Moon and Ertl Chop One; Stybaniewicz KO'd

Chris Moon raised to 2,800 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. Action then folded around to Fred Ertl, who called out of the small blind. Zach Gutierrez defended his big blind and the four saw a flop of .

Ertl was first to act and led out, betting 3,500. Gutierrez folded and Moon raised to 12,300. Action folded back to Ertl, who appeared to ask if Moon was all in. The dealer appeared to confirm that Moon was not; nonetheless, Ertl called and seemed surprised when Moon moved his hands to display that he still had chips remaining.

The turn came and Ertl led out again for another 6,500. Moon postured for a bit and called. The river came and Ertl fired again, betting 15,000. Moon thought for around a minute and went all in for a total of 16,500. Ertl called the remaining 1,500.

Chris Moon:
Fred Ertl:

Moon's flopped top two pair was counterfeited by the pair of queens that came on board, giving both players aces up with a ten kicker to chop.

Ertl told Moon afterward that he probably would have folded to the raise initially had he realized Moon was not all in. Nonetheless, the two found a chop and got ready to do battle.

While the hand was occurring, Krzysztof Stybaniewicz was seen leaving the tournament area. His hand was in the process of being mucked, though Tan Hoang's winning hand of was visible on a board of before the dealer gathered all the cards to begin to shuffle for the next hand.