Leonardo Martins opened to 5,000 in the cutoff and both Ashton Griffin and Kyle Julius making the call to see a flop of .
Julius and Martins checked to Griffin who bet pot of 16,200 before Julius moved all in and Martins quickly folded. With approximately 10,000 behind, Griffin made the call to be at risk.
Griffin:
Julius:
With Julius in dominating shape with his set, the turn and river landed the and to see Griffin eliminated, and since Iddo Feinberg was eliminated just a few moments early, there would be no need for hand-for-hand play as Griffin became the tournament's bubble boy in 49th place.
On a flop of , Iddo Feinberg got his stack all in holding the for bottom set. Brandon Crawford had him at risk with the for a flush draw and queens. The turn actually gave Crawford Broadway, and Feinberg got up out of his seat. He could still survive if the board paired on the river, but that didn't happen as the peeled off to improve Crawford to a flush.
Feinberg exited in 50th place as the penultimate bubble boy. Meanwhile, there was another all-in situation at another table.
Over at Table 444, there was around 35,000 in the pot and a board reading when Mike Watson bet 25,000 from the small blind. Davidi Kitai, who won Event #15: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed for his third bracelet earlier this summer, made the call from the big blind and the two watched the completed the board on the river.
It was a dangerous card, and Watson slowed down with a check. Kitai took the opportunity to bet 40,000, and it did the trick as Watson released his hand.
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After the hijack opened with a raise, Jascha Levy called from the cutoff. Nick Grippo then three-bet the pot from the button, the blinds folded, and the original raiser got out of the way. Levy opted to make the call and then bet all in for 23,000 on the flop. Grippo had just a little less than that and called off.
Grippo:
Levy:
Levy had flopped the nuts and Levy was in bad shape with kings. The turn meant Levy could survive with an eight on the river, but it was not meant to be as the blanked. Grippo was eliminated on the hand while Levy chipped up to 85,000.
Craig Hartman got his stack of approximately 27,000 all in preflop and received a call from Roger Sippl.
"I'm behind," Sippl admitted before turning up his cards.
Hartman:
Sippl:
Sippl was behind, but the flop was looking decent as he picked up some straight outs. The turn improved Hartman to a pair of aces, and he successfully dodged danger when the harmless peeled off on the river.
Action folded to Dmytro Nemyrovskyi in the small blind and he raised the pot, putting the pressure on a short-stacked Jon Hoellein in the big. Hoellein responded by moving all in and Nemyrovskyi made the call.
Hoellein:
Nemyrovskyi:
Nemyrovskyi was ahead with kings, but that changed when the flop delivered Hoellein aces. The turn improved Hoellein to a straight, which guaranteed him the double. The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure and then Nemyrovskyi sent some chips over to Hoellein.