Down to less than eight big blinds, Dan Harkenrider moved all in with 
and got called by 
. The board blanked out and even delivered a on the river to see the radio host head to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The action started with Bradley Yazici opening to 21,000. A couple spots to his left, Andrew Lichtenberger, raised it to 51,000. It was folded back to Yazici who four-bet it to 125,000. Lichtenberger, who had maneuvered his stack up over the half-million chip mark, thought for a few moments and announced he was all in. Yazici beat him into the pot and with good reason as he had 
. Lichtenberger was the victim of an unfortunate cooler with his 
.
The board would run out 
and Yazici, who won the HPO Regional Championship tournament in Grantville, PA, doubled up to 850,000 in chips while Lichtenberger dropped all the way down to 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
100,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
James Lushin's dreams of glory were dashed in the matter of two hands. He would first take a dominating up against a shorter stack's 
and lose a big chunk of his stack when the board would run out 
. Moments later he would put the last of his chips in against Elliott Zaydman and was racing with 
against Zaydman's 
.
The flop was 
giving Zaydman a set but also giving Lushin an open-ended straight draw. It wasn't to be, however, as the turn was the 
and the river was the 
to send Lushin off to collect his winnings. Zaydman in the meantime continued to build his big stack, now sitting at 1.3 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |
Chris Hunichen moved all in for what looked like 100,000 and Robbie Bakker had an easy call with the . Hunichen needed a lot of help with and could not get there on the 
board.
Only a few moments later, Bradley Yazici raised to 21,000 and Bakker called. One seat over, Andrew Lichtenberger moved all in for 94,000 and Yazici folded. Bakker reluctantly tossed in the extra chips and gave it a valid effort with the 
versus 
.
Lichtenberger had some sweat after the 
turn, but the river blanked for Bakker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
230,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
David Weinstein three-bet shoved for 161,000 with 
after Brian Hastings opened the action with a raise to 20,000 and Ron Carrocio called one seat over. Hastings made the call and went into the showdown with 
.
The 
flop was great for Hastings and he scored the bustout once the board completed with the 
turn and the river.
Shortly after, Ron Carrocio got value out of and flopped two pair against Andy Spears to climb up in the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
410,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Jorn Walthaus raised to 20,000 and then four-bet shoved with the superior stack after Michael Wang three-bet to 50,000. Walthaus only had 
and Wang had that dominated with the 
. The 
board delivered a gutshot for the Dutchman on the flop, but he could not improve anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
845,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
720,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
715,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
710,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
680,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
675,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
660,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
||
|
465,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
|
450,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
305,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
We are down to the last four tables and thus 36 players left. Kent Snyder as well as Rupesh Patini were eliminated recently and both took home $7,178 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
It has been a very volatile last few minutes for Jorn Walthaus. He was down to 70,000 chips, tripled that up and now lost a big portion of the stack once again. After his open raise to 25,000, John Simon moved all in for 92,000 out of the small blind. Walthaus, who started the action on the button, asked for a count and then tossed in the extra chips.
Walthaus:
Simon:
The 
flop gave Walthaus the lead, but both the turn and the river ensured that the better kicker preflop played.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
103,500
|
103,500 |
|
|
142,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
