$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante

Uri Tenenboim opened to 50,000 and Hans Winzelar raised to 115,000. It was folded back to Tenenboim who moved the rest of his stack all in. He was snap-called by Winzelar who had woken up with . Tenenboim turned over his hand, , and asked the dealer for a six.

She put out an ace though on the flop and Tenenboim was drawing dead after the turn. The meaningless river was the and Tenenboim was eliminated in tenth place for $12,000.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante

Iraj Fariab limped in middle position then called a raise to 55,000 from Stewart Newman to the flop. Fariab bet out 100,000 before Newman put him all-in for his final 380,000.

Fariab called and was at risk with top pair against Newman’s double belly buster draw . The changed nothing and Fariab hit the overkill trip Nines on the for a big double.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante

John Dolan opened for 40,000 and David Hass raised it up just a little more than the minimum to 70,000. It was folded to Stewart Newman who moved all in for 394,000 total. Dolan got out of the way but Hass quickly called.

Newman had and would need to improve as Hass had . The dealer wasted no time moving Newman into the lead as he put out a flop of . The turn was the prompting Hass to ask the dealer for a jack to split the pot. The river was the though and Newman, who was down to just 42,000 a couple hours ago, doubled up to approximately 850,000. Hass lost a little less than half his stack on the hand and has approximately 550,000.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante

Iraj Fariab opened for a min-raise with Bruce Snell and Ryan Van Sandford came along to see the flop. Fariab checked and Snell fired out 75,000 with only Van Sanford coming along to the turn.

Snell checked this time and called after Van Sanford bet out 140,000. The river prompted Snell to action once again for a smooth 175,000 bet and Van Sanford called after a minute of silent contemplation. Snell tabled for rivered quads to move over 1,700,000 and take the chip lead.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante

Hans Winzeler opened to 40,000 and was called by David Hass. The flop came and Winzeler checked to Hass who bet 50,000. Winzeler made the call.

The turn was the and Winzeler check-called another Hass bet, this time for 65,000. Both players checked the river and Hass took down the pot with his as his queen kicker would play to best Winzeler’s .

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante

Here are updated chip counts on the break:

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante

In one of the biggest hands of the tournament, it was three-way action to the flop before they checked it around. David Hass led out for 35,000 after the turn and Iraj Fariab raised to 125,000. Cliff Gladston let his hand go and Hass three-bet shoved for 422,000.

Fariab took a few seconds before calling with an open-ended straight draw but was drawing dead when Hass tabled . The river was the pointless to move Hass up among the leaders.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante

Stewart Newman has just doubled up with against Bruce Snell’s when he binked a queen on the river. Here’s a look at our final ten (we’ll have updated chip counts on the break in approximately 30 minutes):

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante

The other big hand happening at the same time Rober Goindoo all-in against Bruce Snell with versus on the flop. There was no help when the and to put him on a very short stack.

Goindoo moved in a few hands later for just 21,000 and found four callers. His opponents checked down the board before Snell bet 30,000 on the river. He got folds all around until Goindoo tabled which was no good against Snell’s straight to send Goindoo out in 11th place for $12,000.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante

Two big hands were going on at the same time and the first one saw Skip McDonough get all-in against Richard Kirsch with dominating . McDonough lead in the hand was cemented immediately on the flop but needed to dodge flush outs. The board finished and to send Kirsch out in 12th place for $12,000.