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.
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.
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.
Alicia Pachla doubled early in the day and just eliminated Armando Pagliari to creep close to 200,000 in chips. Pachla moved all in with the and Pagliari called with the . The board secured the win for Pachla, who has tripled her starting stack today.
"Can't bust this girl!" Pachla said as she danced in front of her seat.
Salvatore Incardona opened from middle position, David Conron shoved from the hijack, and Scott Hosbach reshoved from the button. Incardona looked pained as he let his hand go, and the cards went on their backs.
Conron:
Hosbach:
Hosbach picked up some help on the flop, but he failed to improve through the river.
"This is like taking candy from a baby," Conron yelled. "It's easy over here."