Sai Wang opened with a raise from middle position, then it folded around to Gregory Masters in the small blind who repopped it to 85,000. The action back on Wang, he thought a bit before pushing all in for 422,000 total, and Masters didn't wait long to call.
Masters tabled , then nodded as he saw Wang's hand across the table — .
"You play that sh*t?" cracked Masters and Wang grinned. The flop came , then the provided some heart-related drama. But the river was the and the pair chopped the pot.
"I'm drawing dead." These were the words from Patrick Houchins after his shove on a flop was called by Norman Michalek. Houchins held , but he had no hope, as Michalek held . He could actually still catch a running nine and ten for a straight, but the turn and river were the and. Houchins let out a sarcastic chuckle when he saw the queen hit the river, before wishing the table good luck, and heading to the payout desk.
Meanwhile, Michalek is our new chip leader after that pot, as he now has 780,000.
Christian Harder has been eliminated in 35th place. On his last hand he shoved the button with , but unfortunately for him ran into an opponent waking up with in the blinds, and when the board didn't improve Harder's hand, he was eliminated.
Leo Walker came in for a raise in the cutoff, and David Inselberg moved all in for his last 75,000. It got back around to Walker, and he tanked for about 30 seconds before tossing in the call.
Inselberg:
Walker:
The flop kept Walker out in front, as it came down . The gave Inselberg more hope, as a diamond on the river would now do it for him. However, the hit the river, and Walker collected the bounty, upping his stack to 540,000 in the process.
Sean Wallace has been eliminated in 37th place. All in with versus the of Hend Matthews, a ten flopped to pair Matthews's hand, and she was able to fade both straight and flush draws to knock out Wallace.
They are now down to 36 players, gathered around four tables.