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?"
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.
Joshua Schoonover moved all in for his last 33,000 from under the gun and both David Vamplew and Diego Zeiter made the call as the dealer fanned a flop.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn and Zeiter bet out 45,000 to force Vamplew to toss his cards into the muck.
Schoonover:
Zeiter:
With Schoonover drawing dead, the on the river sealed the deal and sent him out in 22nd place as Zeiter moved to 587,000 in chips.
Jeffrey Johnston limped in from middle position only to have Heath Mendelsohn three-bet to 62,000 from the cutoff. With the action on Mike Watson on the button he cold four-bet to 116,000 as the action passed back to Johnston.
Johnston paused for a few moments before making it 266,000 to force Mendelsohn out of the pot as Watson pushed all in for 678,000 and Johnston called.
Johnston:
Watson:
With Watson looking at a 1.4 million-chip pot, the board ensured he claimed the chip lead as Johnston was left crippled with less than a big blind.
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to be in a flip against Shaffer's 
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would ensure Shaffer the double as Males took a few steps down the leaderboard.
flop would be the dagger ending that dream as Harwood spiked a two-outer to keep her in the tournament.
and 
on the turn and river ensured her double as Mendelsohn was left thinking "what if?"
we found Joshua Schoonover moving all in. David Vamplew instantly called for his 276,000-chip stack with 
and Vamplew doubled through to nearly 800,000 as Schoonover was crippled to just two big blinds.
landed on the turn and Zeiter bet out 45,000 to force Vamplew to toss his cards into the muck.
