You could certainly make the argument that Table 1 is the toughest table left in the Main Event. Here's a look at the current stacks from the nine players.
With the flop showing , James DiPasquale and Colin Padgett checked to Lawrence Schumacher, who bet 20,000. DiPasquale called, and Padgett responded by moving all in for 89,700. After getting a count, Schumacher called and DiPasquale folded face up.
Schumacher:
Padgett:
Padgett needed a spade and had already lost two of his outs to DiPasquale. The on the turn paired him up but provided him no help, and the river sealed his fate. Schumacher now has 400,000 and is seated directly next to chip leader Damian Baird.
On a flop of , Brad Perkins bet 40,000 and another player fired back with a raise to 100,000. Perkins shoved for 213,000 total. Call.
Perkins was drawing to straight and flush draws with his and needed to improve against . The turn ended things quickly, giving Perkins his winning flush, and he doubled to 450,000.
After doubling through Cameron Bartolotta with against , Randy Pfeifer came from behind again versus Veerab Zakarian. Pfeifer was all in with and saw the bad news when Zakarian tabled .
"What the f***!"
But Pfeifer's mood changed when the board ran out , giving him a winning pair of aces.
After having his aces cracked by the of Xiaohu Chen, Josh Knight shoved his last 32,000 from the small blind with and Buck Ramsey called with the from the big. The board sent Knight to the rail short of the money.
At the next table over, Jimmy Thomson was all in with against Vic Adams' aces and couldn't improve. We're down to 40 players.
Oh a board of , Yong Wolfer was all in with a stack of 103,000 in front of him. Scott Hosbach had a tough decision and elected to make the call. He pumped his fist when the hands were tabled.
Hosbach:
Wolfer:
Hosbach's small pair was in front, and he dodged the overpaid and flush outs on the river to eliminate another player and climb past 700,000 in chips.