Nick Petrangelo raised to 90,000 under the gun plus two and David Peters called from the button after which Joe McKeehen called from the small blind. Ankush Mandavia was next to act and he moved all in after a while for 1,660,000.
Petrangelo enquire how much each of his three opponents had, and tanked for a bit before folding. Both Peters and McKeehen followed suit, and Mandavia picked up this pot before the flop.
From the cutoff seat, David Peters raised all in for 705,000. In the small blind, Bill Perkins moved all in for 695,000. Everyone else got out of the way, and it was Perkins' up against the for Peters.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Perkins was eliminated in 10th place.
With his elimination, the remaining nine players were on the official bubble, and a $225,040 payday was just one elimination away.
After a long lull in the action at either table, Joe McKeehen and Bill Perkins finally played a hand with some substance, although it wasn't much.
McKeehen raised from the cutoff seat to 80,000, and Perkins called out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Perkins bet 85,000, McKeehen called, and the river was the . Perkins checked, and McKeehen bet 60,000.
"Why so little?" asked Perkins while he pondered. He then folded, and McKeehen won the pot.
From the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton raised to 65,000. Bill Perkins called on the button, and Nick Petrangelo reraised to 415,000 from the big blind. Haxton and Perkins folded, and Petrangelo won the pot.
On the button, Anton Astapau raised all in. Bill Perkins called from the big blind with the , and Astapau had the .
Perkins quickly took the lead on the flop, and then he held from there. The turn was the , and the river was the . Astapau was eliminated in 11th place, just a few spots short of the money, and Perkins moved to 1.58 million in chips.
up against the 
for Peters.
, and Perkins was eliminated in 10th place.
. Both players checked, and the turn was the 
. Perkins checked, and McKeehen bet 60,000.
board, Mustapha Kanit checked to Ankush Mandavia. Mandavia bet 150,000, and Kanit made the call.
, and both players checked.
, but Mandavia's 
was the better hand.
.
flop, and then he held from there. The turn was the 
. Astapau was eliminated in 11th place, just a few spots short of the money, and Perkins moved to 1.58 million in chips.
