Matt Glantz raised to 600 pre-flop with 3 callers including Scott Fischman. The flop came K54 and Glantz led out for 1.8k. Fischman moved all in for 4.7k and the other players foled. Glantz called and the players showed:

Matt Glantz A2

Scott Fischman K9

The turn and river came 6A to eliminate Fischman from the tournament.

hand 1 play bad- i had about 18,500 and  lost 12k of it in a hand that i totally butchered...would take way to long to type it out...sorry

hand 2 get lucky- i call a raise pre with  A10  3 see the flop of  A106  raiser checks i check guy bets 2500 raiser calls i shove allin for 5700...guy folds and raiser calls with AK...i more then double back to 17k!

hand 3 play good- one limper i rasise button with T7...sb calls limper calls....flop T-8-6...checks to me i bet 800 sb calls limper folds....turn 7....chekc check....river A sb bets 1500 i call with 2 pair and he shows me T8 for bigger 2 pair.....

sitting at 13k now

20k the hard way....we started with 20k stack, i was down to about 11k after losing a big pot with  QQ had to lay it down on the turn.... then i got in a pot with  99 in a limped pot and lost some chips to a straight on a 7 high board.... i recovered my stack by calling a pre flop raise with  35 the flop came  A55 i bet and got called.... turn  7  i bet and got called river  10 and got paid off with a 3k bet....

one of the weakest guys at the table makes it 400, another guy calls, and i repopped with Q10 to get heads-up with the weak player.  he called and the other guy folded.  the flop came K103 and he leads out for 2k.  i called then he checked when another 10 fell on the turn.  i bet 3.5k and he called.  river was nothing and i shipped all in and he called with AK for 9k.  so right now i have almost doubled up and have 34k.

Today is my day of the main event. I feel very well prepared and am looking forward to a long day of folding.

One very important rule for tourneys like this is not to have any predetermined chipcount goals.

My only goal today is to survive by playing solid poker! I will try to keep you updated througout the day....GL me

Shortly after getting his Kings cracked by Matt Gianetti, Shawn Buchanan got it all in with JJ versus 1010 and was sent to the rail when a 10 fell.  Gianetti currently has the chip lead with about 350k.

Scott Fischman has climbed back up to the top 10 with 185k.  He'll update us on his progress during the dinner break.

Gavin Griffin is in 9th place with 180k while Farzad Bonyadi is just behind him with 175k.  Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (140k), Allen Cunningham (125k), Joe Sebok (135k), and Michael Binger (122k) are also vying for a spot at the final table.

On a flop of J52, John Juanda bet 8k, Scott Fischman called, and another opponent made it 25k. Juanda folded, Fischman moved all in, and the opponent called. The players showed:

Scott Fischman J10

Random Guy #76 QQ

The turn and river were no help to Fischman, who was eliminated from the tournament.

Scott Fischman just won a 30k pot from Erica Schoenberg when both players turned a flush.