Justin Liberto opened to 40,000 in the hijack and was called by both Rocco Palumbo in the cutoff and Steve Wilkie, who was on the button. Phil Gioia was in the big blind and re-jammed for 299,000, with Liberto being the only caller.
Phil Gioia:
Justin Liberto:
Gioia watched a safe runout of come to leave his nines best and earn him the dub.
Matt Livingston opened on the button and Mike Kenny re-jammed for 246,000 in the big blind. Livingston called.
Mike Kenny:
Matt Livingston:
Kenny held through the runout and scored yet another double, bringing him over 500K for one of the first times since he sat down at the beginning of the day.
Steve Wilkie limped in the cutoff and Phil Gioia completed his small blind before Scott Burns checked in the big blind, taking three-way action to a flop of . Gioia checked to Burns, who bet 37,000. Both Wilkie and Gioia called and action continued three handed to the turn .
"Seventy thousand," said Burns after Gioia checked. In the blink of an eye, Wilkie went all in, Gioia folded, and Burns called.
Scott Burns:
Steve Wilkie:
Burns was behind Wilkie's two pair but could be saved with a nine, heart, or ten. None came on the river and he was eliminated from the tournament as a result.
Action folded around to Justin Liberto on the button and he opened to 40,000. Jorden Helstern re-jammed for around 450,000 in the small blind and Liberto immediately set a stack of chips onto the table once it became his turn to do so.
Jorden Helstern:
Justin Liberto:
Helstern flopped a flush as rolled onto the felt. Unfortunately for him, a fourth diamond came on board as the turn came , leaving him drawing dead to the river to bring about a 14th-place finish.
Mike Kenny opened the action with a raise to 40,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 105,000 by Josh Saltz in the big blind. Jay Teel cold four-bet jammed in the big blind with a covering stack to both players, causing Kenny to send his cards to the muck before Saltz quickly called off his 308,000.
Josh Saltz:
Jay Teel:
Saltz held through the runout and secured the double and a bit more.
Justin Liberto open-limped on the button and went heads up to a flop of with Rocco Palumbo, who checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked again and the turn came , where Palumbo bet 20,000 and Liberto called.
The river fell and Palumbo bet another 55,000. Liberto slid in a stack of 25K-chips, effectively putting Palumbo all in, and Palumbo folded.
Scott Burns was in the small blind and saw action fold around to him. He shoved all in and Justin Liberto asked for a count in the big blind, which was totaled to be 366,000. Liberto called.
Scott Burns:
Justin Liberto:
"Shit, I'm fuckin' thrilled!" said Burns after seeing he was in a coin-flip situation. A ten in the window of was all he needed to pull ahead and score the double on the first hand back from the dinner break.