Marius Gierse opened to 22,000 from under the gun and action folded to Stephen Chidwick who moved all in, totaling 107,172. Gierse called and the two tabled their hands.
Stephen Chidwick:
Marius Gierse:
A flop of hit the virtual felt, leaving Gierse in need of runner-runner. A gave Gierse a flush draw but he failed to hit it when the river completed the board, sending a full double to Chidwick. Gierse dropped out of the tournament the very next hand with his pair of ducks failing to overcome snowmen.
Mike Watson opened to 16,000 and Fedor Holz moved all in, totaling 145,713. Julian Stuer called and Watson folded.
Fedor Holz:
Julian Stuer:
The flop came down and Holz was still in the lead with his pair of dimes. A turn gave him a set and he now had Stuer drawing dead to the river, sending the pot to Holz.
David Peters opened to 13,200 from the cutoff, Juan Pardo Domingues called on the button, George Wolff called in the small blind and Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 55,000. Action folded to Dominguez who shoved his 152,097 stack and Petrangelo called.
Juan Pardo Dominguez:
Nick Petrangelo:
The board came down and Dominguez held on with his queens to double through Petrangelo.
Damian Salas opened to 12,000 from middle position, Kenneth "rebuyguy" Smaron three-bet to 36,000 and Salas four-bet shoved for a total of 178,688. Smaron called, putting Salas at risk.
Damian Salas:
Kenneth "rebuyguy" Smaron:
The board rolled out and Smaron's dimes took down the pot, eliminating Salas from the tournament shortly after the late registration period had ended.
The late registration period has now come to an end. The registration button had a total of 130 clicks, creating a prize pool of $1,300,000.
A total of 15 players will be walking away with at least a min-cash worth $19,933 and the eventual champion of the event will be pocketing $298,487 for their victory.