Catching the action on the turn with the board reading we found Joshua Schoonover moving all in. David Vamplew instantly called for his 276,000-chip stack with and had Shoonover drawing dead with his .
The river landed the and Vamplew doubled through to nearly 800,000 as Schoonover was crippled to just two big blinds.
From middle position Heath Mendelsohn opened to 35,000 only to have Loni Harwood three-bet jam all in for 246,000 from the small blind. Mendelsohn instantly called and the cards were tabled.
Mendelsohn:
Harwood:
With Mendelsohn in great shape to storm up the leaderboard, the flop would be the dagger ending that dream as Harwood spiked a two-outer to keep her in the tournament.
Now needing to fade one of the two case Jacks, the and on the turn and river ensured her double as Mendelsohn was left thinking "what if?"
Peter Males opened to 41,000 from the small blind only to have Humberto Brenes three-bet jam all in. Males quickly called and the cards were tabled.
Brenes:
Males:
The board would see Brenes lose the race, and when each player's stack was broken down it was deemed that Brenes had 370,000 - roughly 25,000 less then Males - and would consequently be sent to the rail in 23rd place.
Sebastian Pauli opened the button to 32,000 and Matias Ruzzi moved all in from the small blind for 248,000. Pauli snap-called and the cards were tabled.
Pauli:
Ruzzi:
The board ran out to see Ruzzi's tens hold as he moved up to 510,000 while Pauli dropped to the very same amount.
Catching the action on the flop of we found Steve Bartlett checking over to Robert Hwang who bet out 45,000. Bartlett responded by check-raising to 100,000 only to have Hwang move all in for 215,000. Bartlett called and the cards were tabled.
Bartlett:
Hwang:
The turn and river landed the and to see Hwang sent to the rail in 24th place as Bartlett climbed to 690,000 in chips.
After a raise - to what appeared to be 35,000 - Heath Mendelsohn three-bet to 81,000. With the action on Kitty Kuo in the small blind, she moved all in for roughly 300,000.
The original raiser folded, and Mendelsohn went deep into the tank before eventually making the call.