Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Hand #76: Shane Fumerton raised and Shane Buchwald three-bet. Fumerton called. The flop came     and Fumerton checked. Buchwald bet and Fumerton folded.

Hand #77: Sandy Tayi raised from the small blind and Shane Fumerton reraised from the big blind. Tayi called. The flop was     and Tayi checked. Fumerton bet and Tayi folded.

Hand #78: Shane Buchwald raised and Nancy Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came     and Nguyen checked. Buchwald bet and Nguyen called. The turn was the   and Nguyen check-called another bet from Buchwald. The river was the   and Nguyen check-called a third time.

"Nuts," said Buchwald, turning over    for a straight.

Hand #79: Shane Fumerton raised and Shane Buchwald called from the big blind. The flop came     and Buchwald checked. Fumerton bet and Buchwald raised. Fumerton folded.

Hand #80: Shane Fumerton raised and Shane Buchwald three-bet from the small blind. Fumerton called. The flop came     and Buchwald bet. Fumerton folded.

Sandy Tayi	1,500,000	100,000
Shane Buchwald	1,350,000	300,000
Shane Fumerton	1,100,000	-100,000
Nancy Nguyen	400,000	-300,000
Ray Henson	240,000	-85,000

Players are going on a 15-minute break. Here are the chip counts for the remaining five players:

Sandy Tayi	1,400,000	50,000
Shane Fumerton	1,200,000	150,000
Shane Buchwald	1,050,000	177,000
Nancy Nguyen	700,000	-120,000
Ray Henson	325,000	-123,000

Hand #66: Shane Buchwald raised and Sandy Tayi defended his big blind. Tayi check-folded to a bet from Buchwald on    .

Hand #67: Nancy Nguyen raised from under the gun. Shane Fumerton three-bet from the big blind and Nguyen called. Fumerton bet on a     flop and Nguyen folded.

Hand #68: Ray Henson raised from the cutoff and took down the pot.

Hand #69: Fumerton raised from the button and Buchwald defended his big blind. The flop of     was checked and Buchwald check-folded to a bet on  .

Hand #70: Tayi got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #64: Shane Fumerton raised and Kevin Lizak three-bet. Fumerton made it four bets and Lizak called, leaving 9,000 behind.

The flop came     and Lizak got his remaining 9,000 in the pot. He had    against the    of Fumerton.

The turn was the   and the river was the  . Lizak was eliminated in seventh place for $20,261.

Shane Fumerton	1,050,000	0
Kevin Lizak	0	-109,000

Hand #54: Sandy Tayi raised from the cutoff and the remaining players fodled.

Hand #55: Hod Berman raised from middle position and Tayi three-bet from the hijack. Berman called but check-folded on a     flop.

Hand #56: Shane Buchwald received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #50: Shane Fumerton raised from early position and Hod Berman defended his big blind, but check-folded to a bet on a     board.

Hand #51: Shane Buchwald raised from the cutoff and Sandy Tayi raised from the big blind. Buchwald called. The flop was    . Tayi bet and Buchwald called. Tayi bet on the   turn as well and Buchwald called.

The river was the   and Tayi check-called a bet from his opponent. Buchwald showed    for a straight and took down the pot.

Hand #52: Tayi limped blind on blind and Fumerton raised. Tayi called but check-folded on the eye-catching flop of    .

Sandy Tayi	1,000,000	-250,000
Shane Buchwald	600,000	185,000

Hand #36: Kevin Lizak raised Shane Fumerton folded his big blind showing   . "I had you," replied Lizak, showing   .

Hand #37: Shane Buchwald raised and Fumerton defended his small blind. The flop was     and Fumerton check-called a bet. The turn was the   and both players checked. The river was the   and Fumerton bet. Buchwald folded.

Hand #38: Lizak raised from under the gun. Hod Berman called in the hijack. The flop was     and Lizak check-called a bet from Berman. The turn was the   and Lizak check-called another bet. The river was the   and both players checked. Berman took down the pot with   .

Hand #39: Lizak got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #40: Nancy Nguyen raised from the button and Buchwald defended his big blind, but check-folded to a bet on    .

