We didn't catch the action but all the money was in pre-flop with Chris Drake holding against his opponent's . Drake would end up hitting an unneeded set to score the massive double up to 2,300,000. His opponent was left with just under half a million after the cooler.
Joseph Cheong raised to 70,000 from late position and Vasile Fabian cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount from the small blind. The big blind folded and Cheong flatted the three-bet.
The flop came down and Fabian checked to Cheong. He rapped the table back, allowing the to hit the felt on the turn. Two more checks occurred and the finished off the board. Fabian fired 225,000, Cheong called, and Fabian showed for sevens full of tens. Fabian took down the pot and brought his stack to about 1.7 million.
A short-stacked Esther Taylor moved all in first to act for her last 335,000 from the cutoff and Travis Rice moved all in from the button. The blinds folded and Taylor would be taking up against Rice's .
The flop came to give Rice top pair and Taylor a gutshot. She would hit that draw on the turn and the river would be the . Taylor more than doubled up to 750,000 while Rice dropped to 1,900,000.
Webber Kang moved all in over the top of Khoa Nguyen's reraise and Nguyen would make the call with . He was racing against Kang's and would win the race easily when the board ran out to give him a full house. Kang was eliminated in 28th place. They are redrawing to three tables -we'll have the updated seating and chip counts shortly.
In unseen action Pedro Palacio was eliminated in 27th place and Primo Niyati followed him to the rail in 26th place. Both earned $14,288 for their efforts.
Bryan Campanello moved all in over the top of Travis Rice for 545,000 total and Rice made the call with . Campanello held and the board would run safe for him to give him a much needed double up to over a million. Rice is still one of the big stacks in the room with 2.45 million.