Jennifer Tilly raised to 29,000 under the gun and received a call from Jason Somerville in the small blind. A short-stacked Thorsten Schafer then called all in from the big blinds and it was three players to the flop.
Somerville checked, Tilly bet 75,000, and her live opponent folded, leaving just Thorsten.
Tilly:
Thorsten:
Tilly was ahead with her tens, but Thorsten had an over with a flush draw. The dealer burned and turned the said over, the , which gave Thorsten the lead and left the rest of table awed in disbelief. The blanked on the river and Thorsten received a much-needed triple.
Thorsten Schafer opened for 24,000, Jennifer Tilly called behind and Nicolas Levi popped it to 77,000 from the button. Schafer potted and Levi was able to get all in.
Levi:
Schafer:
The board ran and Levi doubled to 627,000 and Schafer was left with only 30,000.
Marco Traniello has been on quite a tear here in the first level of the day. He recently raised from early position and received a single caller in Noah Schwartz from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, as they did the turn.
When the appeared on the river, Schwartz led out for 20,000, Traniello raised all in, and Schwartz called off for less. Schwartz revealed for a full house, but it was no good against the bigger full house of Traniello. Schwartz has been eliminated from the $10K PLH Championship in 24th place.
After Nicolas Levi raised to 23,000 from the hijack, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow reraised from the small blind to get all in for his last 79,000. Levi made the call.
Levi:
Matusow:
Matusow was ahead with his ace, which he paired on the flop to take a commanding lead. The turn and river changed nothing as "The Mouth" doubled through Levi.
McLean Karr raised to 22,000 under the gun only to have Marco Traniello move all in for 42,000 total in the small blind. Karr made the call and found he was behind.
Karr:
Traniello:
The flop was fairly uninteresting, but we're sure Traniello was relieved to see the hit the turn to ensure his double. The meaningless was put out on the river as Mr. Jen Harman doubled his short stack.
Nenad Medic, who won this very event back in 2008 for $794,112, began the day as one of the shorter stacks and had his work cut out for him. In a recent hand, Medic raised from the hijack only to have Owen Crowe reraise from the small blind. Medic called off his remaining chips and discovered he was in bad shape.
Medic:
Crowe:
Medic's best hope to stay alive was to catch a ten, but the flop did not deliver. The turn left Medic drawing dead as the was put out on the river. Medic was eliminated from the tournament in 25th place.
Chris Moorman was under the gun and raised to 21,000. which Robert Mizrachi called from early position. When action reached Jennifer Tilly in the cutoff, she put in a reraise to 99,000. Moorman repotted, Mizrachi folded, and Tilly called off her remaining chips.
Moorman:
Tilly:
Moorman had a good hand, but Tilly had better. The flop changed little, but the turn gave Moorman a gut-shot Broadway straight. The dealer burned and put out the . It was a blank as far as Moorman was concerned and Tilly received an early double.
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flop.
, which gave Thorsten the lead and left the rest of table awed in disbelief. The 
blanked on the river and Thorsten received a much-needed triple.
and Levi doubled to 627,000 and Schafer was left with only 30,000.
flop, as they did the 
for a full house, but it was no good against the bigger 
flop to take a commanding lead. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing as "The Mouth" doubled through Levi.
was put out on the river as Mr. Jen Harman doubled his short stack.
flop did not deliver. The 
turn left Medic drawing dead as the 
and had Gross' 
and Gross was out of the tournament. Ogura increased his stack to 192,000.
