James Gettinger raised to 50,000 in the hijack seat, Nick Gandhi three-bet to 120,000 in the cutoff, and Bennett Ellenbogen cold-called in the small blind. Gettinger quickly got out of the way, and the dealer fanned a flop of .
Ellenbogen checked, Gandhi fired out a continuation bet, Ellenbogen moved all in, and Ghandi immediately called.
Ghandi:
Ellenbogen:
Ellenbogen flopped a set of jacks, but Gandhi was still alive when the turn brought the . Any ace or king on the river would keep him alive and double him up, however the was a meaningless card.
He was eliminated in ninth place, while Ellenbogen is up to 1.7 million chips.
On one of the first hands back from break, Henry Lopez open-shoved for his last quarter million in middle position. Tom Dobrilovic re-shoved two places to his left, and the rest of the players folded.
Lopez:
Dobrilovic:
The kings held on a board of , and Lopez was eliminated in a cooler.
James Gettinger raised in late position, Nick Gandhi called on the button, and Roger Lovett defended his big blind. The flop fell , Lovett bet the pot, and only Gandhi called.
The turn was the , Lovett moved all in before the card hit the felt, and Gandhi tanked for a considerable amount of time before calling.
Lovett:
Gandhi:
Lovett was ahead, and in great shape to double, but the spiked on the river to eliminate Lovett.
Over on the outer table, John Tavss was all in and at risk for 395,000 with , but was crushed by Tom Dobrilovic's . The aces held on a board of , and just like that the chip leader entering the day was gone.
John Tavss leads the remaining 27 players in Event 3: $560 Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry with 705,000 chips, and his closest competitors are James Gettinger (645,000) and Joe Stiers (622,000). All three players have well over the average stack of 270,370.
All of these players are guaranteed a minimum of $1,275 after the money bubble burst last night, each member of the final table is guaranteed $2,832, and the winner will walk away with $39,650.
The cards will be in the air shortly with 28 minutes remaining in Level 20 (5,000/10,000/1,000). Be sure to stay tuned for updates straight from the tournament floor.