Harry Demetriou limped in from under the gun and Bruno Portaro followed suit from the button as Jarred Solomon completed from the small blind.
With four players active, the board was checked down to see Demetriou table his , but it would be the unknown player's from the big blind that would see him collect the pot.
"I let him get there!" stated Demetriou as he slipped to 21,000 in chips.
David Morton completed and Oliver Gill made the call before check-calling a bet on fourth street. Fifth street saw Gill again check, but when Morton continued for 600, he opted to fold.
Morton: (X)(X) /
Gill: (X)(X) /
With Gill folding, Morton flashed his split queens as Gill announced he started with three diamonds.
Currently doing his best short-stack ninja impression, Morton has built his 2,700-chip stack back up to 8,800 in chips.
With the dealer dealing seventh street, she accidently exposed Steicke's opponent's card to reveal the . The tournament director was called over, and it was determined that he could be treated as an all-in player and therefore see no betting continue on seventh.
Steicke's opponent opted for this and tabled his / , but was unable to collect any piece of the pot as Steicke revealed his / to scoop the pot and move to 20,000 in chips.
Ash Gupta completed to 300 and was called by John Caridad and Roy Bhasin. It would be Caridad who took the lead on the remainder of the streets firing out bets with his seventh street 600-chip bet being tossed out before he peeked down at his final card.
Gupta made the call as Caridad tabled his / for an eight-four low. Gupta however would table his / for a seven-six low as he collected the pot to move to 28,000 while Caridad slipped to 12,000 in chips.
"You realize I bet dark on the river right?" asked Caridad.
Gupta just shrugged as tablemate Sam Khouiss uttered, "I can't see you losing this tournament!
"Sammy's made his pick, actually that's a mock!" added Caridad.