Hand #4: Matt Stout opened to 56,000 on the button, and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #5: Stout opened to 56,000 from the cutoff, and Peter Gould called on the button. The flop came , Stout bet 56,000, and Gould folded.
Hand #6: Stout opened to 56,000, RJ Sullivan called on the button, Rob Wazwaz three-bet all in for 417,000, in the small blind, Stout folded, and Sullivan called.
Sullivan:
Wazwaz:
The dealer fanned out a board of . Wazwaz paired his jack and it was good enough to score the double up.
Hand #7: Jim Jakobsen opened to 75,000, and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #8: Jakobsen opened to 60,000 under the gun, and Aleksandr Gofman called in the big blind. The flop came , Gofman checked, Jakobsen bet 100,000, Gofman raised to 245,000, and Jakobsen folded.
Hand #1: Brett Shaffer raised to 50,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #2: Aleksandr Gofman raised to 50,000 and Jim Jakobsen three-bet to 155,000 and won the pot.
Hand #3: Matt Stout raised to 56,000 and Jason Vanstrom pushed all in. Stout made the call and we had a race.
Stout:
Vanstrom:
Stout's pair were better by a small margin, and when the board fell , his pair held as the best hand. Vanstrom was eliminated in ninth place and earned himself $29,658.
RJ Sullivan raised it up to 50,000 from middle position and Steven McNally took a minute before pushing his stack all in from the big blind. Sullivan made the call with the bigger stand and McNally's tournament was at risk, though he was way ahead preflop.
Sullivan:
McNally:
McNally was safe and looking to double on the flop of as well as the turn of and his rail was excitedly anticipating his big double. Then Sullivan spiked the on the river and McNally's supporters erupted with a loud, "Oh!"
McNally was eliminated in 10th place and earned $23,317 for his run.
Robert Schmidt opened to 48,000, Aleksandr Gofman flatted to his left, and Steven McNally moved all in from late position for 314,000. Action folded around to Schmidt, who after a moment, made the call having McNally covered. Gofman then reraised all in covering Schmidt and Schmidt was forced to fold.
McNally:
Gofman:
McNally was in deep trouble only having three-outs preflop. The dealer delivered the first three cards, and McNally's pair of jacks was now in the lead. The turn brought the and the odds turned against Mcnally, as now Gofman's pair of kings was ahead. The river left only chop outs or a jack for McNally and the river saved his day. Chopping the pot with each having an ace-high straight.
In the very first hand after break, Matt Stout pushed all in from middle position after Robert Schmidt opened under the gun. Schmidt made the call and the race was on.
Stout:
Schmidt:
Stout was needing to connect somehow to catch up to the pocket pair, and the flop of was no help. The turn was the wrong card for him, but the on the river saved him from elimination.
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With fresh beers in the hands of his supporters on the rail, Steven McNally pushed all in from under the gun and found a call in Ronald Sullivan from middle position. Everyone else gave up their hands and we had a race.
Sullivan:
McNally:
The board ran out and McNally scored the big double with his nines.
"Ahhh, that would've sucked if you busted just as we got these beers," his rail said.
"Yeah, these taste so much better now that you just doubled up," another supporter said.
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, Stout bet 56,000, and Gould folded.
. Wazwaz paired his jack and it was good enough to score the double up.
, Gofman checked, Jakobsen bet 100,000, Gofman raised to 245,000, and Jakobsen folded.
, his pair held as the best hand. Vanstrom was eliminated in ninth place and earned himself $29,658.
as well as the turn of 
and his rail was excitedly anticipating his big double. Then Sullivan spiked the 
on the river and McNally's supporters erupted with a loud, "Oh!"
was no help. The turn 
on the river saved him from elimination.
and McNally scored the big double with his nines.