Catching the action with the board reading , Zachary Gruneberg bet out and Michael Arrington moved all in for roughly 3.3 million with Gruneberg quickly calling.
Gruneberg:
Arrington:
With Arrington drawing dead, the river landed the to send him out 36th place as Gruneberg climbed to roughly 8.4 million in chips.
On a flop of , Sean Drake bet out 625,000 only to have Gary Chau move all in for 3,765,000. After a few moments of consideration, Drake made the call to Chau at risk.
Chau:
Drake:
With Chau needing to spike a two-outer, the turn and river landed the and to end his run in a gallant 39th place as Drake soared to 11.65 million in chips.
Austin Bursavich opened the button to 125,000 and Constantin Meyer defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Meyer check-called a bet of 155,000 before leading for 500,000 when the turn landed the . Bursavich shoved and Meyer called all-in for roughly a further 1.1 million.
Meyer:
Bursavich:
In a battle of the low cards, Meyer had Bursavich's straight draw dead and left him only drawing to two of the remaining treys in the deck.
"No three please dealer" pleaded Meyer.
The dealer burned and turned the devastating on the river to launch Meyer to his feet while simultaneously retrieving his phone to take a photo of the horrible beat he had just witnessed.
As Meyer headed to the rail, Bursavich soar his stack rise to 6.25 million.
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 4 coverage of Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack. The starting field of 7,862 entrants is down to just 62 players, each with hopes of capturing a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $1,327,083.
Leading the way into Day 4 is Sean Drake with 4,975,000. Drake has been under the WSOP spotlight before, having captured a bracelet in 2011. This time however, the stakes are quite a bit higher and Drake would like nothing more than to add a second piece of WSOP jewelry to his wrist.
He'll have plenty of competition, however, as several excellent players remain in the hunt. Among them are Joe McKeehen (3,740,000), Jason Duval (3,465,000), Zach Gruneberg (3,300,000), Thayer Rasmussen (3,005,000), Bolivar Palacios (2,595,000), Steven Levy (1,975,000), Tom Alner (1,785,000) and Mathew Frankland (1,575,000). The Day 4 table and seating assignments can be found here.
Play is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and the plan for the day is to either play 10 levels or down to a winner. Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews' to see the conclusion of this historic event!