Patrick Stacey moved his remaining 250,000 chips in the middle and was quickly called by Ryan Riess.
Riess:
Stacey:
Riess was well behind with ace-king and it looked like Stacey was a lock to double through him.
The flop was , giving Riess trip kings and leaving Stacey with one out to save his tournament life. Stacey was clearly devastated with his head in his hands as he awaited the turn, which was the .
The river was the and Stacey was headed home, sending the pot Riess' way.
A massive pot was brewing over at one of the tables and we went over to see John Dibella had moved all in, putting Benjamin Philipps to the test for his tournament life.
There was about 500,000 in the pot on a board reading . After a moment, Philipps called.
Dibella tabled for a full house, leaving Philipps drawing dead to just a chop as he showed .
The river was the and Philipps was sent to the rail.
Dibella has now climbed towards the top of the counts, sitting second in chips with 1,100,000.
Pratyush Buddiga was in the big blind and facing a raise from Rodrigo Cordoba on the button. Buddiga moved all in for his remaining 134,000 and Cordoba called.
Buddiga:
Cordoba:
Buddiga needed some help and got it when the flop came . The turn was the and the river was the , giving Buddiga the double up he needed before the next break.
On a flop, Nacho Barbero checked from the small blind and Alan Schein did the same from the big. Mikko Turtiainen then bet 38,000 from middle position, Barbero check-raised all in for 210,000, and Schein jammed over the top for 271,000. Turtiainen folded.
Schein:
Barbero:
Both players flopped a flush draw, but of course Barbero's was best. He was a heavy favorite in the hand, but then the dealer burned and turned the to give Schein the lead.
The river was no help to Barbero, and he made his way to the payout desk in 58th place.
A short-stacked Lucian Voigt moved all in for 61,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Nick Maimone, who opted to call from the big blind.
Voigt:
Maimone:
The flop was no help to Voight, and even though the turn paired Maimone, it gave Voight a flush draw. Another club hit the river, but unfortunately for Voight it was the , which paired the board and filled up Maimone.
Cliff Josephy was first to act and raised to 18,000. Paul Ephremsen, right next to him, three-bet to 40,000 with about 90,000 or so behind. Action folded back around to Josephy and he slid forward a stack of 25,000-chips to put Ephremsen all in. The Brit quickly called.
Paul Ephremsen:
Cliff Josephy:
The flop () and turn () were blanks and Ephremsen was on his way to double up, but the on the river hit Josephy and Ephremsen had to make his exit.
As Ephremsen was already on his way to the payout desk, John Dibella said "Just another day at the office for Cliff Josephy!"
Josephy replied; "I feel bad actually. I should be happy but I'm not."
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