Galen Hall Eliminated in 22nd Place ($38,710)

Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante

Galen Hall moves all in preflop for 251,000 and David Tuthill calls on the hi-jack. Their cards:

Hall: 1010
Tuthill: KQ

Board: K739A

Hall is eliminated on the hand and Tuthill is now above 1.1 million.

David Tuthill - 1,140,000 (71 bb)
Galen Hall - Out in 22nd Place ($38,710)

Out in 22nd for 43k. TT < KQ allin pre. Basically lost every hand I played today and all 3 allins. Oh well, not much I can do about that.

— Galen Hall (@galenhall) February 27, 2013

Jesse Sylvia Doubles Thru Galen Hall

Level 19: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

Galen Hall raises under the gun, and Jesse Sylvia moves all in from the hijack for 92,000 more. Hall stands up to get a good look at the other tables while he thinks, almost as if he's checking out the other short stacks, but he isn't at risk and they are still a few spots away from an increase in the payouts.

Hall eventually calls with KJ, and Sylvia turns over 99. Sylvia will need his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes Q8662, and the pocket nines hold up for Sylvia to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jesse Sylvia  -  250,000  (31 bb)
Galen Hall  -  363,000  (45 bb)

After the hand, Sylvia assumes that Hall was doing some complicated ICM calculation when he was looking around the room, but Hall says no. Hall says he was simply trying to figure out which player would most likely be moved to their table to replace Sylvia if he had busted.

Lost a 230k flip KJ < 99, down to 360

— Galen Hall (@galenhall) February 26, 2013

Mack Lee Eliminated in 46th Place ($21,840)

Level 19: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

Mack Lee (small blind), Donald Nicholson (big blind), and Galen Hall are all all-in preflop with Hall covering both of his opponents. Their cards;

Lee: AK
Hall: A4
Nicholson: 77

Board: 96284

Lee is the short stack and he is eliminated on the hand, while Nicholson triples up to survive with 300,000. Hall drops to around 700,000 after the hand.

Donald Nicholson - 300,000 (37 bb)
Galen Hall - 720,000 (90 bb)
Mack Lee - Out in 46th Place ($21,840)

Day 3 with Galen Hall

Level 16: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante

Dethroned Chipleader Galen Hall

Level 13: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Galen Hall had the chip lead at the last break, and gave his thoughts to the WPT tournament from the table.

Hall has since slipped a bit (he's currently sixth in chips with about 270,000), and last night's chipleader Peter Neff has regained the top spot with about 375,000.

The Twitternet: Gale Force Start

Level 12: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Stole the blinds a few times then doubled with QQ on TTT9Q, then won another 80k next hand to be chip leader with 470k, then table breaks

— Galen Hall (@galenhall) February 25, 2013

Next tbl raise AQ called in bb, I bet/bet/bet on Q83xT and run into Q8 for 190k pot, back down to 370k. Still obv v happy w/ the day so far

— Galen Hall (@galenhall) February 25, 2013

The Twitternet: Magical Hole Cards

Level 10: 500-1,000, 100 ante

Defend bb with A8dd.Recheck my cards on the flop and I have Q4o. Wat. So then I check raise and get jammed on and fold. zzzzzzzz

— Galen Hall (@galenhall) February 25, 2013

Galen Hall Chipping Up

Level 7: 250-500, 75 ante

The UTG+1 player raises to 1,200 and Galen Hall calls from the hijack.

The flop falls J65 and the UTG+1 player bets 2,100. Hall calls to see the J turn which both players check. The 2 river completes the board and the UTG+1 player checks. Hall bets 7,600 and his opponent calls after about 30 seconds.

Hall tables KJ for trip jacks, topping his opponent's hand to win the pot.

Galen Hall - 130,000 (260 bb)