holder called after thinking it over for a bit.
Putterman tabled jacks and sixes, which Holder could not beat as he mucked, giving Putterman the side pot while Aronowitz would survive as he tabled for the better two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
126,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
43,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
The rapid eliminations continued as Jude Arena was standing up and needing help.
Jude Arena: 
Jonathan Williams:
Aces up was the winning hand for Williams as Arena could not better that with his own two pair and the field was trimmed by one more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
Busted |
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