Danny Chang opened to 25,000 in middle position and was called by Brian Hastings in the cutoff and Louis Werman on the button. The flop came and the action checked to Werman who bet 40,000. Chang check-raised to 110,000 and which got Hastings to fold but Werman called.
The turn was the and Chang threw in another bet of 110,000. Werman still called and the hit the river. Chang counted out a bet of 140,000 and Werman sighed before he stuck in the chips to call. Chang flipped over for a full house and Werman sent his cards to the muck.
Alan Sternberg opened to 19,000 in early position and Nick Schulman defended from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Schulman led out with a bet of 12,000 and Sternberg called to see the on the river. Schulman checked this time and Sternberg threw in a bet of 20,000. Schulman agonized for over a minute before finally making the call. Sternberg announced "Just a three," before Schulman tabled to claim the pot.
Hernan Salazar opened to 15,000 in early position and Joe Hachem three-bet to 54,000 on his left. The action folded back to Salazar who made the call. The flop came and Salazar checked to Hachem who dropped in a stack of chips. Salazar called off his last 65,000 chips and the cards were tabled.
Hernan Salazar:
Joe Hachem:
Hachem flopped trip threes which left Salazar drawing to running fours or a six for the high, or half the pot with a low. The on the turn and the on the river were no help to Salazar who exited the tournament.
The action was picked up with Ben Yu who raised pre-flop to 21,000 and was called by Marco Johnson.
The dealer spread the flop of and both Yu and Johnson checked.
The turn card was the and the action went the same way.
The completed the board and this time Yu fired off a bet of 35,000. Next, Johnson thought for a brief moment before he gently whirled his back to the dealer.
Justin Liberto limped in from middle position which invited Roland Israelashvili to come along from the cutoff and Anatolii Zyrin in the big blind. The flop came and Liberto threw in a bet of 21,000. Israelashvili called and Zyrin folded.
The turn brought the and Liberto bet the pot. Israelashvili quickly stuck in his last 68,000 and turned over . Liberto was only playing for half the pot with and the on the river even took that away.
Liberto was left with just 48,000 chips and was able to get it all in against Jeff Gross in the next hand. Liberto held against the of Gross. The board ran out clean for Gross who nearly doubled his stack while Liberto was eliminated.
The hand was discovered on a completed board of with Leif Force who was all-in and at-risk versus Damjan Radanov and Richard Sklar.
With the all-in, each hand involved was tabled and it was the for the nut diamond flush held by Sklar that won the high, while the for the nut low held by Force took down the low, and each bested the held by Radanov.
With this hand Force survived his all-in, while Sklar chipped up to a comfortable 270,000.