Dale Hackney raised to 13,000 from the small blind, and Kevin Rush jammed for 113,000 in the big blind. Hackney called.
Kevin Rush: 
Dale Hackney: 
The 
flop gave Rush a set, and Hackney needed running cards to bust Rush. Sure enough, the 
turn and 
river gave Hackney running kings-full, and Rush was left with a bad beat story to tell.
Cody Brinn jammed for 46,000 from under the gun, and Michael Matter called in the cutoff.
Cody Brinn: 
Michael Matter: 
Matter's eights held on a 
board, and Brinn fell a few spots shy of a cash.
Heather Schuchaskie jammed for 36,000 on the button, and Ravi Raghavan called in the big blind.
Heather Schuchaskie: 
Ravi Raghavan: 
Schuchaskie tapped the table on every street of a 
board, and her queens held up for the double.
John Pappas raised to 12,000 from middle position, and former HPT Player of the Year Greg Raymer made the call in the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop, and the fell on the turn. Raymer checked, and Pappas bet 20,000. Raymer called.
Both players checked again on the 
river, and Pappas turned over 
. Raymer mucked.
From the small blind, Mike Shin bet 30,000 into a pot of 60,000 on a 
flop, and George Karambinis called in the big blind. Andy Ernstein tanked for a few moments from under the gun, then folded.
Shin checked the 
turn, and Karambinis quickly announced a bet of 60,000. Shin folded, and Karambinis tabled 
, to which Shin knuckled the table in approval.
Greg Baird raised to 13,000 from early position, and Edward Blazer three-bet to 40,000 from the cutoff. Jeffrey Orlowski four-bet shoved for 44,000 from the small blind, Baird folded, and Blazer called.
Jeffrey Orlowski: 
Edward Blazer: 
Orlowski's eights held on a 
board for the double. Orlowski, who had just 10,000 in chips a few hands ago, doubled up again a few hands later with his ace-eight holding against the ace-six of Kenneth Baime, and Orlowski now has a comfortable stack of nearly 200,000.
Andy Ernstein raised to 17,000 from the cutoff, and Todd Ivens three-bet to 56,000 on the button. Ernstein called.
Both players checked the flop, and the fell on the turn. Ernstein sized up Ivens' stack, then bet 68,000. Ivens, who had 160,000 remaining, paused for just a moment, then folded.
Garrick Ballard limped in from middle position, and Nick Davidson raised to 22,000 next to act. David Kenniston called on the button, and Ballard came along as well.
Action checked to Kenniston on a 
flop, and he bet 55,000. Ballard, who had just 41,000 left, quickly folded, and Davidson followed suit a moment later.
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