Shannon Bryant jammed his 190,000 and Mike Schnitzer three-bet all in on the button. Roy Carson was in the big blind and asked for a count. After hearing it was 1,605,000 he gave it about 30 seconds before giving it up.

Shannon Bryant:
Mike Schnitzer:

The flop came , giving Schnitzer top set and Bryant a gutshot straight draw. The on the turn and on the river were no help for Bryant though as he was eliminated from the tournament.

Mike Schnitzer	2,100,000	-100,000
Roy Carson	1,200,000	50,000
Shannon Bryant	0	-150,000

Shannon Bryant was all in for 50,000 in the small blind and Richard Stepanian was in the big blind putting him at risk.

Shannon Byrant:
Richard Stepanian:

The board ran out for Bryant's ace-high to hold as he tripled his short stack.

Mike Schnitzer	2,200,000	1,100,000
Roy Carson	1,150,000	130,000
Richard Stepanian	880,000	270,000
Matthew Jones	850,000	380,000
Kourtney Sims	430,000	-650,000
Shannon Bryant	150,000	-690,000

The cards were already tabled on the completed board of and the dealer was counting Billy Hayes stack of 1,400,000.

Hayes had his opponent Carlin Soto out-kicked as Hayes was showing the and Soto still had his . Soto counted out the 1,400,000 which left him with about the same behind.

Billy Hayes	3,300,000	2,640,000
Carlin Soto	1,400,000	-1,800,000

Tommy Nefcy shoved his 580,000 in the middle and Ed Lockwood called on the button.

Tommy Nefcy:
Ed Lockwood:

The flop came , changing nothing and the hit the turn.

"Ace" Nefcy pleaded quietly. Asking must have helped as the hit the river and Nefcy jumped up in his chair while throwing his hands up. "Yes!" He yelled as he collected the pot.

Carlin Soto	3,200,000	850,000
Martin Bender	2,880,000	680,000
Tommy Nefcy	1,400,000	750,000
Ed Lockwood	1,300,000	-20,000
Stefano Bario	1,000,000	200,000
Mati Eaton	970,000	170,000

With only 27 players remaining it is a very energetic room, building quite the rail to sweat all of their Bar Poker Open regions.

Billy Hayes had just doubled his 75,000-chip stack when his ace-king held up against Adam Iaccarino, who was forced to play in the big blind with eight-six. Hayes got right back in the action the on the next hand.

Hayes jammed for 270,000 under the gun and Mike Reesman made the call in the big blind.

Billy Hayes:
MIke Reesman:

Hayes was looking to connect and that he did when the flop came , giving him a straight. The turn and river meant he doubled through Reesman to be back in the game.

Mike Reesman	1,300,000	-1,500,000
Adam Iaccarino	700,000	125,000
Billy Hayes	660,000	-40,000

On a flop of , Mike Reesman led out for 125,000 and Carlin Soto made the call.

The hit the turn and both players checked to see the on the river.

Reesman fired out a bet of 300,000 and Soto put in three orange chips to call.

"You're good" Said Reesman as he tabled .

Indeed Soto was good as he tabled the for a straight on the river and the dealer pushed him the pot.

Mike Reesman	2,800,000	-500,000
Carlin Soto	2,350,000	2,010,000

With half the field already gone, the 31 players remaining have reached their first 15-minute break of the day.

Bob Womack raised in early position to 150,000 and Mike Schnitzer called in the hijack.

The dealer fanned a flop of and Womack wasted no time jamming his 345,000 into the middle. Schnitzer only took a few seconds and pushed his cards into the middle.

Ed Lockwood	1,300,000	1,165,000
Nate Helms	1,200,000	920,000
Wasim Soomro	1,100,000	785,000
Mike Schnitzer	900,000	-405,000
Bob Womack	795,000	515,000

Four players saw a flop of and the action checked through to the turn.

Nick Sims was in the small blind and led out for 100,000. Nancy Peterman was next to act and folded. Ruben Vancelette contemplated for some time before letting it go and Richard Stepanian mucked on the button, sending the pot to Sims.

Mike Reesman	3,300,000	1,500,000
Carlous Collins	2,100,000	920,000
Nick Sims	950,000	790,000
Ruben Vancelette	710,000	-340,000
Richard Stepanian	700,000	220,000
Mati Eaton	675,000	215,000
Nancy Peterman	300,000	60,000

Aaron Groover raised 140,000 in an early position and John Kelly pushed his entire 305,000 stack across the line from the cutoff. The action folded back to Groover and he took some time before sigh-calling.

John Kelly:
Aaron Groover:

The dealer spread a flop of , improving Kelly to top pair. The fell on the turn securing the double for Kelly and the river was just a formality.

John Kelly	760,000	335,000
Aaron Groover	235,000	-575,000