After the redraw, Matthias Eibinger and Chino Rheem were put back right next to each other and the two once again got involved in a big pot to add another chapter to their storied rivalry.
Rheem raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Eibinger defended his big blind. The flop was and Eibinger checked. Rheem bet 100,000, Eibinger check-raised to 275,000 and Rheem called at the buzzer.
The turn was the and Eibinger kept up the aggression with a bet of 220,000. Rheem slid in a call in position.
On the river, Eibinger bet 300,000 and Rheem glossed over all his options. He used up one of his time bank cards and one second left on his clock, he shoved all in for 1,485,000. Now, Eibinger was the one with a headache, and the Austrian sat up in his chair and talked to himself trying to figure out the scenario.
Eibinger used up all his time banks and with literally one second left on his final extension, he called. Rheem quickly showed for the turned full house, Eibinger showed and mucked to be left with not even 30 bigs.
Pavel Veksler raised to 60,000 under the gun with . Matt Berkey, from one seat over, three-bet to 175,000 with . Action folded back to Veksler who four-bet to 375,000. Berkey called.
The flop came . Veksler bet 250,000. Berkey called.
The dealer burned and turned the that was checked around to the river. Veksler fired 900,000. Berkey went deep into the tank but proceeded to make the call, and Veksler took down the pot with his rivered straight.
Scott Wellenbach raised to 100,000 under the gun. Ami Barer, on the cutoff, three-bet shoved for 655,000. Matt Berkey, in the small blind, called for less, putting at risk his last 400,000. Wellenbach gave up his hand.
Ami Barer:
Matt Berkey:
The board ran and Barer took down the pot, eliminating Berkey from the tournament in 15th place for $77,620.
Scott Wellenbach raised to 100,000 under the gun with . Jess Hakim, in the hijack, three-bet to 300,000 with . Action folded back to Wellenbach who took a minute of reflection before four-betting to 1,000,000. Hakim used three of his time bank cards before letting it go
''I probably didn't mind a fold there, I would say. Not that I know what you had,'' commented Wellenbach.
Matthias Eibinger and Chino Rheem had tangled several times throughout the last two days and the Austrian went from one of the chip leaders to shorter stack after two clashes with Rheem on Day 2. It was no coincidence as such that they would meet again and it sealed the fate of Eibinger.
The action started with a cutoff raise to 80,000 by Eibinger and Rheem called on the button. On a flop of , Eibinger checked and Rheem bet 125,000. Eibinger cut out his remaining stack carefully, which happened to be 1,045,000, and pushed all in. Rheem almost beat him into the pot and the camera crews rushed by to film the showdown.
Matthias Eibinger:
Chino Rheem:
Rheem had a ton of outs with his pair and flush draw, but the final blow came in runner-runner fashion as he hit the turn and river for a ten-high straight. Eibinger has been eliminated in 14th place and takes home $77,620.
Tommy Nguyen shoved a little over ten big blinds all in from the small blind and Chino Rheem called from the big blind.
Tommy Nguyen:
Chino Rheem:
The flop was and Nguyen already put on his jacket. He stood up on the turn and zipped his jacked close after the river was dealt, ending his deep run in the Main Event in 13th place.
Nguyen came into the penultimate day as the chip leader but after losing a big coinflip against Daniel Strelitz he was relegated to a short stack. The WSOP Monster Stack champion managed to score a pay jump and received $86,000 for his run.
Ami Barer pushed for his last 465,000 in the first hand after the break over on the outer table and he was called by Scott Wellenbach on the button.
Ami Barer:
Scott Wellenbach:
The flop was a bad one for Barer as the kicker was likely to play. Nothing much changed on the turn, and Wellenbach made a pair of nines with the river for good measure to end Barer's run in 12th place. He takes home $86,000 for his efforts and all remaining 11 players are now guaranteed at least $96,080.
Over on the outer table, Jeff Hakim had gone through with a jam once but failed to run up his stack. He ended up all in once more for 435,000 on the button and Pavel Veksler quickly called in the big blind.
Jeff Hakim:
Pavel Veksler:
"Good luck man," Veksler said and saw Hakim take the lead on the flop. However, the preflop order was restored with the turn and Veksler made a straight on the river to send Hakim to the rail in 10th place for $96,080.