Valentin Vornicu was under the gun and raised to 7,000. Florentino Coalla was in middle position and called.
The flop was and Vornicu led for 8,500. Coalla raised to 17,000 and Vornicu moved all in for roughly 49,000. Coalla called.
Florentino Coalla:
Valentin Vornicu:
Coalla was well ahead but still had to fade some outs. The turn was the and the river was the not improving Vornicu's hand and getting a fist pump reaction out of Coalla.
With the bubble gone, short-stacked players are happy to get it in again. One of them was Edwin Gerard, who scored a double-up through Nikhil Autar.
Dylan Wilkerson opened to 5,000 under the gun, another player called, and Gerard called. Autar three-bet to 19,000 from the blinds, Wilkerson and the other player folded, Gerard shoved for 37,000 and Autar called.
Antonio Storno opened to 7,000 in middle position. Sebastian Saffari, on the button, moved all in for a total of 62,000. Action folded back to Storno who made the call.
Storno:
Saffari:
Saffari hit a pretty favorable flop of . The turn and river completed the board and Storno was left with 1,900.
Eddy Sabat was on the button and moved all in for roughly 18,000. A player in the blinds called.
Opponent:
Sabat:
The flop was and Sabat was firmly in control. The turn was the , giving Sabat's opponent a straight draw and, on the river, the straight hit when the peeled off. Sabat has now cashed for his seventh time at this WSOP and is in fine form heading into the upcoming Main Event.
During the first round of hand-for-hand on the bubble, Chance Kornuth raised to 5,700 from under the gun and Michael Delvecchio three-bet to 17,100 from middle position, Salvatore DiCarlo four-bet to 43,000 from the big blind, and Kornuth folded.
Delvecchio five-bet shoved for 180,000 and DiCarlo called all in for effectively 133,900. Just like that, a 280,000 pot was created on the bubble.
The hands remained closed until all hands on the other tables were dealt. No other players were all in, and DiCarlo was at risk.
DiCarlo:
Delvecchio:
DiCarlo was in prime shape to double up and just needed to dodge the tens. The on the flop was safe for the Las Vegas resident, but the dealer burned and turned the to change everything.
DiCarlo needed one of the remaining kings, but the river was the . He was the last one to leave this tournament empty-handed. All other players are guaranteed at least $4,496.