Stephen Rivers raised and Esther Rossi asked him how much he had left. Rivers showed her a total of 2,500 behind and Rossi made it three bets to get into the all-in showdown. Rivers had sixes in the hole. Rossi was ahead with nines in the hole. Rivers eventually improved to aces up on seventh and doubled. He then completed the next hand and claimed the antes and bring-in.
Pete Chen was betting to the pot on fourth street, forcing a fold from Bertrand Grospellier. Darren Shebell called with an open pair of treys and Chen barreled the next round where he caught a jack. Shebell called again and Chen fired one more time on sixth.
"I'll put you all in," Shebell said, raising to 6,500 more for Chen's remaining chips. Chen called.
"Baaam!" Chen said, showing buried jacks for a set. Shebell was second with tens and fours but still had a chance to score a knockout as Chen bricked the river. However, Shebell couldn't peel any of his four outs and Chen doubled.
Robert Campbell bet fifth and sixth against Steven Albini and was called both times before the duo elected to check. Albini flashed the with the and Campbell mucked.
Maxwell Troy and Julien Martini clashed in yet another pot, but this time the queens of Troy ended up second-best as Martini got some chips back with jacks and treys. On the same table, Katherine Fleck chipped up slightly with aces in the hole, the betting was limited as Chris Ferguson had a six-high four-card straight showing on sixth.
Pete Chen was betting on fifth street and Frankie O'Dell called. Both players checked the next round before Chen checked the river again. O'Dell, however, hit another spade and bet.
Chen looked at his opponent and then reached to his stack and slid in calling chips. O'Dell showed him his flush and Chen mucked, dropping to just two big bets.
Maxwell Troy catapulted his stack all the way to the top in a massive hand that involved a knockout. We arrived at the table when the action was on fourth street and three players were in for a capped round: Troy, Julien Martini, and Perry Friedman.
Martini then bet on fifth and Friedman called for all his remaining chips. Troy woke up with a check-raise and Martini called.
They both checked sixth street and Friedman joked, "Now they check me down!"
Troy finally bet on the river, earning one more call from Martini and the showdown began:
Troy made a straight and Martini mucked his hand. Friedman was still drawing live, having a set of tens. He couldn't peel a river card that would match any of those he already had, and Troy scooped the giant pot, eliminating Friedman and wounding Martini.
"I tried to check-raise you on sixth but you didn't bite," Troy said to Martini, revealing that he had a gutter and hit it. Jameson Painter then called Troy out for the phrase he said to Ferguson before dinner: "Some play great, some catch great."
Troy laughed out loud while raking in the monster pot that allowed him to take over the chip lead. "That's a good one! You gotta put that in that he said that!"
Darren Shebell more than doubled his stack thanks to two hands. In the first hand ,he scooped Frankie O'Dell with a full house, eights over jacks, and got right into another pot with big-stack Farhad Mobassery right after.
Darren Shebell: / /
Farhad Mobassery: / /
Shebell paired his ten on sixth and checked, Mobassery gave it a look over to the other side of the table and checked behind. Shebell checked in the dark and Mobassery bet seventh. Shebell called.
"I have tens up," Mobassery announced.
Shebell quickly replied, "I have jacks up," before tabling his .
"Why do you check?" Mobassery asked.
Shebell joked back, "Because you are doing the betting for me."
Bertrand Grospellier called and Farhad Mobassery completed. Grospellier and two other players joined the action to fourth street where Mobassery bet again. Only Grospellier called and he continued firing all the way through. Grospellier called on fifth and sixth but he shook his head on the river and folded.
Grospellier is now sitting on a short stack while Mobassery lies on the other side of the leaderboard.
Andrew Van Dervolgen: / /
Katherine Fleck: / - fold
Michael Moore: / /
Andrew Van Dervolgen completed with a queen showing and Katherine Fleck called, as did Michael Moore. On fourth, Van Dervolgen was all in for 2,000 and Fleck raised to 6,000. Moore made it three bets and Fleck gave it some thought.
"You have exactly the nightmare you don't want to see," Moore said, and Fleck folded shortly after.
Upon showdown, Moore showed a pair of kings and improved to kings and fours on fifth. While Van Dervolgen made inferior two pair eventually with queens and deuces, he was eliminated in 22nd place for $2,982.