The player in the hijack raised to 3,000 and Steve Klaus three-bet shoved for 8,200 from the small blind. The hijack made the call.
Steve Klaus: 
Opponent: 
Klaus was comfortably ahead and the 
board ran safe for him to double up.
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The player in middle position limped along with Brian Beck on the button and the player in the small blind. Gene Gioia pumped it up to 2,500 from the big blind and the player in middle position was the only one to add the remainder to call.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Gioia checked. The player in middle position bet 4,500 and Gioia check-raised all in for 16,900. His opponent went deep into the tank, then gave up his hand.
Action folded to Eugene Horsley who raised to 1,200 from the small blind and the player in the big blind called.
The flop fell 
and Horsley threw in a bet of 1,500 that his opponent called.
The turn was the 
and Horsley continued with another bet of 2,500 that the big blind called again.
The 
filled up the board and Horsley fired 3,000. The player in the big blind called and turned over 
for aces and tens. However that wasn't good enough as Horsley tabled 
to win the pot with aces and tens and a king kicker.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players are now gone on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The player in mid-position limped and Michael Nguyen raised to 1,100 from the hijack. The player in the small blind three-bet jammed for 4,200 and the player in mid-position let it go but Nguyen made the call.
Opponent:
Michael Nguyen:
The runout was 
and Nguyen raked in the pot with aces and kings, sending his opponent to the exit.
The player in middle position, the cutoff and the button limped. Scott Farwell raised to 1,800 from the big blind and the player in mid-position was the only one to add the remainder to call.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and both players opted to check to the 
turn. Farwell fired a bet of 3,000, that was enough to win the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
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