Todd Saffron jammed in his stack of 5 million from early position and Michael Gathy called in the hijack.
Todd Saffron:
Michael Gathy:
Saffron was looking for help and found some with a flush on the flop. However, the hand wasn't over and his flopped flush turned into a drawing dead hand as the spiked the turn to give Gathy a better flush. The meaningless completed the board and Saffron was eliminated.
Kevin Palmer jammed in his remaining 3.3 million from the cutoff and Michael Gathy raised in the small blind to 6 million. Daniel Lazrus thought about his decision in the big blind but ultimately folded.
Kevin Palmer:
Michael Gathy:
Gathy had a dominating hand and Palmer needed some help. The dealer spread the flop. The came on the turn to gave Gathy a wheel but Palmer was still live to win the hand with a flush draw. Palmer's rail was pleading for a diamond, but the board completed with the .
Palmer will receive $172,455 for his deep run and the remaining five players will return tomorrow as they play down to a winner.