Hand #41: Ray Henson got a walk in the big blind, showing   .

Hand #42: Fumerton raised from early position. Mark Bassaly raised in next position. Fumerton called. The flop was    . Fumerton check-raised Bassaly and Bassaly called. The turn was the   and Fumerton bet, Bassaly called. Fumerton bet the   river and Bassaly threw away his cards. Fumerton showed    and took down the pot.

Hand #23: Sandy Tayi raised and Kevin Lizak defended his big blind. Lizak check-folded on a flop of    

Hand #24: Hod Berman raised from early position. Shane Buchwald defended his big blind. Buchwald check-called a bet on     but check-folded to another bet on the   turn.

Hand #25: Tayi raised and Ray Henson defended his big blind. The flop was     and Henson check-folded to a bet from Tayi.

Hand #26: It was a raise and take it for Tayi.

Hand #27: Nancy Nguyen raised and the remaining players all folded.

Hand #28: Nguyen raised from early position. Berman defended his big blind. The flop was     and Berman bet, Nguyen called.

The turn was the  . Berman bet and Nguyen raised. Berman three-bet and Nguyen put him all in. Berman called and tabled    for a set of fours. Nguyen nodded as she turned over   . The river was the   but it wasn't enough as Berman doubled up.

Hod Berman

350,000

175,000

Hand #16: Shane Fumerton raised and everyone folded.

Hand #17: Sandy Tayi raised and Mark Bassaly three-bet. Tung Tran made it four bets and Tayi and Bassaly both called. The flop came     and the action folded to Tran who bet. Tayi raised and Bassaly three-bet. Tran folded. Tayi four-bet and Bassaly called.

The turn was the   and Tayi bet, Bassaly raised and Tayi called. The river was the   and Tayi checked. Bassaly bet and Tayi raised. Bassaly called.

"Quads," said Tayi as he flipped    onto the table face up.

Bassaly showed    for a full house on the turn.

Hand #18: Ray Henson raised and Sandy Tayi defended the big blind. The flop was     and Tayi checked. Henson bet and Tayi called. The turn was the   and Tayi check-called another bet from Henson.

The river was the   and both players checked.

"Flush," said Tayi, tossing    onto the table.

Hand #19: Mark Bassaly raised and everyone folded.

Hand #20: Kevin Lizak raised and everyone folded.

Hand #21: Shane Buchwald raised and Nancy Nguyen defended the big blind. The flop came     and Nguyen checked. Buchwald bet and Nguyen called. The turn was the   and Nguyen checked again. Buchwald bet and Nguyen raised. Buchwald called.

The river was the   and Nguyen bet. Buchwald folded and Nguyen won the pot.

Nancy Nguyen	1,360,000	180,000
Sandy Tayi	1,200,000	800,000
Ray Henson	445,000	-175,000
Shane Buchwald	404,000	-156,000
Kevin Lizak	340,000	80,000
Mark Bassaly	273,000	-347,000
Tung Tran	122,000	0

Hand #11: Shane Fumerton raised from the small blind and Mark Bassaly folded his big blind.

Hand #12: Bassaly raised from the small blind and Nancy Nguyen called in the big blind. The flop was    . Bassaly bet and Nguyen called. The turn was the   Bassaly bet again, Nguyen raised, and Bassaly folded.

Hand #13: Sandy Tayi raised from the hijack and Bassaly called on the button. The flop came    . Tayi bet and Bassaly called. The turn was the  . Tayi bet, Bassaly raised, and Tayi three-bet. Bassaly folded. "Good fold," said Tayi afterwards. "I had eights."

Hand #14: Fumerton raised from the hijack and took down the pot.

Hand #15: Hod Berman raised from middle position and Bassaly three-bet from the hijack. Berman called and the pair checked a flop of    . The turn was the   and Berman bet and Bassaly called. The river was the  . Berman bet, Bassaly raised and Berman called.

"Quads," announced Bassaly, showing   .

Mark Bassaly	620,000	130,000
Hod Berman	135,000	-195,000