Event #45: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)

David Ormsby raised to 60,000 from under the gun, Kenneth Smaron reraised all in from the button for 485,000, and Ormsby called with   , racing with Smaron's   .

The board came down      , giving Smaron aces and fours to double through Ormsby.

Kenneth Smaron	1,045,000	535,000
David Ormsby	790,000	-455,000

Heads up on a flop of    , Chris Brammer checked in the big blind and Kenneth Smaron bet 50,000 under the gun. Brammer called and the turn was the  . Both players checked and they also checked the   river.

Brammer tabled    for a counterfeit flopped two pair and Smaron's    for aces and kings with the six kicker was good for the pot.

Chris Brammer	625,000	-115,000
Kenneth Smaron	600,000	90,000

Carlos Boyd open-shoved for 167,000 in middle position and David Ormsby called in the big blind to put Boyd at risk.

Boyd:   
Ormsby:   

Ormsby was well behind the kings of Boyd, but the     flop gave Ormsby a flush draw and he hit it on the   turn. The river was the   and Boyd was eliminated in 20th place for a payout of $14,277.

David Ormsby	1,245,000	0
Carlos Boyd	0	0

With the board reading       and 150,000 in the pot, Chris Moorman bet 40,000 in the big blind. His lone opponent, Liang Xu, was on the button and he moved all in. Moorman called for his whole stack, which totaled 162,000, and they showed down.

Xu:   
Moorman:   

Moorman was ahead with top pair and open-ended, but he had to fade Xu's straight outs. The   river gave Moorman a straight and he doubled up.

Chris Moorman	474,000	166,000
Liang Xu	194,000	194,000

Kenneth Ray was all in for roughly 260,000 with   , but ran into the    of Kenneth Smaron. A third eight found the board, Ray couldn't catch up, and Ray busted in 23rd place.

Kenneth Smaron	515,000	187,000
Kenneth Ray	0	-310,000

Rui Ye raised from early position, Sean Loring three-bet shoved for about 75,000 from the big blind, and Ye called.

Ye:   
Loring:   

The board came down      , giving Ye aces and eights to eliminate Loring in 25th place.

Rui Ye	415,000	120,000
Sean Loring	0	-128,000

Michael Brinkenhoff opened to 50,000 under the gun and Frank Kassela made it 130,000 on the button. The small blind folded and David Ormsby went all in for 484,000 in the big blind. Brinkenhoff folded and Kassela called.

Ormsby:   
Kassela:   

The board came     and Kassela asked for a ten. The turn was the   and the river was the  . Kassela didn't get the ten he needed and Ormsby doubled up.

David Ormsby	1,050,000	434,000
Frank Kassela	505,000	-295,000

James Chen was all in from under the gun for about 200,000 with   , leading Diego Sanchez's    in middle position.

The board came down      , giving Sanchez a pair of aces on the river to eliminate Chen in 27th place.

Diego Sanchez	620,000	220,000
James Chen	0	-361,000

With Pete Chen's elimination in 28th place, the remaining 27 players are now redrawing for seats at the final three tables.

Pete Chen

0

-230,000

Jimmy Guerrero went all in for around 520,000 on the button and action was on Chris Moorman in the small blind. He had 130,000 chips and had folded to Guerrero's shove the hand before blind versus blind. After a little while, Guerrero called the clock on Moorman and the tournament director began the clock. As it got closer to zero, Moorman pushed his stack forward for a call. The big blind folded and Moorman was at risk.

Guerrero:   
Moorman:   

The board came     and the   turn gave Moorman a set of fives but a flush draw for Guerrero. Moorman's set was still good on the   river and he doubled up.

Jimmy Guerrero	414,000	-126,000
Chris Moorman	308,000	-46,000