Francesco Campanile went all in from middle position and received action by Corey WIlliams, who was on the button. The players in the blinds folded and the two were off to the races.
Francesco Campanile:
Corey Williams:
Campanile was in trouble after the flop fell . He picked up heart outs on the turn but was unable to fill up as the river fell , sending him home as the 18th place finisher in the tournament.
Clayton Hamm had a bet of 35,000 in front of him from early position on a board of and action was on Jeff Banghart, who was in the small blind.
Banghart check-raised all in to effectively put Hamm to a decision for his tournament life. He quickly called.
Clayton Hamm:
Jeff Banghart:
Hamm was in need of hitting running cards to improve to a full house after finding out he was up against Banghart's flopped flush. The turn came to leave him drawing dead and the river fell , resulting in Hamm walking to the rail as tournament director Patrick Roy called for a high card to be dealt at the breaking table to condense the tournament's 18 remaining players down to two full tables.
Will Berry went all in from early position for his remaining chips and saw Aaron Frei go all in from the button for a bit more. David Levy was in the small blind and gave them both action.
Aaron Frei:
Will Berry:
David Levy:
Levy was in need of sweating an alleged two outs as somebody said they folded . The board ran out and Levy scored the double knockout, bringing him over 1.3 million along the way.
Meanwhile, Slater Dean was also eliminated at an adjacent table, bringing the number of players left in the tournament down to 20.
Dapo Ajayi went all in from under the gun for his last 60,000 and was called by Omar Morillo, who was in middle position. Rich Dixon then went all in over the top from the hijack and everybody folded.
Dapo Ajayi:
Rich Dixon:
"I have one over!" said Ajayi after seeing the situation. "All I need is a king. I'm going to hit it, Rich. It's what they call jungle justice!"
"Justice?" asked Dixon.
"Jungle justice!" Ajayi corrected him as the flop came . "Still waiting for that king," he added as he watched the turn fall .
"Or an ace!" Ajayi pleaded, seeing the board bring a pair on board. The river fell to leave Ajayi waiting with no chips left to play, sending him to the rail as the pot was sent Dixon's way.
Nate Zoller went all in for his last 30,000 from middle position and was called by Dapo Ajayi, who was in the hijack. After action was completed on all other tables, hands were tabled for the runout.
Nate Zoller:
Dapo Ajayi:
Zoller was in trouble with his tournament life at stake as the flop came . The turn fell to give him outs at a chop, however the river proved to be the final card of his tournament as his queen kicker was no good versus Ajayi's king after both players made aces up, making him the 46th place finisher of the tournament. Zoller stood up and shook Ajayi's hand.
"You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome," Ajayi announced to the tournament, with many of the players' eyes on him. "I like coffee, with two creams." He added, sitting there still with a pile of unstacked chips in front of him as the sixth table broke due to the tournament reaching 45 players. With 45 remaining, play is now in the money across five full tables of nine players each.
Rich Monroe went all in from the small blind for 64,000 and was called by Jason Su in the big blind.
Rich Monroe:
Jason Su:
The flop came to give each player a backdoor flush to fade the chop. Su picked up equity on the turn , giving Monroe a sweat for his tournament life as the river came . He breathed a sigh of relief and stacks were pulled back.
Moments later, Steve Wilkie went all in on an adjacent table for 85,000 from under the gun. Aaron McEvoy went over the top of him from the button and all remaining players folded.
Steve Wilkie:
Aaron McEvoy:
The board ran out , giving Wilkie a miracle two outer on the river to score the double and fade becoming the bubble boy.
"You know what's funny," he said as the pot was sent his way. "All the years the HPT has been coming here, I've never cashed a main event once. And I've bubbled twice. I've been bubble boy twice!"
Corey Williams opened to 16,000 from early position and was called by Jeff Banghart, who was on the button. Mitch Garshofsky went all in from the small blind for 56,000 and was called by WIlliams. Banghart folded and the two were off to the races.
Mitch Garshofsky:
Corey Williams:
The board ran out and Garshofsky lost the coin flip to become the most recent elimination of the tournament in 47th place. With 46 remaining, the tournament is now in hand-for-hand play. The tournament clock has been stopped and two minutes will be deducted from the time remaining at the completion of each hand.
Piles were already in the middle and Jeff Banghart let out a small fist pump as he had just won a massive all-in preflop situation against Hugo Meyer. Meyer was eliminated, marking the reduction of the tournament to 54 players and the breaking of the table that had just seen the action.
Banghart was happy to recount the action as his chips were racked, with 300,000-worth colored up as T25,000 chips were introduced into the tournament. He said that Robert Meglich had opened to 16,000 from across the table in middle position before Hugo Meyer three-bet to 55,000 from the cutoff. Banghart was in the small blind and cold four-bet to 165,000. Meglich folded, Meyer shoved, and Banghart called.
Hugo Meyer:
Jeff Banghart:
The two were off to the races as the board brought a ten-high straight, coming . Banghart had a jack-high straight and took down the pot, bringing him to around 970,000 with six tables left in the tournament.
Matt Livingston was seen standing up to sweat a runout as his chips were all in the middle before the flop. He was in the small blind and was only one of three players whose hands were tabled. The other two were Rich Monroe, who was on the button and also all in, and Jason Su, who had given both players action.
Matt Livingston:
Rich Monroe:
Jason Su:
The flop came to give Livingston four outs at a triple. However, the turn and river were clean to Monroe as he won both pots, bringing him over 200,000 as he sent Livingston to the rail early on Day 2.