Max Altergott raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Antonio Esfandiari folded his button. Matt Glantz cut out a three-bet to 125,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Altergott who called.
The two saw a flop of and Glantz check-called 75,000 from Altergott. The fell on fourth street and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Glantz moved forward 185,000 and Altergott went into the tank. He took his sunglasses off and thought for about a minute before kicking his cards into the muck.
Max Altergott opened to 34,000 from under the gun, Mike McDonald called in the cutoff, and Paul Newey three-bet to 130,000 on the button. Altergott responded with a four-bet to 225,000, McDonald quickly folded, and Newey tanked for a considerable amount of time before calling.
The flop fell , and Newey quickly checked. Altergott bet a measly 85,000, and Newey thought for two or three minutes before moving all in for 296,000. Altergott immediately called.
Newey:
Altergott:
Newey needed help, and received it when the turned, giving him Broadway. The German could still fill up with an ace or a king on the river, but failed to do so when the completed the board.
Justin Bonomo moved all in from under the gun for his last 163,000. Action folded to Tony Gregg in the cutoff who called. The rest of the table tossed their hands away and the cards were turned on their backs.
Bonomo:
Gregg:
The board fell down and Gregg's ace-high was able to hold as the best hand. Bonomo exited the tournament in 15th place and Gregg's stack was boosted up to 1 million.
Max Altergott raised to 41,000 from the small blind and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind. The two saw a flop of and Altergott continued out for 45,000. Esfandiari popped it up to 114,000 and Altergott called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Altergott came out with a bet of 115,000 and Esfandiari quickly let go of his cards. Altergott dragged the pot and now has about 1.67 million.
After successfully three-bet shoving over Vanessa Selbst, Philipp Gruissem opened to 35,000 from early position. Justin Bonomo defended his big blind, and the flop came . Both players checked.
The turn was the , Bonomo led for 60,000, and Gruissem made the call.
The completed the board, Bonomo fired out another 140,000, and Gruissem moved all in for just 18,000 more. Bonomo was forced to call.
Gruissem showed for a straight, which had Bonomo's crushed.
Matt Glantz has eliminated two players, and were are now down to the final two tables of 16.
On the first hand, the action folded to Glantz in the small blind, and he eyed Guy Laliberté's stack in the big blind. Knowing his opponent was short, Glantz grabbed a handful of green T25,000 chips and splashed them forward. Laliberté moved all in, for a little more, and Glantz instantly called.
Glantz:
Laliberté:
The board came , and Laliberté was eliminated.
"See you all at [The Big One for] ONE DROP," he said with a smile.
The very next hand, Noah Schwartz three-bet shoved over an open from Glantz. Glantz called with , which was racing against Schwartz's . The flop didn't connect with Glantz's holdings, but the on the turn gave him six extra outs to make the best hand. Any five or seven on the river would counterfeit Schwartz's lowly pair of deuces.
The river was the , and Schwartz was sent packing.
While Glantz was collecting chips from the consecutive knockouts, a big hand happened on the neighboring table:
Martin Finger raised to 45,000 from the small blind and Mike McDonald called from the big blind. The flop came and Finger continued out for 55,000. McDonald called and the hit the turn. Finger slowed with a check and McDonald took this opportunity to lead for 100,000. Finger moved all in over the top for what looked to be around 450,000 and McDonald snapped him off.
McDonald tabled for trip fives which was well ahead of Finger's . The completed the board and McDonald was able to score the elimination. He's now sitting on about 1.23 million.
Justin Bonomo, Ole Schemion, and Vanessa Selbst were in action on the flop. Bonomo was first and checked. Schemion followed with a check, and then Selbst checked as well.
The landed on the turn, and Bonomo fired a bet of 70,000. After Schemion called, Selbst went deep into the tank. She eventually counted out a stack of chips and raised to 289,000. Bonomo and Schemion quickly folded, and Selbst scooped in the pot.