$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 15K/30K/5K ante

Skip McDonough opened from late position to 65,000 and was called out of the big blind by Bruce Snell. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Snell checked to McDonough who put out a large bet of 150,000. Snell called.

The river was the and Snell sprang into action, leading out for 300,000. McDonough thought for a moment before putting in a raise to 650,000. After getting a count Snell made the call and could only shake his head and mutter “good hand” after McDonough turned over the nuts with his .

The two were about even in chips after the hand with approximately 2.3 million apiece.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 15K/30K/5K ante

Cliff Gladstone was the shortest during the dinner break and talked the other five players into looking at some ICM numbers. Before staff could get back to them, Gladstone shoved for his last 379,000 on the second hand after the break.

John Dolan had opened under the gun for a min-raise and called when action folded to him. Dolan was ahead with against and stayed that way on the flop. Gladstone picked up a straight draw on the turn but missed his draw when the dealer dropped river to go out in 6th place for $40,500.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 15K/30K/5K ante

Cards are back in the air!

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

The remaining six players have 48 minutes left on their dinner break. Here are the updated chip counts. They will return to blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 12K/24K/4K ante

Steward Newman was a tough opponent to knock out. He down to 4 big blinds early in the day when he ran pocket Tens into the pocket Aces of Derek Alley but kept battling.

Newman was down to 129,000 and moved all-in after Iraj Fariab limped under the gun. John Dolan counted out the chips and called the raise and Fariab let his hand go. Newman needed help with against but the flop took away some of his outs.

The turn locked the hand up for Dolan and Newman was sent out in 7th place for $31,000.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 12K/24K/4K ante

Ryan Van Sanford was the young gun at the table but wasn’t getting much traction at the final table. He was all-in with a coin flip against leader Bruce Snell with against .

Van Sanford missed the flop and Snell locked it up when the turn came . He was drawing dead to the river and was sent out of the tournament in 8th place for $22,000.

Lost a very big hand where he rivered quads when I tuned a straight. 400k at 20k bb

— Ryan Van Sanford (@RyanTYFL) October 6, 2014

AK < TT got 8th. Gl Dolan and Hans

— Ryan Van Sanford (@RyanTYFL) October 6, 2014

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 12K/24K/4K ante

A short-stacked David Hass moved all in for 390,000 from the button and Iraj Fariab looked at his cards in the big blind and made the call, turning over .

Hass flipped his cards over with a look of resignation on his face saying “see you guys” as he showed . The dealer put out a flop of and Hass asked the dealer for a sweat. The turn was the to give Hass a small sweat but the river was the to knock Hass out in ninth place for $16,000.

“Good game guys,” Hass said as he stood up.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 12K/24K/4K ante

Skip McDonough promised the blogging team we’d be writing about a triple-up right after the last break and he was close to telling the future. It was four-way action to the flop and it checked around to Hans Winzeler on the button.

He bet out 100,000 and McDonough moved all-in for 596,000 total. Iraj Fariab quickly called and Winzeler considered doing the same. He let his hand go and they saw McDonough with a set holding against Fariab’s top two .

McDonough dodged the turn and to move over 1.5 million.

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

Iraj Fariab might be the senior statesman at the table but he’s been showing them some moves throughout the day. The latest had him call a small 35,000 bet by Hans Winzeler after the flop and then raise to 150,000 after Winzeler made a turn bet of 75,000.

Winzeler called the min-raise and checked the river to get an instant shove from Fariab. That prompted Winzeler to face palm and start the thinking process. It was a 279,000 shove and Winzeler finally called with two-pair to see Fariab flopped well with .

The hand doubled Fariab up but Winzeler is still comfortable with approximately 1.4 million.

$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.