Just before the break, Maria Ho was all in for her tournament life of about 110,000 against Thomas Hall. Ho tabled and was racing with Hall's .
The flop came down , keeping Hall in the lead with his eights and leaving Ho searching to pair one of her cards. The fell on fourth street, leaving Ho looking for either an ace or a queen on the river. It was not meant to be, however, as the fell on the river and eliminated Ho from play. Hall dragged in the pot and now sits on about 430,000.
During one of the first hands of Level 18, Erik Olofsson was all in and at risk for 121,000 holding . He was racing against Matt Stout, who held , and the flop gave him a set of queens.
The on the turn was a big red brick, leaving Olofsson one card away from elimination, but the slammed on the river to give him Broadway.
Stout shot back in his chair as if he'd received an electric shock, but collected himself quickly and sent a tower of blue T5,000 chips to his neighbor.
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After a raise and a call it was Connor Drinan who moved all in for 106,000. The initial raiser folded and Robert Auer made the call from his immediate right.
Auer:
Drinan:
The board ran out and Auer managed to hit a miracle flush to knock Drinan out.
Max Greenwood was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 78,000 against Rudi Johnsen. Greenwood held and was looking for help against Johnsen's .
The flop gave Greenwood four to a flush and hope to stay alive in the tournament. Fourth street was the , pairing Greenwoods ace and vaulting him into the lead. The two watched as the rolled off on the river, ensuring that Greenwood would stay alive.
He's now sitting on 165,000 in chips while Johnsen has fallen to 220,000.
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and was racing with Hall's 
.
, keeping Hall in the lead with his eights and leaving Ho searching to pair one of her cards. The 
fell on fourth street, leaving Ho looking for either an ace or a queen on the river. It was not meant to be, however, as the 
fell on the river and eliminated Ho from play. Hall dragged in the pot and now sits on about 430,000.
and Bilokur doubled up. Greenwood is now the shortest stack in the tournament.
. He was racing against Matt Stout, who held 
, and the 
flop gave him a set of queens.
on the turn was a big red brick, leaving Olofsson one card away from elimination, but the 
slammed on the river to give him Broadway.
and was looking for help against Johnsen's 
.
