Jake Peasley was all in for 365,000 from middle position and up against Skyler Sand in the big blind.
Jake Peasley: A♠A♦
Skyler Sand: A♥K♦
Peasley had woken up with aces, and the 6♦10♣9♠4♥3♣ board was safe for him to double up.
Jake Peasley was all in for 365,000 from middle position and up against Skyler Sand in the big blind.
Jake Peasley: A♠A♦
Skyler Sand: A♥K♦
Peasley had woken up with aces, and the 6♦10♣9♠4♥3♣ board was safe for him to double up.
Clayton McAllister and Mark Fink saw a flop of Q♦8♦6♥ as both players got all their chips in the middle, McAllister from the big blind and Fink in middle position.
Clayton McAllister: 9♦7♦
Mark Fink: A♦K♦
Both players had flush draws, while McAllister also had a straight draw. The K♠ turn gave Fink top pair, while McAllister missed the 8♠ river.
The stacks were counted down and Fink had 480,000, while McAllister was covered with 360,000 and sent to the rail.
Shane Broesder moved all in for 225,000 from middle position and Jimmy Hadley put him at risk in the small blind.
Shane Broesder: A♣Q♥
Jimmy Hadley: A♠A♦
Hadley had woken up with two aces, and Broesder found no help on the 6♥5♠7♥6♦4♦ board as he was sent to the rail.
The next hand at this table, D'Koda Geer was all in for 160,000 from middle position and up against Preston Dean under the gun.
D'Koda Geer: A♣J♣
Preston Dean: 7♦7♣
Geer took the lead on the J♥4♣8♥ flop with top pair, while the rest of the 3♣6♠ board was safe for him to double up.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The field has been reduced to 44 as players head off on another 10-minute break.
With around 300,000 in the pot on a board of K♥J♦J♣3♥, Zeph Irion got in his last 231,000 from the cutoff as Phil Guillen put him at risk on the button.
Irion showed A♠K♦ for top pair, but he was behind as Guillen turned over K♠Q♣ for two pair. Irion was already walking away from the table when the 10♣ fell on the river to give him a straight and the miraculous double up.
"You can turn your car off," tablemate Tyler Klumb told him.
"He was drawing dead, and now he has a million," Klumb added as the massive pot was pushed over to Irion.
Seth Thomsen moved all in for 116,000 in middle position and Josh Matti called in the cutoff.
Seth Thomsen: A♣9♥
Josh Matti: 10♥10♣
Thomsen needed an ace to stay alive, but he missed the Q♦3♠6♦9♠7♥ board and Matti took the pot to send Thomsen to the rail.
Brent Slaubaugh and Paul Stevenson were also eliminated.
Evan Wisdom raised to 21,000 in the cutoff, Alan Strouf moved all in for 229,000 in the big blind, and Wisdom called.
Alan Strouf: A♣10♥
Evan Wisdom: 9♣9♦
Strouf was racing for his tournament life, and he hit top pair on the A♦8♥2♦ flop to take the lead. The rest of the board ran out 8♦4♥ and Strouf doubled up.
Ralph Kingan raised to 25,000 in early position, Ken Lybeck shoved for 225,000 in the hijack, and Kingan called.
Ken Lybeck: 9♦9♥
Ralph Kingan: 7♣7♠
The flop came 5♦6♦Q♥, while Lybeck spiked a set on the 9♠ turn. Kingan was looking to complete a straight draw to earn the knockout, but he missed the 6♣ river and Lybeck doubled up.