Preflop action folded to the hijack who moved all in. After the cutoff got out of the way, Andrew Burton made the call from the button. Burton had the effective stack at 75,000. After the blinds got out of the way, the players turned over their hands.
Burton: 
Hijack: 
The flop came 
, giving Burton the Broadway straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Robert Mather was all-in for his remaining stack from the button, and Anthony Alleyn snap-called from the big blind.
Robert Mather: 
Anthony Alleyn: 
After they tabled their cards, Mather stood up and put on his backpack.
The flop was 
, and Alleyn was well in the lead.
Lightning struck on the turn, and Mather spiked the 
for a set, almost prompting him to sit back down in his seat.
However, lightning would strike twice, as the gave Alleyn the better set.
Alleyn clapped loudly in celebration, and Mather was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | |
|
Busted |
Entering the action on the turn the board was 
where Jacob Naumann bet 30,000 and his opponent raised to 75,000. Naumann made the call.
Naumann then led out for 80,000 on the river. His opponent went deep into the tank before making the call. Naumann showed 
for a full house and his opponent mucked, giving Naumann the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Action was picked up preflop, just after the fourth player had moved all in.
"You're all in too? You guys are making this hard on me. I need to figure this pot out," remarked the dealer.
Charlie Eison, the big blind, was the big stack. The next largest belonged to the player on the button, who had about 72,000 behind. Then DJ MacKinnon, the under-the-gun player, who had less than his starting stack remaining. Finally, the short stack belonged to a player in early position, with just 10,000 left. The players tabled their hands.
Early Position: 
DJ MacKinnon: 
Button: 
Charlie Eison: 
"Run it and then figure it out," suggested MacKinnon. The dealer obliged, dealing out the 
.
MacKinnon had made a seven high straight for the best hand, while Eison had made a set. MacKinnon took the main pot, while the remaining chips in the side pot went to Eison. The early position player and button were both eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | |
|
85,000 |
Darius Studdard came out swinging from the dinner break.
Action was picked up after Studdard had raised from the cutoff and been three-bet from the small blind to 43,000. Studdard four-bet to 149,000, an effective all in as this covered the small blind. The small blind took his time, considering his options, before calling off and tabling his hand.
Small blind:
Darius Studdard:
The board ran out 
, eliminating the small blind and winning Studdard a substantial pot on his first hand after the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
453,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
205,000
187,500
|
187,500 |
|
93,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
88,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
||
|
78,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
75,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
In the first hand after coming back from dinner, Josh Harrison and Spencer Simon got straight into the thick of it.
Harrison open-shoved in the under-the-gun position for 52,000. Simon took a moment before calling and the table folded round.
Spencer Simon:
Josh Harrison: 
Simon was behind and at risk, and got no help from a 
flop.
The turn left him drawing dead, and Simon wished the table well and left with a smile as the hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With registration closed the numbers are in. There was a whopping 5,549 entries today that generated a prize pool of $2,329,740.
That brings the total entries from the first three flights to 12,869 and pushed the total prize pool to $5,389,860, breaking the guarantee with another flight left to be played.
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