Ben Yu opened for a raise in the hijack, Joe Serock defended in the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Serock check-called a bet, then led out for 26,000 when the turned. Yu called.
The river was the , Serock moved all in for effectively 105,000 or so, and Yu tank-called. Serock showed for trip sixes, which was good enough to win the pot and eliminate Yu.
Kristijonas Andrulis raised to 17,000 in the cutoff, Dan Kelly called on the button, and Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong three-bet to 50,000 from the small blind. Andrulis made it 95,000, Kelly folded, and Armstrong moved all in for 346,000. Andrulis called.
Andrulis:
Armstrong:
Armstrong had Andrulis crushed, and held when the board came . There was a bit of debate as to how many chips Andrulis had, but after a few minutes of confusion he was left with 10,000.
David Vamplew opened for a raise from under the gun, a short-stacked Peter Gould moved all in for 90,000 on the button, and not knowing that Vamplew opened, Griffin Benger called in the big blind. Vamplew then re-shoved, and Benger unhappily folded.
Vamplew:
Gould:
Gould flopped a pair of kings, but Vamplew flopped a set of fives when the dealer fanned . Gould was drawing dead when the turned, and the completed the board.
Ben Hamnett moved all in for 88,000 in the hijack seat, and Dan Kelly re-shoved in the small blind. Jamie Armstrong folded in the big blind.
Hamnett:
Kelly:
Kelly was ahead, the flop gave him a pair of queens. Neither player held a spade, so Hamnett had outs to chop. The on the turn gave him two extra outs to actually win the hand and double, but unfortunately for him the on the river was not one of them
Hamnett was eliminated in 19th place, while Kelly now has 415,000 chips.
Joe Serock raised to 22,000 out of the cutoff, Darryll Fish three-bet jammed for 231,000 on the button, and both blinds released. Serock called, and had Fish dominated.
Serock:
Fish:
Fish snatched the lead away when the flop fell however, and Serock was suddenly in a position where he needed to catch up. The on the turn was no help though, and neither was the on the river.
Serock was left with just 61,000 chips, and the next hand he was all in with against again. This time it was Trevor Pope with the ace-ten, and he too flopped a pair fo tens when the dealer spread . The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Serock was eliminated in 17th place.
The remaining 16 players are redrawing down to two tables.
Griffin Benger raised to 24,000 in the hijack seat, Ismael Bojang called out of the big blind, and Bojang check-shoved over a 27,000-chip continuation bet from Benger on a flop of . Benger called all in for 150,000, and was behind.
Benger:
Bojang:
Bojang had flopped top two, and Benger needed a queen or running straight/flush cards to catch up. The on the turn eliminated both his straight and flush chances, and the on the river ended his tournament.
The Canadian will earn $19,193 for his 16th-place finish, while Bojang now has 510,000 chips.
After a long lull in action, Chris DeMaci raised to 26,000 in the cutoff, Darryll Fish three-bet jammed for effectively 230,000 in the big blind, and DeMaci called.
DeMaci:
Fish:
Fish flopped a king when the dealer fanned , and eliminated DeMaci when the turn and river came , respectively.
Markus Gonsalves open-shoved for 124,000 on the button, and Tom Marchese called in the big blind.
Gonsalves:
Marchese:
The board came , and Gonsalves doubled with a straight.
Brandon Meyers opened to 27,000 from under the gun, Darryll Fish three-bet in the cutoff, and Meyers moved all in for 219,000. Fish called.
Meyers:
Fish:
Meyers won the race when the board rolled out , doubling to 470,000 chips.
Kristijonas Andrulis doubled once again on one of the last hands before break. He three-bet shoved for 140,000 over an open to 24,000 from Jamie Armstrong, and the action folded back to Armstrong who called.
Andrulis:
Armstrong:
Andrulis had Armstrong dominated, and held when the flop, turn, and river produced .
Dan Kelly bumped it up to 35,000 in the hijack, Brian Rast, the 2011 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner, three-bet all in for 196,000 in the big blind, and Kelly called.
Kelly:
Rast:
The flop came , extending Kelly's lead, but Rast picked up a straight draw when the turned. An eight on the river would give Rast a straight, and keep in alive, but the bricked off.
Rast was eliminated in 14th place, while Kelly now has over 900,000 chips.