Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
The remaining 10 players are going on a 40-minute dinner break with the cards going back in the air at 6:45 p.m.
The action folded around to Doug McCarty in the small blind who ripped all in for around 700,000. Justin Deutsch was in the big blind and asked for a count before making the call.
Doug McCarty: 5♦2♣
Justin Deutsch: K♥10♣
The flop of K♠8♠6♥ put McCarty way behind the eight ball, needing runners to stay alive. The J♠ on the turn ended his hopes and the 5♥ on the river was a formality.
Thai Dinh raised to 150,000 in the hijack and AJ Thompson defended from the big blind. The flop came K♦8♣2♦ and both players checked to the A♥ on the turn.
Thompson checked again and Dinh fired out a bet of 200,000. Thompson called and the 3♦ rolled off on the river. Thompson reached back for a bet of 700,000 this time and Dinh instantly called.
Thompson turned over 5♦4♠ for a rivered straight and Dinh couldn't believe he let him get there with 2♥2♣.
"I was trapping you!" Dinh exclaimed. "I trapped myself."
Justin Deutsch raised it up from early position and Michael Cassiday-Maloney stuck in his remaining 300,000 chips from the big blind. Deutsch called and the cards were on their backs.
Michael Cassiday-Maloney: Q♠9♣
Justin Deutsch: Q♦J♣
The flop came A♣Q♥J♥ and Deutsch flopped two pair, leaving Cassiday-Maloney drawing nearly dead. The 3♥ and 2♠ provided no help and Cassiday-Maloney headed to collect his payout.
AJ Thompson raised to 150,000 from under the gun and was called in two spots. Justin Deutsch was in the big blind and moved all in for 615,000. Thompson folded but Thai Dinh made it 2,000,000, forcing Doug McCarty out of the hand.
Justin Deutsch: Q♥Q♦
Thai Dinh: 7♥7♣
The board ran out A♠A♥J♠K♣5♣ and Deutsch held on to double up from the short stack.
It turned into a preflop raising war that resulted with Andre Brown having his stack of 1,400,000 at risk. He was up against Terence Reid and it was an uphill battle.
Andre Brown: A♦Q♠
Terence Reid: A♠K♠
The flop came 10♠8♠4♥ and Brown still needed to find one of the remaining queens in the deck. The 7♦ on the turn and the 2♦ on the river could not help, sending the former chip leader home in 13th place.
Jamie Meidinger raised to 150,000 in the hijack and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came Q♣9♥3♦ and Meidinger continued with a bet of 250,000. Uri Foox check-raised to 600,000 from the small blind and Meidinger announced all in. Foox snap-called his stack of 1,080,000 and was in a great spot.
Uri Foox: 3♥3♣
Jamie Meidinger: Q♦8♦
The 2♣ on the turn wrapped it up as Meidinger was drawing dead to the 9♣ on the river, passing over a double-up.
Level: 25
Blinds: 50,000/75,000
Ante: 75,000
Paul Jain raised to 150,000 in middle position and Andre Brown three-bet to 600,000 from the big blind. Jain four-bet shoved all in for 1,740,000 and Brown asked for a count before flicking in a chip to call.
Paul Jain: K♠K♣
Andre Brown: A♠Q♣
The flop of Q♥7♦3♣ gave Brown top pair but it was Jain who was still in the lead. The 8♦ and 4♦ runout changed nothing and Jain scored a massive double-up to take the lead.