The action was picked up when Dietrich Fast moved all in for his last 19,000 from the big blind after Klyde Forte opened the button to 3,000. Forte called and action was heads up with Fast at risk.
Dietrich Fast:
Klyde Forte:
On the flop of Fast was in the lead and looked good for a double until the turn came the and river , eliminating Fast from the tournament.
After a raise to 4,500 preflop from Anthony Marini, Ryan Torgersen three-bet to 16,000 and Marini called.
The flop was and Marini led out for 25,000 and Torgersen just called.
But on the turn, when Marini led out again for 78,000, Torgersen shipped it over the top of him for around 90,000 more. After a few seconds, Marini made the call and the cards were tabled.
Ryan Torgersen:
Anthony Marini:
Marini's heart sank as he realized he was way behind in this massive pot and that only another king could save him, but the river was a complete brick and Torgeson scored a huge double and is now in contention for the chip lead.
In a heads-up situation, the flop was when Kenneth Guziak checked in the blinds. Justin Liberto bet 3,500 and Guziak raised it to 10,000. After a minute of thinking, Liberto called.
A appeared on the turn and Guziak check-called this time for 6,500.
The completed the board on the river and Guziak sent 9,500 into the middle, with only one chip worth 25,000 left behind. Liberto decided to raise it to 25,000 and Guziak eventually called.
Guziak flipped over for top pair and it was good enough for Liberto, who mucked his cards.
There was a lot of action on a flop reading . Maxwell Schrack had bet made it 3,000 preflop, Stephen Miller and Viktor Kovachev called.
On the flop, Schrack bet 4,000. Miller jammed all in for about 26,000. Kovachev called the jam and then Schrack re-jammed for about 113,000 to send Kovachev into the tank. He folded after about two minutes.
It was nearly a coin flip as, Miller had the lead with the while Schrack had the big draw with the . The turn was the to bring in the flush and leave Miller drawing dead as the came off on the river.
The button opened to 3,000 and John Hadley made it 12,000 from the big blind. The button called.
The flop came and Hadley continued for 13,000. The button called.
The arrived on the turn and Hadley fired a second barrel for 17,000 with just 42,000 behind. His opponent considered for about 30 seconds before folding, telling Hadley "I'm going to let you have this one."
Hadley started the day with 176,900 in chips. Despite falling below half his original stack, Hadley has chipped back up to over 120,000.