Nick Schulman raised in middle position and Joao Vieira reraised in the small blind. Schulman called and Vieira bet the flop. Schulman thought awhile and raised his last 3,000, with Vieira quickly calling with .
Schulman had three outs with but hit one right away when the fell. The river was a and Vieira was the first to take a payout ticket.
Gregory De Bora raised under the gun and Dan Zack three-bet next to act. It folded to Ken Deng in the big blind who put in a fourth bet and both players called. The dealer fanned the flop and Deng checked.
De Bora bet, leaving himself just 1,000 behind, and both players called. The turn was the and Deng checked to De Bora who put his last 1,000 chip in the pot. Dan Zack raised to 20,000 and Deng quickly folded.
Zack turned over for a flopped set of eights and De Bora was drawing dead holding . The meaningless hit the river and De Bora was eliminated in 17th place earning $14,615 for his efforts.
Benny Glaser raised under the gun and John Hennigan reraised for 27,000. Action folded back to Glaser and he called with .
Hennigan had him dominated with but that changed in a hurry as flopped. The and had Hennigan calling out "payout" for himself.
The 16th place finish was worth another 50.43 points for Hennigan in the 2018 WSOP Player of the Year race, where he currently sits in second place behind Shaun Deeb.
Ken Deng raised from under the gun and Dan Zack three-bet next to act. It folded back to Deng who called and they went heads-up to the flop.
Deng check-called a bet from Zack and the dealer burned and turned the . Deng check-called another bet and he did the same on the river. Zack turned over his for top pair and Deng flashed his before firing his hand into the muck.
Zack scooped the pot and he is now the first player to cross the million chip mark with less than 10 minutes of play left in the night.
Small blind Michael Moore check-raised against Ofir Mor on and Mor called. Moore check-raised again on the turn and Mor called. Moore finally just bet into Mor on the river and received a call. Moore won the showdown with for a full house.
Mor had 30,000 left and got it in with against the of Brock Parker. The flop made it likely Mor would survive but the turn gave Parker Broadway. The river was a blank and Mor headed for the rail in 15th place ($17,000).
Limit Hold'em grinders making it to Day 2 of Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship at the World Series of Poker played through five double-length levels of poker on Tuesday, and just 14 remain in contention for the bracelet.
Tops among those in terms of chip count is Dan Zack. The mixed-game star has racked up just shy of $440,000 in cashes at the WSOP since he began making his mark in 2014 but has yet to capture his first bracelet. It seems only a matter of time until he gets and he has a golden opportunity here after bagging 1,217,000, a mile clear of all of his opposition.
Zack had an above average chip count for most of the day but was hovering around 500,000 when the final level began. He went off to end things, running it up in the last 30 minutes in particular. At that point, he hit a set of eights in a multi-way pot to bust Gregory De Bora and then cracked Ken Deng's kings with ace-queen in a three-bet pot for another pile.
No player is within shouting distance of Zack's lofty count. Rounding out the top five are Matt Szymaszek (561,000), Nick Schulman (499,000), Anthony Zinno (493,000) and Christopher Chung (487,000). Bracelet winners Scott Seiver (467,000), Michael Moore (368,000), Benny Glaser (215,000) and Brock Parker (167,000) also remain.
Everyone left is in the money, and the bubble burst in eventful fashion. Ray Henson was the shortest stack remaining in the tournament and after four players made it to the flop for a single raise, he put the four-bet in with a set of tens and got the rest in on the turn. Unfortunately for him, two players had made straight and Deng wound up dragging the monster pot with the nuts when the board didn't pair on the river.
Joao Vieira, who had the lower straight in that pot, De Bora, Ofir Mor and John Hennigan were the players busting in the money.
While Zack may be the favorite going into the final day, there's still plenty of limit action left. Everyone has their eyes on the $296,222 first-place prize with $17,000 locked up. Come back to PokerNews for live updates of the final day.