$1,500 + $100 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante
After doubling up once to breathe a little life into his stack, David Tuthill opened first to act from late position to 75K and was re-raised all in by Stephen Diamantas. Tuthill made the call and showed pocket 7’s. He would be racing against Stephen and his 
. The race was over quickly as a King flopped and the pair of Kings would improve to two pair on the river for Stephen to send his friend to the rail in 9th place.
and it was checked around. The turn was the 
and Sponaugle led out for 50K after Garcia checked and was called by Tuthill. Diamantas folded and Garcia check raised to 115K. Sponaugle contemplated what to do, his eyes darting back and forth between Garcia, Tuthill, and the board. Finally he made the call for 65K more. After confirming the amount, Tuthill also called. The river was the 
and Garcia quickly checked. Ryan counted out his stack and then announced that he was all in. After getting a count of 174K, Tuthill called. Garcia quickly folded, saying he had A-Q. Sponaugle turned over 
for the nut flush causing Tuthill to toss his cards in disgust into the center before pulling them back and showing the table that he had 
against Cord Garcia’s 
when the board ran out 
. The players are now taking a 15 minute break.
and Dowda checked. Korfonta asked the other two how much they had and once he saw he announced that he was all in. Deboer got out of the way but Dowda made the call with the 
for the nut flush draw. Korfonta held 
. The turn was the 
giving Dowda an open ended straight draw to go with his flush draw. The river did not hit any of the draws though as it was the 
for top pair but he was out-kicked by Miller and his 
