Rich Monroe was recently eliminated from the tournament after getting into the money as short stacks.
Bobby Opila was also felted, getting all in with ace-king preflop against Steve Wilkie's pocket jacks. He was unable to hit and found himself making a trip to the payout desk after not getting anything going on Day 2.
Jason Su was on the button and opened to 15,000. Will Mietz three-bet to 48,000 from the big blind and Su called.
The flop came and Mietz made a continuation-bet of 22,000. Su put in a raise to 125,000, sending Mietz into the tank for about 40 seconds. Eventually, he folded and the pot was sent Su'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.