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.
Jason Mercier raised to 10,500 from middle position and Kirill Gerasimov called from the big blind. The flop came and Gerasimov led out for 15,500. Mercier raised enough to put Kirill all in and he called for his tournament life.
Gerasimov:
Mercier:
The on the turn gave Gerasimov a straight, however, when the fell on the river Mercier made a full house, eliminating the the Russian from the tournament.
After a flop of Matt Giannetti checked the small blind, Greg Pappas checked from late position and Vic Park bet 36,000 from the button. Giannetti check-raised pot and Pappas got out of the way. Park called for his remaining 59,000 and showed . Giannetti turned over .
The on the turn was a blank for both players, but the on the river completed Park's straight. He doubled up to 180,000 while Giannetti droped to 189,000.
Joe Chang opened for 18,000 from the small blind and Kevin Iacofano made the call from the big blind.
Chang checked the flop over to Iacofano, who bet 30,000. Chang called and they went to the turn, the . Chang bet 86,000, but Iacofano put him to the test, moving all in for an additional 172,000. Chang ultimately folded, leaving himself with 190,000.