Lysandra Ybarra moved all in preflop and is called by Neil Kokal to put her at risk.
Lysandra Ybarra: Q?10?
Neil Kokal: 7?7?
Ybarra needed to improve against Kokal's pocket pair, but the board of 2?K?9?A?5? failed to do so and she was eliminated in 7th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
525,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
John Peden moved all in preflop and was called by Jacob Karnowski to put him at risk.
John Peden: 7?8?
Jacob Karnowski: J?9?
Peden would need some help to stay alive, but the board of 3?3?Q?J?A? gave Karnowski a pair of jacks to take the pot, sending Peden to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Keith Wall moved all in preflop and was called by Jeff Gab who covered.
Keith Wall: K?J?
Jeff Gab: A?8?
The runout of 7?6?8?10?A? gave Wall two-pair to take the pot and Gab was eliminated in 9th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000
104,000
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104,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
With the elimination of Matt Sargent and Sandy Doherty in 10th place, the following players have been reseated at the final table:
| Seat | Team | Qualifying Bar | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Peden-Kelly Peden | Backstreet Bar/Steel Tips | 16,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Jeff Gab-Neil Kokal | Champs | 371,000 | 23 |
| 3 | Galen Nelson-Mike McConniel | Woody's | 43,000 | 3 |
| 4 | Noel Batres-Paul Hamann | Pinz Yorkville | 475,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Joe Tijerina-Lysandra Ybarra | Seven-Deuce Poker | 53,000 | 3 |
| 6 | Stephanie Rivera Tomasello-Jacob Karnowski | Misfits | 434,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Keith Wall-Lance Palmer | Misfits | 56,000 | 4 |
| 8 | Darren Wiese-Larry Sundberg | Bill's Bar | 116,000 | 7 |
| 9 | Joel Smith-Nikki Smith | Billy's Corner | 279,000 | 17 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
434,000 | |
|
|
371,000 | |
|
|
279,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
116,000 | |
|
|
56,000 | |
|
|
53,000 | |
|
|
43,000 | |
|
|
16,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The field has now dwindled to 10 players, and with the final table receiving a 20,000 chip bonus for tomorrow's Main Event, they are now on the bubble and hand-for-hand is now in effect.
After some preflop shenanigans, Noel Batres and two other players get all of their chips into the middle, with Batress covering.
Player 1: 7?4?
Player 2: 7?7?
Noel Batres: K?K?
The flop of 8?J?3? was a big sweat as Player 1 picked up a flush draw, and improved to a straight draw on the 6? turn, but the river was the brick 9? for kings to hold, sending both players to the rail.
Batres and his partner Paul Hamann are now the dominant chip leaders with 550,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
After a preflop betting war, a player moves all in and Free Poker Network World Champion Joel Smith makes the call to put her at risk.
Smith flips over A?9? but is in bad shape when he is up against A?A?.
Unfortunately for the at-risk player, the board ran out Q?3?2?J?10? to give Smith the nut flush and sent her to the rail shaking her head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000 |