There was a raise to 13,000 from a player in early position, and Lance Howard three-bet to 46,500. The action was folded around to the initial raiser, who made the call.
The flop came , and the action was checked to Howard. He moved all in, having his opponent covered. His opponent called for his remaining 87,000, and the cards were tabled. Howard showed , while his opponent had .
The turn was the , and the river brought the , securing the win for Howard, who now sits with more than 300,000 chips.
Tom Marchese was just eliminated by Roussos Koliakoudakis. Koliakoudakis made a full house to eliminate Marchese, who was one of the biggest names left in the field, with over $16 million in live recorded tournament earnings. This brings the field to 31 players left, and there will be a redraw at 27 for the final three tables.
With about 65,000 in the pot and the board reading , five players were remaining in the hand. Action checked to Robert Paddock in the hijack, and he bet 40,000. The cutoff folded, and Oskar Silow check-raised to 100,000 in the big blind. Action folded back to Paddock, who called.
The turn was the , and Silow and Paddock got it in for Paddock's remaining 10,000.
Silow tabled , and Paddock showed .
Paddock needed to pair the eight or the jack, or Silow's flush would take the pot.
The river was the , and Paddock couldn't improve, sending the massive pot to Silow.
Shane Abbott was in middle position and opened the pot to 12,500. The button called, and TJ Cloutier re-raised to 55,000 from the small blind. Both Abbott and the button called to see the flop of . Cloutier moved all in, and Abbott quickly called for his remaining 52,000, while the button mucked his hand.
Cloutier flopped the nuts with versus Abbott's . Abbott was already drawing dead. The turn was the , and the completed the board. Abbott was sent to the rail, while Cloutier stacked the chips.