Randall Chamberlain open-shoved his last 130,000 in from middle position. A few spots down, Kam Low shoved all in over the top of that. Everyone else folded and the two headed to a showdown.
Low:
Chamberlain:
The board ran out . That gave Chamberlain a flush draw, but he couldn't complete it and he hit the rail in 26th place, taking home $20,890 for his run here in Event #31.
The field has been reduced to the last 26 and it was Seth Brown who had his pocket aces cracked. Bill Klein looked him up with and found a queen on the flop of a board . The remaining hopefuls will now redraw to the last three tables, as one other player had busted on a different table at the same time.
Over on table 700, Gina Bacon has just knocked out two players in a row. The first to depart was Stephen Jarrett, who battled with a short stack for quite some time and had last been spotted with around 10 big blinds. He got it in with out of the big blind and Bacon had the from under the gun.
The board came and Jarrett missed out on his flush draw and one overcard.
Exactly one hand later, Tommy Vinas pushed from under the gun with the and Bacon called in the big blind with . The board ran out and the six on the turn saw Vinas also join the rail.
Moments later, Jimmy Tran was left empty-handed to bust in 29th place.
Richard Mombourquette raised to 70,000 from middle position and he was called by Kam Low in position and Gregory Fair from the big blind.
The flop came down and Fair checked to Mombourquette. Mombourquette bet 115,000. Low then reraised to 255,000. Fair folded but Mombourquette called.
On the turn, Mombourquette put out a bet of 415,000 and that was more than enough to put Low all in. He tanked for about three minutes before finally releasing his hand and awarding the big pot to Mombourquette, while Low was left with under 400,000.
Tournament staff just announced that play will continue until the last nine for the official final table have been reached. They will then return at noon on Monday, June 18, and determine a winner on the feature table with live stream.
With over 500,000 already in the pot, Dieter Dechant faced off against Anthony Licastro in a battle of the blinds. Dechant and Licastro were sitting quiet for a few moments before Dechant stacked his chips and put them all in the middle. Licastro rechecked his cards and pitched them into the muck.
Dechant stood up and fist pumped. "Yes!" he said. "That's the first hand I've played in like three hours."
"Wooo!" One of his fans on the rail cheered. "I'm gonna go get a beer and I'll be back to cheer for you."
With that pot, Dechant moved over 1,000,000 chips while Licastro slipped under the mark after being there since the start of the day.