With more than 150,000 in the pot and the board reading , Charlie Carrel had a bet of 125,000 in front of him in the small blind. Grayson Ramage had moved all in and the count was for 426,000.
Carrel went into the tank and asked Ramage questions. He guessed some hands that would be good to shove with and tried to get a reaction out of Ramage. Ramage wouldn't respond and Carrel stared him down for awhile. After several minutes, the clock was called and when the tournament director counted down to one, Carrel folded.
A small blind vs. big blind confrontation between Olivier Busquet and Xixiang Luo left Busquet with just 11,000 chips when his did not catch up to Luo's .
The next hand, Busquet shoved all in on the button and Luo raised to 46,000 from the small blind. Steven Iglesias folded his big blind and that left the two heads up.
Busquet:
Luo:
The board ran out and that gave Luo the flush and removed Busquet from the tournament.
Chi Zhang raised to 25,000 in middle position and Elio Fox called in the cutoff. The remaining players folded and it was heads up. The flop was and Zhang bet 30,000. Fox called and the turn was the . This time, Zhang bet 70,000 and Fox let it go.
Goran Mandic opened under the gun to 28,000. Action folded to Michael Telker who moved all in on the button for 253,000. Action folded back to Mandic and after getting a count, he called.
Mandic:
Telker:
The board was safe for Mandic when the came on the flop, and the came on the turn, but the on the river stole that lead away. Telker's pair of queens was best and he earned a full double.
With the board reading , Dmitry Yurasov bet 38,000 from the big blind and Amit Makhija called on the button. The river was the and Yurasov checked. Makhija bet 100,000 and after a long pause, Yurasov called.
Makhija tabled pocket queens for top set and took down the pot.