From early position, Victor Ramdin raised to 4,500. Action folded all the way around to Alex Fitzgerald on the button and he moved all of his chips into the middle. Everyone folded back to Ramdin and he called the all-in bet that was worth 15,100 total.
Ramdin:
Fitzgerald:
The flop came down and Ramdin added a pair of jacks. Fitzgerald still held two overcards to the board and an open-ended straight draw. As he started to stand up from his chair, Fitzgerald said to Ramdin, "I hope you make two pair."
After the fell on the turn to give Fitzgerald more outs to a flush, the hit the board on the river and he made his straight while Ramdin made an unwanted two pair. Ramdin sent the chips over, but it wasn't a big loss as he's still on 440,000 in chips.
A player in early position opened with a raise to 4,800 before Arnaud Mattern three-bet shoved for about 37,000 total. Next door, Cynthia May was working with her own short stack, and she tanked for a while before calling all in for 15,000 even. The initial raiser folded, and May said, "Well, goodbye everyone," as she stood from her chair.
Showdown
Mattern:
May: The ol'
Mattern was puzzled, and you probably know the rest of the story. May flopped a pair, and the board ran out to secure her double up. A mystified Mattern counted out his debt and slid it to his neighbor without a word, dropping down to 22,000.
"When you're short-stacked, you gotta make a move sometime," May said. "That's pot odds."
We've hit the midway point of the day -- three levels down, three to go. The players are headed out for another ten-minute break, but we'll be back soon!
From the cutoff seat, Michael Katz raised to 3,600. Jonathan Aguiar three-bet to 8,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Katz four-bet to put Aguiar all in. Aguiar had 46,700 behind and tank-folded after a minute.
With about 60,000 in the pot and a board reading , big-stack Chris DeMaci bet 33,000 into his sole opponent, Ana Marquez. She had around 150,000 back and announced she was all in. DeMaci snap-called and the cards were turned up:
Marquez:
DeMaci:
As it appeared, DeMaci had decided to gamble with his small cards and hit the jackpot with a wheel; however, Marquez had a set of aces and could still win the hand if the board paired. With over 300,000 at stake, the dealer put out the . A shell-shocked Marquez made her exit from the Big Event while DeMaci is up over 500,000.
Three players took a flop of with about 13,000 in the pot, and the action checked around to late position. The player on the button bet 7,000, and that was enough to quickly fold Randy Lew. Joe Hachem was the third player in the hand, though, and he proceeded to check-raise all in for his last 33,800.
The shove sent his opponent deep into the tank, and it was several minutes before he finally released his cards into the muck. Hachem let out a disappointed sigh. "Tell the truth about what you had and I'll show you," Hachem said to the man across the table. When his opponent told him, "I had pocket jacks," Hachem incredulously continued, "How could you not call?!"
Hachem rolled over his as he scooped up that not-as-big-as-he'd-have-liked pot. Mark him down for close to 55,000 now.
and Ramdin added a pair of jacks. Fitzgerald still held two overcards to the board and an open-ended straight draw. As he started to stand up from his chair, Fitzgerald said to Ramdin, "I hope you make two pair."
fell on the turn to give Fitzgerald more outs to a flush, the 
hit the board on the river and he made his straight while Ramdin made an unwanted two pair. Ramdin sent the chips over, but it wasn't a big loss as he's still on 440,000 in chips.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
to secure her double up. A mystified Mattern counted out his debt and slid it to his neighbor without a word, dropping down to 22,000.
. The board ran out 
and Bergeron doubled to about 60,000 in chips.
. A shell-shocked Marquez made her exit from the Big Event while DeMaci is up over 500,000.
as he scooped up that not-as-big-as-he'd-have-liked pot. Mark him down for close to 55,000 now.