We caught up with the hand on the turn with the board reading and Peter Gould had raised to 20,000. Steven Goldberg pushed his stack in the middle and Gould made the call.
Gould:
Goldberg:
Gould had made the straight, but he was drawing dead to Goldberg's flush. Goldberg doubled up and Gould is still sitting comfortable with the largest stack in the room.
On the second hand of hand-for-hand play, Seth Berger opened to 2,500 from mid-position, Douglas Stewart three-bet to 6,500 in the cutoff, Mario Coria called from the big blind, and Berger made the call as well.
The flop was dealt , Coria and Berger checked, and Stewart bet 12,000. Coria folded, Berger raised to 30,000, enough to put Stewart all in, and Stewart made the call putting himself at risk.
Berger:
Stewart:
Stewart was ahead at the time but Berger had flopped a flush draw. The turn brought the axe down on Stewart. Berger made his flush with the and the river sent Stewart packing as the 172nd place finisher. One away from the money.
At the turn with the board reading and a pile of chips in the pot numbering about 25,000, Mike Del Vecchio had a bet of 12,200 sitting in front of him. Peter Gould raised him to 28,200 and Del Vecchio pushed all in for 85,200, covering Gould. It took a couple of minutes, but Gould eventually made the call, risking his tournament just a couple spots from the bubble, with ace-high to go with the pair on the board. However, it was better than Del Vecchio's king-high.
Del Vecchio:
Gould:
The river was the , giving Gould the unnecessary two pairs, and his enormous call has now put him in the position of chip leader.
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Mark Reilly shoved from the small blind and a short-stacked Erik Haakenson quickly put his chips in the middle.
Haakenson:
Reilly:
The flop was not great for Haakenson, Reilly had paired his ten with board. The turn, however gave Haakenson, a straight and it would hold through the on the river.
We missed the action but Kyle Weir made a bet of 11,500 on the river, with a pot of about 40,000 and a board reading . His opponent made the call and mucked when Weir turned over
Action folded around to the severly short-stacked Alexander Haris in the small blind and he moved his stack into the middle. Mikal Blomlie made the call reluctantly from the big blind, putting Haris' tournament life at risk.
Haris:
Blomlie:
The board ran out . Blomlie had flopped an up and down straight draw and got there on the river. Haris was eliminated just short of the money.
We came across Kitty Kuo sitting on a very short stack. Michael Souza raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Kuo pushed 5,100 all in from the small blind. Souza made the easy call and flipped over the better hand: . Kuo needed to catch up with , but the board ran out and she was eliminated from the tournament.
and Peter Gould had raised to 20,000. Steven Goldberg pushed his stack in the middle and Gould made the call.
and the river 
sent Stewart packing as the 172nd place finisher. One away from the money.
and a pile of chips in the pot numbering about 25,000, Mike Del Vecchio had a bet of 12,200 sitting in front of him. Peter Gould raised him to 28,200 and Del Vecchio pushed all in for 85,200, covering Gould. It took a couple of minutes, but Gould eventually made the call, risking his tournament just a couple spots from the bubble, with ace-high to go with the pair on the board. However, it was better than Del Vecchio's king-high.
, giving Gould the unnecessary two pairs, and his enormous call has now put him in the position of chip leader.
board. The turn, 
however gave Haakenson, a straight and it would hold through the 
. His opponent made the call and mucked when Weir turned over 
and she was eliminated from the tournament.
