Aliaksei Boika raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Eric Hicks three-bet shoved 575,000 from middle position. Paul Fontan, short-stacked, went deep in the tank in the big blind.
"Come on guys, it's a turbo! When am I allowed to call the clock?" an anxious Hicks said, who was already standing up. Eventually, Fontan called all in and Boika snap-called as well.
Paul Fontan:
Eric Hicks:
Aliaksei Boika:
The flop came down , keeping Boika in the lead. The dealer waited for the cue to deal the turn, which took some time.
"Ahh, this is excruciating!" Hicks said, bouncing around.
The turn was the , giving Fontan a lifeline.
Once again, the dealer took a long pause before revealing the on the river. With that, Boika secured the double knockout.
"All this way just for that," Hicks said before bowing out. Fontan, as the shorter stack, received $24,147, while Hicks finished in 9th place for $30,881.
Robert Georato was all-in and called by Matt Glantz with a similar stack after Glantz had initially raised.
Robert Georato:
Matt Glantz:
The board ran out to give Glantz trip aces on the turn to win the hand. Georato and Glantz both had their stacks counted. Glantz held 605,000 in front of him. Georato had 590,000. As Glantz had the bigger stack, Georato was eliminated in 14th place for $19,820.
Markus Gonsalves raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Phil Hellmuth took his time on the button, took a good look at Gonsalves, then slid in a call. Grayson Ramage three-bet shoved 484,000 from the big blind.
Gonsalves folded but Hellmuth instantly picked up a stack of chips to call.
Grayson Ramage:
Phil Hellmuth:
"Knew it," Gonsalves said.
There was a bit of sweat for the 14-time bracelet winner but the board ended up safe. Ramage received $15,726 for his 17th place.