On a flop of 6♠8♦6♥ both Drew O'Connell and Matthew Costanzo got their chips in the middle, with the latter at risk.
Matthew Costanzo 9♥9♦
Drew O'Connell: K♦6♦
Costanzo couldn't find a nine as the 3♦10♠ runout sealed his fate.
On a flop of 6♠8♦6♥ both Drew O'Connell and Matthew Costanzo got their chips in the middle, with the latter at risk.
Matthew Costanzo 9♥9♦
Drew O'Connell: K♦6♦
Costanzo couldn't find a nine as the 3♦10♠ runout sealed his fate.
Action was picked up on a flop of 5♠8♦2♠. Big blind Kharlin Sued had check-raised a bet from button player Matt Glantz to 9,000, only for Glantz to click it back to 16,000. Sued jammed, and Glantz snapped.
Matt Glantz: 8♣8♠
Kharlin Sued: 8♥6♥
Sued was in dire shape, and was dead on the K♥ turn. The J♦ river was inconsequential.
At another table, Edward Leonard was eliminated.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The players are now heading to a final 15-minute brealk of the day. play resumes at 10:25 p.m. local time.
Action was picked up with Carlos Vizoso all in and at risk against Jeremy Wien, with the K♣8♥7♦ flop already dealt.
Carlos Vizoso: A♠K♥
Jeremy Wien: K♠J♠
The K♦Q♠ runout secured the double for Vizoso.
During the very last hand before break, Hal Rotholz was eliminated at another table.
Brandon Mincher limped in under the gun, as did Hamza Azim two seats down. Daniel Monosson limped in too, from the small blind, and David Stevens checked his option in the big blind.
A♣Q♥J♣ action checked to Azim, who bet out for 3,000. Monosson folded, and Stevens raised to 10,000. Azim moved all in after Mincher folded, and Stevens made the call.
David Stevens: 6♣5♣
Hamza Azim: K♠J♠
The A♠9♥ runout was no help to Stevens, as he exited the tournament.
Brandon Mincher, who had recently re-entered, opened to 2,500 from early position. Joe McKeehen, sat to his direct left, made it 6,600 to go, and Mincher called once it had folded back to him.
Mincher then check-called a bet of 4,000 on the 4♠9♥9♦ flop, and check-called another on the 8♦ turn, this time to the tune of 8,000.
The Q♣ then peeled off on the river, and Mincher checked for a third time. McKeehen pushed forward a stack of T-5,000 chips, putting his opponent's stack of 22,400 at risk. Mincher thought for a while before folding.
At another table, Alan Sternberg entered the event.
Aaron Pinson moved all in for his final 200 chips under the gun. Max Young to his left made it 3,000 to go, before Jeremy Flieder three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Young made the call, before check-folding to a bet on the J♥J♦6♣ flop.
Aaron Pinson: K♦2♠
Jeremy Flieder: Q♥Q♠
The 4♣A♣ runout secured Pinson's elimination. Brandon Mincher was also eliminated shortly after at another table.