Craig McCorkell opened and was called by a single opponent who then check-called all three streets of a board for 40,000, then 135,000 and finally 250,000.
The 2012 bracelet winner McCorkell turned over for a set of eights and took down the pot, moving above 2,000,000 in the process.
All the chips went in preflop and Tara Cain was at risk for 416,000.
Tara Cain:
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Cain was an underdog and when the flop came it wasn't looking too promising for her, and the on the turn was no help. Fortunately for Cain however, the fell on the river to grant her a double up and keep the bracelet hunt alive.
There was around 100,000 in the pot preflop in a single-raised pot between Jasper Meijer van Putten in early position and Scott Bohlman in the big blind. Bohlman defended to Van Putten's open and the flop came . Bohlman led out for 25,000 and Van Putten called.
The turn fell and Bohlman checked. Van Putten bet 77,000 and Bohlman took his time making the call. The river was the and both players checked, taking their time in doing so.
After Van putten checked, Bohlman turned over for a rivered full house
"Whoa!" somebody at the table said. Bohlman laughed as he raked in the pot with his winning hand.
Luke Martinelli had been a big stack for most of Day 3 and early on Day 4, however, his Main Event just came to a crashing end. Martinelli's raise was three-bet by Mihai Manole on the button and Martinelli called to see a flop of . Martinelli check-min-raised from 80,000 to 160,000 and Manole called to see the on the turn.
Martinelli pushed for around 235,000 and Manole called instantly.
Luke Martinelli:
Mihai Manole:
The river gave Martinelli a flush, but Manole also filled up to a full house to deal the final blow to the Aussie.
Picking up the action on the turn in a three-way hand, the board read with roughly 133,000 in the middle. Pavlin Karakikov bet out 55,000, the player next to act called and Danny Nguyen raised it up to 210,000. Karakikov then three-bet to 510,000 and the middle player had a decision, after tanking for about a minute he let his hand go, and Nguyen made the call.
On the river Karakikov moved all-in for 523,000, Nguyen had slightly less and went into the tank for five minutes before the clock was called. The tournament director came over and gave Nguyen 25-seconds to act. With two seconds remaining he made the call.
Karakikov tabled for a rivered straight and Nguyen showed for a pair of queens before the dealer scooped his cards into the muck awarding Karakikov a pot over 2,000,000 chips and eliminating Nguyen from the tournament.