Under the gun, Philippe Plouffe made it 27,000 to go, and David Stefanski three-bet to 62,000 in position. Plouffe made the call, and off they went to the flop.
It came , and it check-checked to the turn. Plouffe now took the lead with a bet of 45,000. Stafanski snuck in a raise to 107,000, and Plouffe called. The blank landed on the river, and Plouffe knocked the table. Stefanski fired one last bullet -- 240,000. Plouffe called again, and those were chips he'd not get back.
Stefanski turned over , and that was good. With that pot, Plouffe has been knocked down to just 189,000 lonely chips. For Stefanski, however, it was a fine conclusion to a fantastic level. He was the short stack at the last break, and now he's second in chips with 1.035 million.
After dropping that last pot, Philippe Plouffe looked a bit steamed, and he fired chips into the next several pots, taking them down with raises and three-bet shoves. That trend may have played a role in the elimination of Taylor von Kriegenbergh, too. He opened from the hijack to 25,000, and Plouffe shoved again, having worked his stack up to 276,000 by now. With the previous few hands likely fresh in his mind, von Kriegenbergh made the call for the rest of his own chips with , but Plouffe showed up the dominating .
The board came , and von Kriegenbergh and his inferior ace have been eliminated in 18th place.
Plouffe is back up to 585,000 with that KO, just below average now.
Corey Hochman opened the pot with a standard raise before Philippe Plouffe three-bet an additional 49,000 on top. When it came back to Hochman, he shoved all in for 348,00, and Plouffe quickly called with the . It was a bit of a cooler; Hochman turned up the , needing some help to stay alive.
And he'd get a good bit of help. The flop was just what Dr. Hochman ordered, pulling himself into a big lead with two to come. The turn meant that he needed only fade the case king to stay alive, and the was safe and clean.
Hochman has thusly doubled his way up to 720,000, while Plouffe drops all the way back to 205,000.
First in from the cutoff seat, Joe Tehan raised to 26,000, and Sukh Sandhu three-bet shoved for 128,000 on the button. Tehan made the call with , and Sandhu was flipping for double or nothing with .
The board ran out , and Sandhu's pair falls on the river. With his straight, Tehan notches the elimination, boosting his stack up to 840,000 in the process.
Vanessa Selbst limped in from the small blind, and Jean-Philippe Matte knocked the table for a free flop from the big.
On the flop, Selbst led out with a bet of 18,000 that was called, and she slowed down with a check on the turn. When Matte bet 35,000, though, she check-raised to 106,000, and Matte shoved in for just over 300,000 total. Selbst called with her big stack, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Selbst:
Matte:
It was going to be a split pot unless either player paired their kicker, but the river meant they got to take their money back and chop up the antes. On to the next hand.
On his final hand, a battle of the blinds saw Geyer get it in with from the big. The problem with that was that David Stefanski woke up with in the small, and he was five cards from taking Geyer's remaining stack.
The board ran , and Geyer has been eliminated in 20th place.
Mark Stefanski down for 745,000 after that knockout.
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 25,000 from the cutoff seat, and Dan Shak three-bet to 100,000 straight from the small blind. O'Dwyer called, and off they went to the flop.
It came , and Shak shoved all in for O'Dwyer's 435,000 chips effectively. O'Dwyer spent a long soak in the tank before he released his , and Shak flashed his inferior (but pot-winning) , climbing to 895,000.
O'Dwyer is down to 435,000 after dropping that pot.
Chris Tryba opened to 30,000 from the hijack, and Jacobo Fernandez bumped it up to 60,000 straight. Tryba proceeded to shove all in for his last 185,000, and Fernandez made the quick call with . The news was not good for Tryba as he tabled the , drawing slim to stay alive.
The board ran out , and Tryba is unable to catch up. He's run out of chips, too, and that means he'll be escorted to the payout desk to collect 21st-place money. That's $12,000 if you're scoring at home.
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, and it check-checked to the 
turn. Plouffe now took the lead with a bet of 45,000. Stafanski snuck in a raise to 107,000, and Plouffe called. The blank 
landed on the river, and Plouffe knocked the table. Stefanski fired one last bullet -- 240,000. Plouffe called again, and those were chips he'd not get back.
, and that was good. With that pot, Plouffe has been knocked down to just 189,000 lonely chips. For Stefanski, however, it was a fine conclusion to a fantastic level. He was the short stack at the last break, and now he's second in chips with 1.035 million.
, but Plouffe showed up the dominating 
.
, and von Kriegenbergh and his inferior ace have been eliminated in 18th place.
, needing some help to stay alive.
flop was just what Dr. Hochman ordered, pulling himself into a big lead with two to come. The 
turn meant that he needed only fade the case king to stay alive, and the 
, and Sandhu was flipping for double or nothing with 
.
, and Sandhu's pair falls on the river. With his straight, Tehan notches the elimination, boosting his stack up to 840,000 in the process.
in the small, and he was five cards from taking Geyer's remaining stack.
, and Shak shoved all in for O'Dwyer's 435,000 chips effectively. O'Dwyer spent a long soak in the tank before he released his 
, climbing to 895,000.
, drawing slim to stay alive.
, and Tryba is unable to catch up. He's run out of chips, too, and that means he'll be escorted to the payout desk to collect 21st-place money. That's $12,000 if you're scoring at home.