John Racener open-jammed for 75,000 from the hijack, Christopher Andler three-bet to 375,000 from the cutoff and Brian Rast called from the button.
Andler left himself just 20,000 behind, and checked his option after the flop hit the felt. Rast tossed out 20,000 and after a clock was called, Andler tossed in his last four chips.
John Racener:
Christopher Andler:
Brian Rast:
Racener took the lead after flopping two-pair while Andler needed to spike his ace or jack on the river, but the turn followed by the river ended his tournament while Racener collected his triple-up.
On a flop of and roughly 300,000 in the middle, Matas Cimbolas checked to Steve Rosen who fired in a bet of 200,000. Cimbolas raised to 450,000 and Rosen made the call.
The fell on the turn and Cimbolas fired out again, this time for 375,000. Rosen thought about it for a brief moment while eying his stack, and then let his hand go.
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Johnathan Holsonback raised under the gun to 175,000 and Romain Lewis ripped the rest of his 330,000 stack in the middle. The action folded back around to Holsonback who quickly called.
Romain Lewis:
Johnathan Holsonback:
Lewis was ahead with the queen-kicker but the flop meant he was going to have to catch up after Holsonback flopped a nine. The turn and the were no help though and Lewis was sent to the payout desk.