Just a couple of hands after his flopped set of fives was run down by Sandy Ferguson in a huge pot that left him with just a few big blinds, John Germano put his last 27,000 in from the small blind after a raise by Ferguson.

Ronald Kaepernick called in the big blind, as did Ferguson.

On the flop, Kaepernick led out for 25,000 and Ferguson folded.

John Germano:
Ronald Kaepernick:

Germano had flopped top pair, leaving Germano needing an ace to survive.

The board completed , bringing Germano no help and sending him to the rail.

With his elimination, just 20 players remain as what will likely be the final break of the day approaches.

Sandy Ferguson	340,000	225,000
Ronald Kaepernick	320,000	320,000
John Germano	0	-95,000

Following a pair of early position limps, Charles Gudaitis moved all in for 115,000 from the cutoff.

Sandy Ferguson re-jammed for about 250,000 and the limpers folded.

Charles Gudaitis:
Sandy Ferguson:

Gudaitis was on the wrong side of the ultimate preflop cooler, but the dealer spread a flop of , flopping Gudaitis a set of kings. The board completed , earning Gudaitis a double-up the hard way.

Charles Gudaitis	239,000
Sandy Ferguson	115,000	-97,000

John Germano raised to 15,000 in early position and was called by Ronald Fienberg in the hijack.

On the flop, Germano continued for 25,000 and Fienberg moved all in for just under 100,000.

Germano made the call and had been trapped preflop.

Ronald Fienberg:
John Germano:

Fienberg had got the perfect flop to catch Germano with his aces, and after the board completed with the turn and river, he had slow played his way to a double-up.

Ronald Fienberg	235,000
John Germano	95,000	-95,000

Picking action up on a flop of with 50,000 in the middle, Linda Rodrigues bet 25,000 from the big blind.

Paul Kassella then moved all in for 167,500 from middle position, which sent Rodrigues into the tank.

She had been steadily building a big stack all day long but was now facing a decision that could potentially put a huge dent in it.

After a couple of minutes in the tank, Rodrigues opted to preserve her chips and fold, sending a sizeable pot to kassella.

As blinds get huge and play approaches just three tables left, decisions at each table are getting more and more important with just 15 players today advancing to Day 2 and making the money.

Paul Kassella	242,500	130,500
Linda Rodrigues	180,000	-105,000

In action from the feature table, Tuan Phan raised in late position and got jammed on by Rafael Alvarez in the big blind to the tune of 46,500. Phan happily called.

Rafael Alvarez:
Tuan Phan:

The board came , flopping each player a pair, but after getting a straight draw on the turn, Alvarez couldn't complete that draw, while Phan made his added flush draw to end Alvarez's night.

Tuan Phan	195,000	85,000
Rafael Alvarez	0	0

With just four tables left in play, the remaining 36 players have been sent on a 15 minute break.

There was about 20,000 in the middle on a turn board of when Joy Matinek checked in middle position to her opponent in late position.

He bet 10,000 and Martinek moved all in for 37,500. Her opponent happily called and thought he had knocked out Martinek as he showed his for a turned flush.

Martinek however turned over for a turned full house to leave him drawing dead as she boosts her stack into six figures as the field is now down to five tables.

Joy Martinek

105,000

105,000

While the BPO Florida World Championship continues, across the room, the Charity Series of Poker "Folding for the Families" event is underway.

The winner of this tournament receives $5,000, plus there are ten bounties in the field including Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi.

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