The players are on a 15-minute break.
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The action folded to Greg James in middle position and he raised to 26,000. Mark "Milkman" Burford, next-to-act, moved all in for 107,000. The action folded back to James and he snap-called.
Burford -
James -
"Can you believe it?" asked Burford.
The hand was all but over on the flop when it came , giving Burford a set. The came on the turn, opening the possibility of a chop, but instead James improved to a set of jacks on the river when the hit the felt.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Burford |
229,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Greg James |
72,000
-58,500
|
-58,500 |
Jeff Wyatt says he doubled through Pej Preemo to get about 300,000 chips from him and then Lee Henry finished him off by going runner-runner for a flush.
Preemo flopped a set of kings against Henry, but Henry won the hand with running clubs to eliminate Preemo shortly after Wyatt doubled through him.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Wyatt |
690,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
Lee Henry |
460,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Pej Preemo | Busted |
Terry Griffith shoved on the button for 36,000 on the first hand of hand-for-hand play.
Derwin Lewis was in the big blind and called. All the action completed at the other tables and this was the only all in and call.
Lewis had against the of Griffith.
The board ran out and Lewis won the hand to eliminate Griffith.
Griffith was the 118th-place finisher and he finished on the stone bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Derwin Lewis |
220,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Terry Griffith | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Harris |
466,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
Tim Harris |
342,000
262,500
|
262,500 |
Johnny Springer
|
315,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Wayne Lewis |
304,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Grant Coffman |
288,000
188,500
|
188,500 |
Danny Burks |
273,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
Richard Golmon |
125,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wes Gauthier |
900,000
592,000
|
592,000 |
Matthew Register | 650,000 | |
Pej Preemo |
320,000
80,500
|
80,500 |
Jeff Wyatt |
310,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Jason Beltran |
250,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Derwin Lewis |
185,000
163,500
|
163,500 |
Don Hardy
|
160,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
John Dudley |
140,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
Josh Emory
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Bill Gardner
|
57,000 | |
Kimberly Martin |
42,000
-60,500
|
-60,500 |
Gary Zachary |
39,000
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
Terry Griffith |
36,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Rusty Farrin | 31,000 |
We're down to 118 and one away from the money. Play will now proceed on a hand-for-hand basis until the money bubble has burst.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Roy Hill of Benton, Louisiana, has been chipping up steadily through the day and now sits among the leaders. In his latest victory, Hill added another 50,000 to his stack and now has 498,000.
An early position player limped for 8,000 and the small blind completed. Hill checked his option in the big blind and the three players saw a flop of . The blinds checked and the third player bet out 12,000. The small blind folded and Hill called.
It went heads up to the turn, which came . Hill checked and his opponent bet 12,000. Hill called.
The river completed the board with the , and both players checked it down.
Hill's opponent said, "I can't beat ya," and tabled .
Hill turned over for top pair to collect the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roy Hill |
498,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Markway |
395,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
Mike Maley
|
274,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
Steve Brovine
|
215,000 | |
Jorge Galvan |
165,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Lee Henry |
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Chris Tiller
|
152,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
Jacob Seale |
108,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Robbie Greene
|
82,000 | |
Tim Lewing | 80,000 |