Jake Daniels was on the button with on the felt, facing a bet of 5,000 from a middle-position opponent. Daniels called and the river was a . The first player bet 14,000 and Daniels popped in a raise to 37,800. After about a minute of thought, his opponent gave it up.
Michael Lech raised to 4,500 from the button and William Gibbons three-bet to 20,000 in the small blind. Joe Hachem shoved for 36,000 in total from the big blind and Lech dived into the tank.
The ESPN camera crew swarmed the table as the 2005 Main Event Champ had put his tournament life at risk. Lech ended up folding and now it was Gibbons' turn to consider his options. Gibbon looked at the pot, at how much more he'd have to put in, and took some more time to consider his options.
"I really want to fold here," Gibbons said but still made the call in the end.
Joe Hachem:
William Gibbons:
The board ran out for Hachem to hold and double up.
Lech said he folded ace-jack and Hachem responded: "You're such a good player! All day long, I thought you were shit, but now... I think you're a good player."
The table all laughed.
"I knew you had an ace, so I was happy you folded as I knew he had bupkis," Hachem said while pointing to Gibbons. Gibbons laughed and they joked around a bit more after shaking hands.
Andy Hwang raised to 4,000 and Chris Grigorian reraised to 11,000, the action folded back around to Hwang and he called.
The flop came , Hwang checked and Grigorian moved all-in for roughly 60,000 and Hwang Snap called.
Andy Hwang:
Chris Grigorian:
Grigorian was going to need to catch an ace to stay in the tournament but the fell on the turn giving Hwang quad sixes, and the river completed the board with the , sending Grigorian to the rail.
The player in early position raised to 4,100 and and Zizheng Huang called from middle position. The hijack moved all in for about 36,000 and Huang was the only one to call.
Opponent:
Zizheng Huang:
The runout was and Huang made a set of eights to eliminate his opponent.
Robert Mitchell checked from middle position in a three-bet pot on . Mark Zullo bet 9,000 into about 25,000 from the button and Mitchell called. On the turn, Mitchell sprang to life with an all-in shove. It was 34,500 effective and Zullo appeared less than pleased. He checked his cards numerous times and put his head in his hand, tanking a couple of minutes before mucking.
Owais Ahmed walked out of the tournament room and mentioned that he four-bet and called a five-bet shove with kings only to lose out against an opponent's ace-king.
Benjamin Notgrass was under-the-gun and Jan Eric Schwippert was in middle position and they both put 7,500 in the middle before the flop.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Notgrass check-called a bet of 7,000. The landed on the turn and Notgrass check snap-called a bet of 20,000.
The landed on the river, pairing the board and bringing in the front door flush, and now Notgrass took the lead by betting 25,000 and Schwippert wasted no time calling. Notgrass tabled for a turned Bicycle and Schwippert passed his cards to the dealer to throw in the muck.
Omri Moga raised from middle position and the player on the button three-bet to 13,500. Moga added the remainder to call.
The dealer spread a flop of and Moga check-called a bet of 8,500 from the button.
The turn brought the and was checked through to the . Both players checked again. Moga showed for jacks and deuces and his opponent sent his hand to the muck.