Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

The remaining four players are on a 20-minute break.

Hand #73: Matt Berkey opened the pot with a raise to 100,00 from under the gun and action folded around allowing Berkey to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #74: Matt Perrins kicked off the action by raising to 100,000 from under the gun, everyone folded except for Matt Berkey who reraised to 350,000. Perrins moved all in and Berkey snap called.

Perrins:   
Berkey:   

The sight of the     flop caused an explosion of cheers from Matt Perrins' rail. Railbirds began jumping, screaming, and singing as Perrins had flopped huge and left Berkey drawing to running outs. The turn   was no help to Berkey and no matter what fell on the river, he would be eliminated. The dealer put down the   on the river and with that, Perrins raked in the chips as Matt Berkey was eliminated from the tournament.

Matt Berkey

0

-1,900,000

Hand #68: Seth Berger opened with a raise to 110,000. In the next seat Thomas Muehloecker called all in for his tournament life since he had less chips than Berger's raise. Action folded over to Matt Perrins who reraised to 250,000 from the button. Antonio Buonanno then moved all in from the big blind leading to a fold from Seth Berger. With action back on Perrins he tanked for about half a minute before making the call

Perrins:   
Muehloecker:   
Buonanno:   

The flop looked good for both Buonanno and Perrins when it came    , giving top pair to Buonanno and an open ended straight draw to Perrins. Perrin's rail exploded with cheers of "Eight! Eight! Eight! Eight!' but it was the   that came on the turn. The river could still come a king, deuce, or eight to change the outcome of the hand, but it was a   allowing Buonanno to double up while eliminating Muehloecker from the tournament in the process.

Matt Perrins	3,100,000	-900,000
Antonio Buonanno	2,500,000	2,050,000
Thomas Muehloecker	0	-1,010,000

Hand #61:: Antonio Buonanno opened with a raise to 110,000. A few seats over Matt Berkey reraised all in. Action folded back to Buonanno who asked for a count, which ended up being a total of 920,000. Buonanno thought about it briefly before making the call.

Berkey:   
Buonanno   

Berkey had got his money in well behind but he caught a huge flop when it fell     giving him flush and straight draws. The turn would end matters immediately when it fell the   giving Berkey the unbeatable flush. The dealer put out the meaningless  , allowing Berkey to double up.

Hand #62: Action folded around to Randal Flowers who raised to 100,000. In the next seat over, on the button, Matt Perrins reraised to 230,000. Flowers reraised all in and he was called quickly by Perrins.

Flowers:   
Perrins:   

The flop came down     leaving Flowers out in front. The turn   led to an eruption from the rail, as Perrins had picked up a huge lead, leaving Flowers with one out. The river was the   and that was it for Randal Flowers. He was sent home in seventh place, but picked up nearly six figures for efforts.

Matt Perrins	4,000,000	1,305,000
Matt Berkey	1,900,000	850,000
Antonio Buonanno	450,000	-980,000
Randal Flowers	0	-650,000

Hand #53: From the small blind, Randal Flowers raised to 120,000. Matt Perrins gave up his big blind and Flowers took down his second pot in a row.

Hand #54: Seth Berger opened the pot with a raise to 110,000. In the next seat over Thomas Muehloecker moved all in for a total of about 500,000. Action folded all the way back around to Seth Berger who thought about his decision for a bit before making the call.

Muehloecker:   
Berger:   

The board ran out       allowing both players to chop up the pot with the same hand.

Hand #55: Matt Berkey moved all in and recieved a call from Antonio Buonanno from the small blind.

Berkey:   
Buonanno:   

The flop came down     giving Berkey a load more outs than he began with. The turn was the  , giving no improvement to Berkey but the   on the river was one of the cards he needed to improve to the best hand and double with a pair of eights.

Hand #50 Matt Perrins opened to 80,000, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #51 The action folded around to Seth Berger, who opened to 90,000 from the button, before taking the pot.

Hand #52 Matt Berkey opened from the small blind, before Randal Flowers moved all in from the big blind for an unknown amount. He was called, as both players tabled their cards.

Flowers:   
Berkey:   

Flowers was the short stack, and at risk, but he was able to hold as the board ran out       to double, and stay alive.

Hand #40 Seth Berger opened to 85,000 from middle position, as the action folded around to Matt Perrins in the small blind. He thought about his decision for a moment, before making the call, as did Arthur Pro from the big blind. The flop came down    , as both players in the blinds checked their options. Berger then quickly reached for chips, and threw out a continuation bet of 135,000, which was instantly called by Perrins. Pro then stared down both players, before opting to fold.

The   fell on the turn, as both players checked, before the   fell on the river. Perrins sat motionless for a minute, before reaching for his chips, and sliding out 280,000 in chips. Berger tanked over his decision for over a minute, before releasing his hand, as Perrins took down another big pot.

Hand #41 The action folded around to Randal Flowers in the cut-off, who opened to 80,000. Antonio Buonanno made the call from the big blind, before the flop came down    . Both players checked their options, as the   fell on the turn. This time Buonanno reached for his chips, before betting out 100,000, which was enough to take down the pot.

Hand #42 Matt Perrins opened to 80,000 from the cut-off, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #43 The action folded around to Matt Perrins in the hijack, who made it 80,000 to go. Arthur Pro was in the cut-off, and raised it up to 200,000. The decision was back on Perrins after a string of folds, and he thought for over a minute, before bumping it up to 455,000, which was snap called.

The flop came down    , as Perrins quickly threw out a continuation bet of 365,000. Pro stared him down, before reaching for his chips, whilst never taking his focus off Perrins. Picking up the call in his hand, he played around with the chips, before finally opting to lay down his hand.

Pro asked if Perrins could show, and he obliged, by rolling over the  .

Hand #44 Seth Berger opened to 85,000 from the button, which was enough to take down the pot.

Hand #31 Buonanno started things off with an open to 80,000 from under the gun plus one, before getting called by Matt Berkey in the cut-off. Matt Perrins looked over at Berkey's stack, before also making the call from the big blind. The flop came down the    , as Perrins checked his option. Buonanno threw out a continuation bet of 225,000, which was enough to take down the pot, as his two opponents opted to fold their hands.

Hand #32 The action folded around to Matt Perrins in the small blind, who made the call, before Arthur Pro made it an additional 80,000 to go. Perrins made the call, as both players saw the flop come    . Both players checked their options, as the   fell on the turn. Perrins thought for a moment, before throwing out a bet of 130,000, as Pro stared the bet down. He then bumped it up to 380,000, which was too much for Perrins, who quickly mucked his hand.

Hand #33 The action once again folded around to the blinds, as Arthur Pro bet out 80,000. Buonanno made the call from the big blind, as the flop came down    . Pro quickly threw out a continuation bet of 105,000, which brought and instant muck from his opponent.

Hand #34 Arthur Pro opened to 100,000 from the button, before being met with a raise to 250,000 from Antonio Buonanno on the small blind. Seth Berger folded his big blind after a short pause, before Pro asked for a count of Buonanno's stack. He made the call, as both watched the flop come    . Buonanno quickly reached for his chips, and placed out a continuation bet of 325,000, which was enough to take down the pot, after Pro pondered over his decision for a minute.

Hand #35 Randal Flowers moved all in from late position, and took down the blinds and antes.

The remaining eight players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.