Chris Moorman opened to 1,000,000 under the gun and Luke Iorio moved all in for 1,600,000 from the cutoff. Henry Reyes called on the button and Moorman put in the extra 600,000 to send the players three-way to the flop.
Moorman and Reyes checked through the flop and turn. Action again went check-check on the river and Iorio announced "Ace high" as he turned over . It was no good, however, as Moorman held the better ace high with to send Iorio out of the tournament in 14th place.
After doubling Phong Than Nguyen up with ace-three versus Nguyen's ace-ten, Mason Hinkle was left with just 50,000 in chips. He proceeded to win his next two all ins to have 375,000 and was all in once again, this time versus Daniel Marcus.
Mason Hinkle:
Daniel Marcus:
"I'm just going to have to bark it in again," Said Hinkle.
Hinkle let out a loud bark as the dealer fanned a flop of , pairing both players. Hinkle barked as the hit the turn and again as the landed on the river, however it didn't work as the pair of eights were still good and Hinkle was eliminated in 13th place for $14,097.
Daniel Eichhorn moved all in for 6,700,000 from under the gun. Luis Pauyac-Martinez called off for his tournament life from one seat over and the remaining players got out of the way.
Luis Pauyac-Martinez:
Daniel Eichhorn:
Pauyac-Martinez was at risk but ahead. The flop gave Eichhorn a flush draw as well as pairing his ten. Nothing changed on the turn but the river was a dagger to Pauyac-Martinez, completing Eichhorn's flush and sending Pauyac-Martinez out in 12th place.
Chris Moorman raised to 1,300,000 in the small blind and Nguyen shipped all in for 7,600,000 in the big blind. Moorman instantly called and both hands were tabled.
Phong Than Nguyen:
Chris Moorman:
The dealer fanned a flop of , giving Nguyen a gutshot straight draw. The on the turn gave him more outs with an open-ended straight draw and the completed his straight as he took a chunk out of Moorman.
Daniel Marcus opened from early position and action folded around to Robert Pettit in the small blind, who shoved all in. Marcus snap called with the larger stack to put Pettit at risk.
Robert Pettit:
Daniel Marcus:
Pettit had run right into the rockets of Marcus and as a result was drawing very thin. The flop changed nothing, except to give Pettit a glimmer of hope with a potential backdoor straight. It was not to be, however, after the turn left Pettit drawing dead to the river. Pettit just misses out on a spot at the official final table but does take home $17,741 for his efforts.
Daniel Marcus raised to 2,000,000 in the hijack and Chris Moorman shoved for about 14,000,000 on the button. The action folded back around to Marcus and he called for about 13,000,000.
Daniel Marcus:
Chris Moorman:
Marcus was looking for a nine to stay alive but the board ran out , knocking him out in ninth place for $22,512.
Chris Moorman opened to 2,000,000 from middle position and Elven Espinar called from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Moorman led out on the flop and Espinar promptly moved all in. Moorman, with the larger stack, snap called to put Espinar at risk.
Elven Espinar:
Chris Moorman:
Moorman was ahead with top pair top kicker but Espinar had an open ended straight draw. He wasted little time hitting that draw on the turn, leaving Moorman drawing to an unlikely chop. The ensured there would be no chop, handing Espinar a full double up.
Henry Reyes shoved in the small blind for 6,000,000 and Sebastien Guidez called in the big blind.
Henry Reyes:
Sebastien Guidez:
The dealer spread a flop of , smashing Reyes with a flopped straight and a flush draw. The hit the turn and the completed the board for Reyes to double through Guidez.