Troy Sprungl raised to 50,000 in middle position and Vitor Rangel moved all in for 263,000 effective in the big blind. Sprungl called for his tournament life.
Sprungl:
Rangel:
The board ran out and Sprungl's tens held up for the double.
Pablop Fernandez shoved the button for his last 138,000 with the and Chi Zhang looked him up from the button with . The board came and Fernandez doubled in spectacular fashion. He jammed twice after and got back up to 20 big blinds.
Eddy Sabat opened to 40,000 and Troy Sprungl called from one seat over. Jamie Armstrong three-bet and Sabat four-bet before Sprungl moved all in. That got Armstrong out of the way while Sabat quickly called with . Sprungl had the and the board came .
Chi Zhang opened to 40,000 under the gun and Pete Chen moved all in for 187,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Zhang called, putting Chen at risk.
Eric Cloutier raised and picked up two callers in Giuseppe Pantaleo on the button and [Removed:153] out of the big blind. Stenholm checked the flop and Cloutier bet 50,000, which just Pantaleo called.
After the turn, Cloutier fired another 110,000 and Pantaleo called before facing the shove of Cloutier on the river. Pantaleo took some time and eventually called for his last 367,000. Cloutier briefly rolled over an ace-four and Pantaleo doubled with the . "Sick call," someone at the table said and Pantaleo climbed above one million in chips.
Philip Hannon shoved for his last 135,000 from early position and James Calvo called on the button. When the cards were tabled, Joseph Kent joked, "How does seat one get all the cards?" referring to Calvo.
Hannon:
Calvo:
Hannon was in need of help and struck gold on the board to double with a full house.
Soon after, Pablo Fernandez shoved for his last six big blinds with from the cutoff and Chi Zhang called on the button with . The board ran out and Fernandez dodged plenty of outs to double.
Jamie Armstrong raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and Asi Moshe called on the button, as did Vitor Rangel in the small blind. The flop came and the action checked to Armstrong. His continuation bet worth 72,000 won the pot uncontested.
At the same time, one table over, Giuseppe Pantaleo raised from under the gun and called the shove of short stack Scott Margereson for 124,000.
Margereson:
Pantaleo:
The board came and Margereson got there on the turn to improve. "How do you get tens there? Why not jack-nine suited?" the Brit asked.
Pantaleo joked back with, "Jack-nine suited, I'd call. But don't feel sucked out on."
Michael Krasienko went all in for 149,000 in middle position and Pete Chen called on the button. The blinds folded and Krasienko was at risk.
Krasienko:
Chen:
The flop came , giving Krasienko the nut flush to go along with his overs. The turn changed nothing and Chen was still ahead, but Krasienko made his flush on the river to double up.
First to act, Pedro Cabeca moved all in for his last 44,000 and Eric Cloutier called. [Removed:153] also came along from the big blind and checked the flop. Cloutier bet 80,000, and Stenholm called before the two remaining players checked the turn and river.
Cloutier rolled over for kings and queens and Cabeca mucked . Stenholm could beat neither and also sent his for a busted flush draw into the muck. Cabeca was eliminated in 23rd place and takes home $13,186.