Small blind Tom Marchese bet 80,000, which looked to be around half pot, on a completed board of . Brandon Adams dropped in calling chips from the big blind after 20 seconds of thought, but he couldn't beat .
From the cutoff, Cord Garcia raised to 21,000 before Isaac Haxton three-bet the big blind to 81,000.
Garcia called, and after the dealer spread a flop, Haxton continued for 75,000.
Forced to use a time extension chip, Garcia eventually announced he was all in for 293,000. Haxton re-checked his hole cards, then announced a call.
Garcia:
Haxton:
Garcia was in bad shape holding top pair against Haxton's middle set.
Needing some combination of flush or straight cards, or runner full house outs, Garcia would see the and roll off on the turn and river to improve his top pair to a full house.
As Garcia doubled into contention with the chip leaders, Haxton was left with a cruel runner-runner beat to drop down to around 21 big blinds.
Ryan Leng raised to 40,000, leaving 26,000 back. Ali Imsirovic called on the button and they saw a flop heads up. Leng stuck in the last 26,000 and Imsirovic called, although he'd whiffed with . He wasn't in bad shape though, as Leng had for a draw but just queen-high.
The drama was over with the turn, and Leng collected a double.
Joseph Orsino was all in for 167,000 from under the gun when we arrived at his table, having in front of him and dominating the of Isaac Haxton. The board ran out , good for an Orsino double.