After a raise to 6,100, four players saw a flop of and the action was checked around. The turn was the and Josh Arieh checked from the small blind. Christian Rachel bet 15,000, but only Arieh called. The river fell the and Arieh moved all in for his remaining 18,000. Banks called, but mucked as soon as he saw Arieh's for a six-high straight.
Jason Mercier opened the pot for 6,200 from middle position and Steven Burkholder flat called from the small blind. Martin Perez reraised all in from the big blind for 22,400. In an apparent attempt to isolate, Mercier re-potted. However, to his surprise, Burkholder moved all in for 90,000. Mercier called.
Burkholder:
Perez:
Mercier:
The board came giving Burkholder quad aces and the pot.
Perez Martin is eliminated from the tournament while Burkholder doubles through Mercier. Now the chip leader, Burkholder is at 252,000 while Mercier drops to 240,000.
Four players saw a flop of . The first two players checked to Brian Alioa who bet 8,500. Dennis Marcum called and the other two players got out of the way.
The turn brought the and Alioa moved all in. Marcum called for his tournament life and showed for a pair of aces with flush draw. Alioa turned up for a top set. The river blanked out with a and Marcum was eliminated from the tournament.
On a board of , Jon Tare bet out 18,000 from the small blind and was called by Carman Cavella from late position. The river was the and Tare checked action over to Cavella, who moved all in for 64,200. Tare tank called with for an eight-high flush. Carman turned over for just queens and twos.
37. Carman Cavella
38. Dennis Marcum
39. Martin Perez
40. Chad Miker
41. Josefino Manalo
42. Pouya Majd
43. Timothy Finne
44. Christian Rachel
45. Robert Wisiak
Jason Mercier led off the action with a raise to 7,700 from middle position, Dario Alioto called from the cutoff and the big blind called as well.
The flop came down . The big blind checked, Mercier bet 17,200, Alioto called and the big blind folded. The on the turn earned checks from both players. The river fell the and Mercier checked over to Alioto, who bet the pot. Mercier folded and Alioto took it down, increasing his stack to 240,000. Mercier was down to 210,000.
Will Chao got the rest of his chips in before the flop vs. Harold Cromwell, holding to Cromwell's . The flop looked good to him, but Cromwell spiked two pair when the came on the turn. Chao couldn't catch up on the river, which fell the and he hit the rail, while Cromwell increased his stack to 50,000.