Donnie Peters
Robert Mizrachi reraised Jose Roberto Santos 65,000 more in preflop action. Santos had opened from middle position and Mizrachi was acting out of the big blind. Santos made the call and action was heads up to the flop.
The flop came down . Mizrachi double fisted two stacks of chips for a bet of 140,000. Santos shook his head and tanked. It took him about a minute, but he eventually folded. Mizrachi now has 1.120 million and is back at the top. Santos slipped down to six digits and has 875,000 chips.
James Mordue - 11th Place
Matt Ross opened the pot with a raise, and James Mordue three-bet from the next seat over. When it came back to Ross, he moved all in with the big stack, and Mordue made the call all in for his tournament life.
Showdown
Ross:
Mordue:
Ross had been in this situation with pocket eights earlier today, and he managed to flop his two-outer. He would miss this flop, though, as the dealer spread it .
Ross would not miss the turn. The peeled off, and that familiar cry, "Daaaaaa!" echoed throughout the room. The river failed to save Mordue, and he has been sent to the rail, head hanging in frustration.
Ross moves up over the million-chip mark with that timely eight on the turn.
David Perkins - 12th Place Finisher
After losing most of his chips in the aforementioned monster hand against Jose Roberto Santos, David Perkins has since been eliminated from the tournament.
Robert Mizrachi was Perkins’ executioner, and he was kind enough to share the details of the hand with us.
According to Mizrachi, he opened with a raise holding and Perkins made the call from the big blind holding .
The flop came and Perkins check-raised all in. Mizrachi made the call and the turn and river blanked, sending Perkins to the rail in 12th place.
After the hand, Mizrachi stacked up just over 1 million in chips.
Donnie Peters
David Perkins raised to 22,000 to kick off the action. Brandon Hall reraised to 66,000 in the next position. Action folded around to Jose Roberto Santos who moved all in from the big blind for 335,000. When Santos announced he was all in, his railbirds erupted in cheers. Perkins took only a moment to reraise all in for 403,000 total. Brandon Hall was now to act and he sat in the tank for some time. He had about 730,000 behind and made the call after a couple of minutes. The crowd erupted as the cards were opened...
First, Hall showed . Next, Perkins tabled . Finally, Santos tabled yelling, "Ace king! Ace king!" as if he had the best hand.
All three players stood as the dealer burned and dealt the flop: . When the ace hit the felt, Santos sprung into the crowd yelling, "Ace! Ace! Ace!" as he was swarmed by his friends, about 20 of them. Robert Mizrachi stood and was lifting his hands in the air over and over to pump up the crowd even more.
The turn brought the and more eruption as Santos stayed in the lead. The river was the , completing the board and bringing Santos from worst to first in the largest and loudest pot of the tournament! The celebration that ensued was one for the ages. Santos took off running around the rail and around the sliding dividers that seperate the two halves of the tournament room. He had plenty of his fans right on his heels as they all screamed and cheered. Brock Parker was standing near Santos at the time the river hit and had to flee for his life.
After Santos gathered himself and the crowd settled, he raked in his chips and stacked them up, totaling about 1.1 million. He is officially the new chip leader! Perkins dropped to 125,000, but did win the side pot from Hall. Hall dropped to 285,000.
Donnie Peters
James Jewett - 13th Place
Robert Mizrachi raised to 20,000 from the button and Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin flat-called from the small blind. James Jewett was in the big blind and moved all in for approximately 200,000 total. Mizrachi tank-folded and Baldwin snap-called.
Baldwin tabled two red jacks and had Jewett's dominated. The board ran out . Baldwin earned the elimination and stacked up his chips that now amount to 945,000.
Donnie Peters
Three players saw a flop of . First to act was Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin out of the big blind position. He fired out 27,000. Brock Parker was in middle position and made the call. David Perkins was on the button and opted out of the hand.
The turn brought the and Baldwin took his time. He then fired 38,000. Parker took his own time before putting in a raise to 80,000. Baldwin insta-folded his hand and laughed a little bit. Parker chuckled to himself as he scooped up the pot.
Park is up to 540,000 while Baldwin is at 750,000.
Max Greenwood - 14th place Finisher
A short-stacked Max Greenwood moved the last of his chips (approx. T120,000) into the middle holding and was looked up by Chase Steely who made the call with .
"I'm good at these... trust me," said Greenwood before the dealer spread the flop:
"Nevermind," conceded Greenwood, as he watched the rest of the board fill out , , cementing the pot for Steely, who moved to 490,000 in chips with the win.
Matt Ross
Max Greenwood and Matt Ross got tangled up in a big preflop pot, ending with all of Ross' 300,000 chips going into the middle of the table. Greenwood looked him up with , and Ross was in a bad way with .
Not to worry.
Right in the door came the , and Ross immediately shot out of his chair yelling, "Da! Da! Daaaa!" In the end, the board ran , securing Ross a come-from-behind double up. He's up over 600,000 now, leaving Greenwood with just over 100,000.
Donnie Peters
Charlie Hook raised to 20,000 before Ryan Schmidt reraised to 62,000. Action went back over to Hook and he moved all in for 284,000 total. Schmidt made the call, although he didn't look too happy about doing so.
Hook tabled against Schmidt's pocket eights -- .
Hook caught an ace on the flop and a king on the turn as the board ran out . He now has around 550,000 chips while Schmidt dropped over half his stack and is left with 250,000.
. Mizrachi double fisted two stacks of chips for a bet of 140,000. Santos shook his head and tanked. It took him about a minute, but he eventually folded. Mizrachi now has 1.120 million and is back at the top. Santos slipped down to six digits and has 875,000 chips.
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failed to save Mordue, and he has been sent to the rail, head hanging in frustration.
and Perkins made the call from the big blind holding 
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and Perkins check-raised all in. Mizrachi made the call and the turn and river blanked, sending Perkins to the rail in 12th place.
. Next, Perkins tabled 
yelling, "Ace king! Ace king!" as if he had the best hand.
. When the ace hit the felt, Santos sprung into the crowd yelling, "Ace! Ace! Ace!" as he was swarmed by his friends, about 20 of them. Robert Mizrachi stood and was lifting his hands in the air over and over to pump up the crowd even more.
, completing the board and bringing Santos from worst to first in the largest and loudest pot of the tournament! The celebration that ensued was one for the ages. Santos took off running around the rail and around the sliding dividers that seperate the two halves of the tournament room. He had plenty of his fans right on his heels as they all screamed and cheered. Brock Parker was standing near Santos at the time the river hit and had to flee for his life.
dominated. The board ran out 
. Baldwin earned the elimination and stacked up his chips that now amount to 945,000.
. First to act was Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin out of the big blind position. He fired out 27,000. Brock Parker was in middle position and made the call. David Perkins was on the button and opted out of the hand.
and was looked up by Chase Steely who made the call with 
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, 
, cementing the pot for Steely, who moved to 490,000 in chips with the win.
, securing Ross a come-from-behind double up. He's up over 600,000 now, leaving Greenwood with just over 100,000.
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