Bob Sweeney recently doubled up with ace-king where he held versus the nine-six of Maz Keshavarzi for his last few chips. He had then chipped up to around 800,000 and took down a pot after three-betting preflop and getting the opener on the other side of the table to fold, bringing his stack to one million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
636,000
|
636,000 |
Austin Peck opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Maxx Holland in the small blind. Dapo Ajayi looked at his cards while saying he was hoping for something he could shove with. He then announced he was all in and stood up to celebrate the fact that he had a shove-worthy hand.
Meanwhile, Peck thought for over a minute before raising to put Holland in and Holland folded 
.
Dapo Ajayi: 
Ausin Peck: 
Ajayi was thrilled both at the jack-ten call as well as the fact that jack-ten had called his king-queen. The flop came 
, prompting Holland to remark on his own fold. Nonetheless, Ajayi remained ahead until the turn came 
prompting Ajayi to begin to get up from his seat. The river then fell 
to give him Broadway and secure the double.
"I'm gonna get right back down," Ajayi said as he sat back in his chair and collected his newly-won chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,625,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
1,430,000
628,000
|
628,000 |
Pat Pineda shoved all in from middle position for 525,000 and action folded around to Nathaniel Zoller who was in the big blind. Zoller asked for confirmation of the amount and quickly called.
Pat Pineda: 
Nathaniel Zoller:
"You got tens?" Pineda said as he saw Zoller table his hand upon calling. "I only have threes," he said.
The board ran out 
and Pineda was unable to improve, being eliminated in 16th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
|
Busted |
Dapo Ajayi saw action folded to him on the cutoff and he opened to four times the big blind for a total of 200,000 to effectively commit to Derek Palmer's stack of 225,000 in the big blind. Palmer put in the rest and Ajayi called him.
Derek Palmer: 
Dapo Ajayi: 
The board ran out 
and Palmer was eliminated in 15th place. Meanwhile, Ajayi has picked up momentum and finds himself as one of the top stacks among the 14 players left in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
After Nick Pupillo and Rich Dixon were involved in a pot on the previous hand where Dixon folded to a shove from Pupillo on a board of 
, Pupillo opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Dixon ripped in his last 630,000. Pupillo asked for a count and then called.
Rich Dixon: 
Nick Pupillo: 
The two found themselves in a coin flip situation until the flop fell in Pupillo's favor, coming . The turn came 
and Dixon commented about how he couldn't even hit a jack. Just like that, the 
fell on the river and he faded the end of his tournament life en route to a double and a near-average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
761,000
|
761,000 |
|
900,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
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Steve Harvey was seen standing up from the table in good spirits after having just been eliminated from the tournament. According to Albert Winchester Harvey opened to 125,000 from the hijack and Winchester three-bet him to 300,000 from the button. Harvey made the call to bring a flop of 
.
Harvey was first to act and bet 350,000 of his 675,000 that remained. Winchester put in a raise to commit him and he called off the rest.
Steve Harvey:
Albert Winchester:
The board ran out 
and Harvey hit the rail in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,540,000
1,060,000
|
1,060,000 |
|
Busted |
Nick Pupillo shoved all in from middle position for 790,000 and action folded around to Francesco Campanile who called off the rest of his stack, totaling less than Pupillo's and the two turned up their hands.
Francesco Campanile:
Nick Pupillo: 
A six came in the window as the board ran out 
and Campanile was eliminated in 13th place. In the meantime, Pupillo has lost a pot since which brings him to his current total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,170,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Anthony Piazza opened to 175,000 from the hijack and action folded around to Maz Keshavarzi in the small blind. He went all in for over 30 big blinds effective and after some thought, Piazza called off his stack of 1.615 million.
Anthony Piazza:
Maz Keshavarzi: 
Piazza had a sweat on the flop but was unable to improve any further as the turn and river resulted in his departure from the tournament in cold fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Bob Sweeney was in the small blind and saw action fold to him. He shoved all in for around 700,000 and Scott Horvath quickly called him from the big blind.
Bob Sweeney: 
Scott Horvath:
Sweeney was in need of improving and was unable to make anything happen on a board of 
as he was sent home in 11th place, resulting in the tournament redrawing to the unofficial final table of 10 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,445,000
1,698,000
|
1,698,000 |
|
|
Busted |
