After seeing a flop An Tran moved in for his last 60,000 and Jeff Courtney made the call. Courtney possibly thought his needed some help but when Tran turned over Jeff found that he was actually in the lead. The on the turn sealed Tran's fate and he was eliminated, while Courtney chipped up to 140,000.
Auth moved all in for 23,500 and Nielsen moved all in himself for his last 36,000. His dominated Auth's and Nielsen flopped a king to bring an end to Auth's night. Nielsen is up to 75,000.
We started this event with 2,693 players and Dan Heimiller and Esther Garza were seated at the same table. We're now down to 45 players...and Dan Heimiller and Esther Garza are again sitting at the same table. If both can survive 36 more eliminations they'll both find themselves at tomorrow's final table.
Action folded around to Marco Adams in the cutoff seat and he moved all in for 22,000. When it got to Scott Sitron in the big blind, he went into the tank. With 8,000 already in the pot, Sitron agonized over the call, at one point saying "man my hand is bad." He eventually called however and the players showed:
Adams:
Sitron:
The board ran out and Adams was eliminated. Sitron is now a force with about 590,000 chips.
Action folded around to Aneel Choppa in late position and he moved all in for approximately 50,000. Lars Nielsen called from the small blind and the players showed:
Choppa:
Nielsen:
It was a race situation and Choppa came up short as the board fell . Choppa hit the payout line and Nielsen stacked a pot bringing his total chip count to about 155,000.
Vanessa Rousso raised to 20,000 and Anders Fraulund called from the big blind. The flop came Rousso checked and Fraulund chose not to mess around with bet sizing and moved all in for 185,000. Rousso made the call for her last 135,000 and found that her were up against Fraulund's . The brought Anders no help but he caught the on the river to make his flush and eliminated Vanessa. He's now up to around 330,000.
As our chip leader Dan Heimiller threw his weight around and made a huge 200,000 raise from late position and Bryan Byerly looked him up from the small blind and committed his last 60,000 with . Heimiller held and after missing on the flop Heimiller caught the on the turn to take the lead and the to win the hand. He's now up to around 580,000 and Byerly is out of the tournament.
Our chip leader entering play today, Alvin Zeidenfeld moved all in for his last 71,000 on the button and Martin Cardno called from the big blind. Cardno's led Zeidenfeld's and when the board missed them both Alvin was eliminated from the tournament.