Massive Pot For Massey
Mark Eddleman opened with a 9,000 raise before the flop and was called by Jerry Lorett. Aaron Massey made it 24,000 to go from the button and both players called.
The flop came down 
and Eddleman checked. Lorett open shipped all in for an unknown amount and Massey called. Eddleman then moved all in over the top and Massey snap called for his tournament life.
Massey: 
Eddleman: 
Lorett: 
Massey flopped top set and was crushing the top two pair of Eddleman. However, Massey would need to fade the flush and straight outs for Lorett to take down the whole pot.
The 
on the turn was the perfect card for Massey and he was one card away from taking down a massive pot.
The dealer tapped the table and produced the river.
The 
.
Massey erupted into celebration as the dealer began to count his stack. It turns out Massey was all in for 208,500 and by the time he stacked all of his chips we clocked him at sitting around 655,000. Eddleman was crippled after this hand while Lorett was forced to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
655,000
462,500
|
462,500 |
fell down and Tygum rapped the table. Moneymaker continued for 35,000 and Tygum moved all in. Moneymaker called and the hands were shown to find that Moneymaker was looking for a spade:
and the 
, which forced Moneymaker to ship over most of his chips. He's currently sitting on about 34,000 while Tygum's stack is thriving at around 290,000.
and Zhmutski checked to Hwang who continued out for 16,000. Zhmutski opted to check-raise, however, and it was suddenly 56,000 to go. Hwang called and the turn came 
only to find that he was behind Zhmutski's 
.
. Moneymaker was racing with Justin Gardenhire's 
and failed to improve on the board.
. McClelland bet 25,000 and Sands called. The 
completed the board and McCelland continued her aggression with a bet of 40,000. Sands mulled over the decision for over a minute before calling the bet.
and Sands flipped up 
on a board that read 
. Salaburu is at roughly 200,000 in chips.