After a flop of Matt Giannetti checks and David Halpern bets 10,000. Giannetti tosses out a check raise of 40,000 and Hapern calls. The falls on the turn and Giannetti shoves all in for 78,000. Halpern calls all in and shows for a straight but Giannetti has a full house with .
The river is the eliminating Halpern from the tournament in 23rd place.
Six out of the ten biggest stacks of the tournament (Mercier, Tare, Burkholder, Pappas, Giannetti and Iacofano) currently reside at Table 77. As a result, most of them seem unwilling to gamble a large portion of their stacks with one another. Instead, action is slow at the table and many seem content to either wait for a really big hand, or see how many of the short stacks bust in the next level or two.
Ilya Briskin limped in from early position, Eric Froehlich completed the small blind and Chris Biondino checked his option. Froehlich checked the flop over to Biondino, who bet 8,500. Briskin folded and Froehlich came in with a raise to 35,000. Biondino set him in and Froehlich called.
Froehlich
Biondino
Froehlich was ahead with a set of deuces, but Biondino filled his wrap draw on the turn, the falling to make him a six-high straight. Froehlich could survive if the board paired, but the hit the river, sending him to the rail in 26th place.
From early position Matt Greenwood raised to 11,000 and was called by Jae Chang in the small blind and Alex Michaels in the big blind.
The flop came . Action was checked to Greenwood who bet 23,000. Chang folded and Alex Michaels then moved all in for 69,000. Greenwood tanked for a few moments before calling with . Michaels turned over for a flopped full house.
The turn and river were blanks and Michaels doubles up to 175,000.