With about 20,000 in the middle on a board reading , Georgios Zisimopoulos faced a check-raise on the button and decided to ship his 86,500 stack in the middle. Team Ivaylo Mitrev - Daniel Raiff was in the cutoff and called.
Team Charalampos Lappas - Georgios Zisimopoulos:
Team Ivaylo Mitrev - Daniel Raiff:
Zisimopoulos was at risk but well ahead of his opponent. The turn was the and the river was the , sending the massive pot Zisimopoulos' way.
Chris Horter had in front of him after calling Team Tom Kearney - Daniel Healey's all in preflop, with their team well behind holding .
The flop came and Horter paired his ace, but his opponent picked up a gut-shot straight draw.
The dealer peeled the on the turn and Team Kearney - Daniel Healey drilled their straight to guarantee their team's safety. Horter was drawing to a chop, but couldn't get there when the hit the river.
Team Kearney - Daniel Healey doubled up, while Team Crouton, consisting of Horter, Jamie Kerstetter, and Eric Wasserson, lost a good chunk of their stack.
Brian Pinkus is captaining Team Brian Pinkus – Michael Pinkus and he raised to 7,000 from early position. Team Brian Yoon - Michael Gagliano three-bet to 18,500 from middle position and the action was folded around to Pinkus who called. The flop came and Pinkus checked to Yoon who bet 18,000. Pinkus moved all in and Yoon snap-called for 94,700 and his tournament life.
Yoon:
Pinkus:
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Yoon a bigger full house and crippling Pinkus' stack. Nipun Java, sitting at the table, laughed and said, "Sometimes it's a misprint, make sure you take note that it was seven-eight offsuit!" needling Pinkus a little after he lost the hand.
A player from middle position raised to 5,500 and Ryan Laplante called from directly to his left. The two players went heads up to the flop that saw the hit the felt. Laplante called a bet of 6,500 from his opponent and the dealer turned the . His opponent bet 11,500 and Laplante took a few moments before raising to 33,000. His opponent mucked his cards and Laplante was able to scoop the pot without having to show his cards
A player raised to 7,500 from early position and Mukul Pahuja three-bet to 20,000. The action was folded back to the initial raiser who tanked for nearly five minutes before placing out a call. His opponent checked blind and the dealer fanned the flop of . Pahuja bet 12,000 and his opponent shipped all in for 57,500. Pahuja called and the cards were tabled.
Pahuja:
Opponent:
Pahuja was out in front with a pair of kings and a better kicker. The board ran out clean for him and his opponent was eliminated.