After a bunch of bust-outs all at once, there are only 676 players remaining which means everyone who still has tournament chips has locked up a minimum payout of $960.
A player in early position raised to 20,000 and the action folded around to Maurice Archelle in the big blind who made the call.
The flop came and Archelle check-called a bet of 20,000. On the turn both players checked to see the river. Archelle fired out a bet of 30,000 before his opponent's cards hit the muck.
Craig Varnell raised under the gun to 15,000, the cutoff called, the button called and the big blind defended.
On the flop of the big blind checked to Varnell and he fired out a bet of 25,000. The player in the cutoff thought about it for a moment and made the call before the other two pairs got out of the way.
The turn was the and Varnell check-raised all-in against the cutoff's bet of 150,000. Varnell had 244,000 and the cutoff who had Varnell covered, snap-called.
Craig Varnell:
Cutoff:
Varnell had flopped trip sixes but was behind to the opponents turned flush. However, the river completed the board with the giving Varnell a full house and an incredible double up.
With around 40,000 in the middle, the flop read . The player in the small blind checked to Jonathan Libiran who fired in a bet of 21,000 before the small blind check-raised for the maximum which was more than Libiran had. Libiran didn't take much time before making the call for his stack of 110,000.
Jonathan Libiran:
Small Blind:
Libiran ran into his opponent's set of jacks and was looking for either a ten for a straight or an ace to win the pot. The turn changed nothing as the landed but the on the river completed Libiran's Broadway straight and left his opponent short stacked.