Two Players Reach Half a Million
Al Hart raised to 8,000 in the cutoff and received a call from Edwin Parker in the small blind. Jason Remshardt then squeezed in the big blind, three-betting to 30,000 and receiving calls from both Hart and Parker.
The flop dropped 
and all three players checked, bringing the turn 
. Parker overbet-jammed with a covering stack, sending Remshardt deep into the tank. He eventually found a fold and Hart quickly folded behind, earning Parker the pot and making him the first player in the field to reach 500,000.
Moments later, Svetlana Martie was seen making her way from the tournament area. Martie had chipped up to 230,000 only to run a set of fours into a set of tens held by Mike Kenny, which vaulted his stack to 550,000 just moments after Parker reached the 500K mark.
Bobby Garcia was also eliminated from Martie's table, with the pair of bust-outs bringing the field down to 18 across two full tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
367,000
|
367,000 |
|
520,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
146,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
124,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |