Robert Wood open-jammed his 32,000-chip stack into the middle from the cutoff. Daniel Lim made the call in the big blind.
Robert Wood: K♥10♦
Daniel Lim: Q♣9♠
The dealer put out 10♠J♦10♥4♥5♥ and Wood doubled up, finding new life in the tournament.
Robert Wood open-jammed his 32,000-chip stack into the middle from the cutoff. Daniel Lim made the call in the big blind.
Robert Wood: K♥10♦
Daniel Lim: Q♣9♠
The dealer put out 10♠J♦10♥4♥5♥ and Wood doubled up, finding new life in the tournament.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Action folded to Jordan Ludwick in the cutoff, and he raised to 12,000. Then the player on the button went all in for 70,000, and after it folded back to Ludwick, he made the call to put the player at risk.
All in Player: A♠7♠
Jordan Ludwick: K♥Q♦
The player at risk was ahead with his ace high, but after the board ran out 2♦Q♠5♦6♥4♦ Ludwick improved to a pair of queens and eliminated his opponent.
Ludwick was down to just 9,000, has battled all the way back and is closing in on 200,000 chips.
Action folded around to John Malczan in the hijack who moved all in for his last 66,500 chips. The small blind player reraised all in for over 125,000 chips and the big blind player stuck his stack of 100,000 in the middle.
John Malczan: A♥K♥
Big Blind: A♦Q♠
Small Blind: J♠J♦
The board ran out 4♥2♠10♣9♥A♣ and Malczan drilled his Ace on the river to triple up in a massive pot. The big blind won a side pot off the small blind player to stay alive.
Action folded around to Vincent Basilicata in the cutoff who moved all in for 68,000 chips. The small blind player made the call and had Basilicata in bad shape.
Vincent Basilicata: Q♥J♥
Small Blind: A♥Q♣
The board ran out J♠3♣4♦7♥10♦ and Basilicata found a little luck from the deck to extend his tournament run.
Action was picked up on the flop with a player all in, and Sean Fellman putting him at risk. There was 27,500 in the pot, and the board showing 6♦7♣9♦.
All in Player: Q♣8♦
Sean Fellman: K♥9♥
Fellman was ahead with his pair of nines, would but have to fade the over card and open-ended straight draw of his opponent. But after the K♠ on the turn and Q♦ on the river, Fellman improved to two pair, kings and nines to knockout his opponent.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Action was picked up with Robert Armstrong in the small blind all in, and Patrick Phan in the big blind putting him at risk.
Robert Armstrong: J♦10♥
Patrick Phan: K♦6♦
Phan was ahead with his king high, and Armstrong would need to improve to stay in the tournament. But after the board ran out Q♣3♥8♠4♠Q♦ the king of Phan was still best, and Armstrong was eliminated from the tournament.
Action folded around to Jordan Ludwick on the button who moved all in for 39,000. Michael Latour made the call from the big blind and had Ludwick barely covered.
Jordan Ludwick: A♠K♥
Michael Latour: A♥4♦
The dealer put out A♦A♣10♣8♦Q♣ and both players flopped trips but it was Latour's kicker that played, earning him the pot and a full double up.
Action was picked up with Andrew Kershaw all in for 85,000, and Scott Weinstein putting him at risk.
Andrew Kershaw: A♦K♠
Scott Weinstein: A♠Q♠
Kershaw had Weinstein dominated, and after the board ran out 2♥7♥6♣4♣4♠ the ace-king of Kershaw was still best, and he secured the double up.