Two tables had finished action, but the other two tables were still in play. On one of them, action had folded to Anton Astapau in the small blind, and he moved all in against Keven Stammen's big blind. Stammen, who had just 37,000 in chips behind, tanked long and hard.
"Will you show me if I fold?" Stammen asked Astapau at one point during his tank. "Actually, don't show me. I don't want to see."
While Stammen was tanking, Greg Merson and Georgios Zisimopoulos got all in on the other table still in action. Merson and Zisimopoulos were instructed to not turn over their hands until the hand between Astapau and Stammen played out to see if Stammen called or not. Eventually, Stammen folded.
Zisimopoulos then showed the , and he was all in for 52,000. Merson had one over card with the .
It was that one over card that came into play when the flop fell to put him in front with a pair of kings. The turn was the , and the river was the . With that, Merson won the pot and Zisimopoulos was eliminated on the bubble.
Dario Sammartino and Nick Maimone played another interesting pot on the bubble.
Sammartino raised preflop and Maimone called. The flop was and Sammartino bet 26,000. Maimone called.
Both players checked the on the turn. On the river things got a little more interesting.
The river was the and after a few moments Sammartino shove all in for over 1 million chips into the pot of about 90,000. At one of the other tables Jean-Pascal Savard was waiting to see if he would triple up, because the action was paused waiting for Sammartino and Maimone's hand to finish.
Maimone looked amazed at the Sammartino shove. He took the full allotment of time before Tyler Patterson called the clock and with about 30 seconds left he folded.
At that, he stood up and said, "I will pay you one hundred dollars to see your hand."
Sammartino responded very quickly, "two hundred."
Maimone obliged and pulled out two one hundred dollar bills and gave them to Sammartino. Sammartino then turned over for complete air and the crowd that had surrounded the table laughed.
Robert Gorodetsky and Sean Winter called Jean-Pascal Savard's all in bet.
The two players checked down the board of and then turned their hands over, but had to turn them back over since action had not been completed at another one of the tables.
Savard showed and Winter showed . Savard's kings were good enough to win the pot when it was all said and done and he tripled up.
Nick Yunis limped in from the cutoff seat, and Josh Beckley raised to 44,000 from the button. After action folded back to Yunis, he reraised to 80,000. Beckley called.
The flop was , and Yunis check-called a bet of 56,000 from Beckley to see the land on the turn. Yunis checked again, Beckley bet 140,000, and Yunis called.
With 161,000 left, Yunis also checked the river. Beckley moved all in, and Yunis gave it up. Beckley showed just the from his hand before he raked in the pot.