Raymond Padgett raised all in from middle position for 1.63 million and Bobby Byram called from the big blind.
Byram:
Padgett:
The flop fell , pairing Byram's queen. Padgett still led with his kings, but the hit the turn to give Byram aces and queens. The river was no help to Padgett, ending his tournament in 21st place.
Zach Gruneberg opened to 375,000 in the hijack, Austin Bursavich three-bet to 780,000 on the button and Gruneberg called to see a flop. Both players checked, the fell on the turn and Gruneberg checked to Bursavich who bet about 550,000. Gruneberg check-raised all in for about another 1.08 millon effective, Bursavich folded and Gruneberg showed for a double gutter as he collected the pot.
Shortly thereafter, Gruneberg opened to 375,000 from under the gun. Bursavich three-bet to 600,000, Gruneberg shoved for about 1.04 million effective and Bursavich called for his tournament life.
Gruneberg:
Bursavich:
The board ran out as Gruneberg paired his jack on the river to eliminate Bursavich in 20th place.
Sean Drake opened to 325,000 and Mark Peckham three-bet shoved all in. After getting a quick count, Drake made the call, putting Peckham at risk.
Drake:
Peckham:
Peckham would get some bad news from the flop as Drake paired his ace. The on turn gave Peckham a few more outs, but the on the river left him off the final two table redraw.
Many players have been complaining about the lack of big chips in play here in the Monster Stack as some players - such as Zachary Gruneberg - have been sitting with over 2 million in orange 5,000-denomination chips to go along with his 25,000 and 100,000-denomination chips.
Although the call for bigger denomination chips were made quite a while ago, it has taken until now for them to be introduced.
And unfortunately the only chips available are a brownish-oreo colored 50,000-denomination chip, and due to the lack of chips, only two racks totaling 10 million have been introduced into play spread amongst three players; Gruneberg, Bobby Byram and Sean Drake.
Mathew Frankland open-shoved his last 2.1 million and Zachary Gruneberg iso-shoved all in from the button to force the remaining players out.
Frankland:
Gruneberg:
With Frankland in dominated shape, the flop gave him an additional two outs, but when the turn and river landed the and , Frankland fell to the rail in 16th place for a $62,726 payday as Gruneberg soared to roughly 22.7 million in chips.
From the button, Christoph Csik moved all in for 1,020,000 and Sean Drake in the small blind made the call.
Csik:
Drake:
With Csik needing to see some paint, the wouldn't be what he was looking for as he would be eliminated in 15th place as Drake climbed to roughly 14.5 million in chips.
From the small blind, Tony Sinishtaj moved all in for 2,850,000 and Sean Drake made the call from the big blind.
Sinishtaj:
Drake:
With Sinishtaj flipping for his tournament life, the board wouldn't connect with him, and he was bundled to the rail in 14th place for $78,965 as Drake climbed to roughly 17.8 million in chips.
The action folded to Sean Drake in the small blind, and for the second time in as many orbits, he moved all in. Jason Leifer sat in the big blind with roughly 1.3 million and he made the call for his tournament life.
Leifer:
Drake:
The board ran out to see Leifer eliminated in 13th place for $78,965 as Drake climbed to 16.7 million in chips.
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, pairing Byram's queen. Padgett still led with his kings, but the 
hit the turn to give Byram aces and queens. The 
river was no help to Padgett, ending his tournament in 21st place.
flop. Both players checked, the 
fell on the turn and Gruneberg checked to Bursavich who bet about 550,000. Gruneberg check-raised all in for about another 1.08 millon effective, Bursavich folded and Gruneberg showed 
for a double gutter as he collected the pot.
as Gruneberg paired his jack on the river to eliminate Bursavich in 20th place.
on turn gave Peckham a few more outs, but the 
. Haugen earned $62,726 for his 18th-place finish.
, giving Parenti a flush draw. However, the 
and 
, Frankland fell to the rail in 16th place for a $62,726 payday as Gruneberg soared to roughly 22.7 million in chips.
wouldn't be what he was looking for as he would be eliminated in 15th place as Drake climbed to roughly 14.5 million in chips.
to see Leifer eliminated in 13th place for $78,965 as Drake climbed to 16.7 million in chips.