With blinds at 4,000/8,000/1,000, "ptdodge250" opened for 24,000 from middle position before calling Dan "Powerplay111" Matsuzuki's three-bet jam of 98,649 from the button.
"ptdodge250":
Dan "Powerplay111" Matsuzuki:
Matsuzuk had his opponent dominated but had a sweat after the flop gave "ptdodge250" the wheel draw.
Luckily for Matsuzuk, both turn and the river were safe cards which secured his double-up.
With the blinds at 8,000/16,000/2,000, Ryan "LoveMy11Cats" Belz was automatically all in from the big blind for his last 14,443. "Casinxo" was in the small blind and opted to call after action folded around.
Ryan "LoveMy11Cats" Belz:
"Casinxo":
Belz was behind and looking for some help, but he was left high and dry as the board ran out a lackluster . Belz bowed out empty-handed in 249th place ensuring the remaining field a minimum payday of $760.95.
With blinds at 12,000/24,000/3,000, action folded around to Allan "Treeoflife" Cheung who raised all in for 259,344 from the small blind and Melisa "NJ_Melisa" Singh called from the big blind.
Melisa "NJ_Melisa" Singh:
Allan "Treeoflife" Cheung:
Cheung had Singh dominated but the flop gave Singh the wheel draw.
There wasn't much of a sweat as the turn completed Singh's straight and the river eliminated Cheung from the tournament.
With blinds at 16,000/32,000/4,000, "BIGJNOYPI" open-jammed for 368,000 from the cutoff and Andrew "PintoPedro" Donabedian called from the button.
"BIGJNOYPI":
Andrew "PintoPedro" Donabedian:
Donabedian was ahead with his made hand of nines and nothing changed after the flop.
The turn however, gave Donabedian a sweat as it paired the board as "BIGJNOYPI" could win with any ace or ten nut the river came the ending their tournament.
With the blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000, Ryan "Protential" Laplante, who had grown short after losing a flip with ace-jack against pocket threes, moved all in for 212,418 from the button and Jacob "Bandit275" Powers called from the big blind.
Ryan "Protential" Laplante:
Jacob "Bandit275" Powers:
Laplante needed to improve to stay alive, but that didn't happen as the board ran out to end his run in 69th place for $1,597.99.
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With the blinds at 30,000/60,000/7,500, Jacob "Bandit275" Powers raised the button to 120,000 and then called when Wisconsin's Larry "lormson" Ormson, who is playing from New Jersey, three-bet all in for 154,324 from the big blind.
Jacob "Bandit275" Powers:
Larry "lormson" Ormson:
The flop gave Ormson a double gutshot straight draw, but he failed to complete it as the bricked the turn followed by the on the river.
With blinds at 30,000/60,000/7,500, action folded to Nick "DuckFlush" Pupillo who raised to 183,750 and Andrew "PintoPedro" Donabedian called from the big blind to see a flop.
Both players checked and the appeared on the turn.
Pupillo check-raised Donabedian's 158,600 bet to 317,200 and Donabedian jammed for 848,811. Pupillo called for less holding 672,464 and both players tabled their hands.
Nick "DuckFlush" Pupillo:
Andrew "PintoPedro" Donabedian:
Only an ace was going to save Pupillo but the river came the eliminating him from the tournament.
With blinds at 100,000/200,000/25,000, Julian "JULIAN" Parmann opened for 755,000 on the button and Brett "Metanemesis" Apter called from the small blind.
The flop came , Apter lead out for 200,000 and Parmann called for less holding 5,268.
Parmann needed some help and received it with the turn but it was short-lived as the appeared on the river giving Apter the straight to eliminate Parmann from the tournament in 18th place - $4,793.98.
With the blinds at 100,000/200,000/25,000, "whynot38" jammed for 905,994 from the cutoff, "bigross888" three-bet shoved for 2,610,100 in the small blind, and Michael "MiguelFiesta" Lech called in the big blind.
"whynot38":
"bigross888"
Michael "MiguelFiesta" Lech:
Lech, who was knocked down to just under a big blind a few levels prior, was hoping to hit an ace or queen to continue an impressive comeback, but the board had other ideas. "whynot38" was eliminated in 17th place, and Lech busted shortly in 16th when his ace-queen lost to Raman "Acrogum" Afanasenka's ace-king. Both players earned $4,793.98 for their efforts.