Alan Wentz raised in early position and Robson Barbosa made it 61,000 to go. It was folded back to Wentz who moved all in.
"I can't fold this," said Barbosa as he announced a call with .
Wentz turned over and would quickly fall behind when the flop came . He pleaded for a five but the turn was the and the river was the and our Day 1 chip leader was eliminated in 18th place.
The very next hand Barbosa would send some of those chips over to Jewook Oh when he folded face up on a board while saying "biggest laydown I've ever made." Oh continues to sit near the top of the leader board.
Bryan Choi was all in and at risk for 402,000 after a preflop raising war, and David Stefanski had him crushed.
Choi:
Stefanski:
Stefanski remained in the lead after the flop () and the turn (), but the spiked on the river to give Choi a straight. Stefanski slapped the felt and cussed under his breath, but quickly collected himself to cut out enough chips to pass across the felt to Choi.
A few hands later, Choi raised from under the gun, Frank Toscano moved all in for 172,000 from middle position, and David Tuthill cold-called in the small blind. Choi re-shoved for effectively 740,000, and Tuthill tank-folded.
Choi:
Toscano:
This time Choi had the dominant hand in two queens, but they were again cracked as the flop came , giving Toscano a straight. The turn and river bricked off , respectively, and neither player held a diamond, so the straight was good for a double.
A short-stacked Mauricio Dasilva got the last of his chips in with and was dominating the of Vitaly Kovyazin. The flop came giving Kovyazin a flush draw.
"Diamond," he said, hoping the dealer would help him out.
The turn was the and Kovyazin asked for a different card this time.
"Ten," he said, knowing that card would give him a straight.
The dealer was not on his side in this hand as the river was the . Dasilva pounded his fist on the table in excitement and doubled up to 225,000.
"Ohhhhhh no!" Miguel Borrero blurted, shooting out of his chair on Table 3.
When we arrived on the scene, the board was completed . Miguel Borrero had in front of him for sixes full of fives, but he was pipped by Laurence Wolf's for a better full house.
According to Jeff Madsen, Borrero bet out on the flop and Wolf put in a raise. Borrero called. On the turn, Borrero check-called a bet, and the money went all in on the river.
Borrero collected himself then exited the tournament area, while Wolf is up to 1.5 million chips.
Will Jaffe open-shoved his last eight big blinds from the cutoff with , according to Charlie Hook, and Hook made the call out of the small blind with .
Hook connected with the board, making a pair of eights, and Jaffe was off to collect his cash from the cage.