Terry Presley opened for a raise and Patrick Dorothy moved all in. It was folded back to Presley who made the call. Presley held and had Dorothy's dominated.
The board ran out to give Presley the pot. Dorothy was eliminated in 15th place for $2,740.
A short-stacked Bret Persinger moved all in first to act from late position and Randy Murfin made the call out of the big blind. Persinger held and Murfin .
The flop came to move Murfin into the lead but Persinger still had plenty of outs. He wouldn't hit any of them though as the turn was the and the river was the . Persinger was eliminated in 14th place for $2,740.
Terry Presley opened for a raise from early position and it was folded to Saied Moradi in the blinds who moved all in for 163,000 total. Presley made the call and Moradi stood and said "oops, bad timing" as he turned over . He was drawing live to Presley's and would hit one of his cards on the flop.
The turn was the and the river was the and Moradi doubled up to 350,000 in chips.
Ryan Koontz was short-stacked and got it all in with first to act from late position. He ran into the hot hand of Joel Nimmo, however, who made the call out of the big blind with .
Things looked good for Koontz after the flop and turn but the river was the to give Nimmo trips.
"Atta boy," laughed Koontz with a smile on his face. He was eliminated in 13th place for $2,740.
It was folded to Mesgana Tesfalidet in late position and she opened for a raise. John Reynolds moved all in from the big blind and Tesfalidet snap-called with . Reynolds turned over and would be unable to improve when the board ran out . He was eliminated in 12th place for $3,590.
We got to the table with approximately 110,000 already in the pot and the board showing . Matt Ellis checked to the chip-leader Joel Nimmo who put out a bet of 50,000. Ellis check-raised to 125,000 and Nimmo took just a few seconds before announcing that he was all in.
Ellis leaned back and put his hands on his head. He stood up, took his hat off, rubbed his head, and put the hat back on. Exhaling, he thought for about thirty seconds. "I call," he said, seeming resigned to his fate.
It was a good call though as Nimmo had been bluffing with and Ellis and his for a pair of nines was in the lead. The turn was the and Ellis merely needed to face an ace on the river to win the huge pot. The river was the and Ellis doubled up to 1,100,000 to take the chip lead from Nimmo who still sat with a huge stack of 1,015,000 despite the hit.
Troy Repp moved all in first to act from the small blind and Mesgana Tesfalidet immediately started talking to Repp, seeming as if she had a legtimate hand and wanting to make the call.
"I have a pair," said Repp.
Tesfalidet thought for a few more moments and then made the call.
Repp turned over and Tesfalidet said "you did have a pair" as she turned over .
Tesfalidet would win the race when the board ran out leaving Repp to say "I shouldn't have told you that" as he headed to collect his winnings. Repp finished in 11th place for $3,590.
Joel Nimmo opened for 55,000 and Chadd Johnson moved all in. Ryan Tepen was one seat to his left and also moved all in. "Dang, I wanted to call," said Nimmo as he folded.
Johnson had a big hand with but Tepen's was bigger as he had . Tepen would dodge the ace when the board ran out . Johnson congratulated Tepen having been eliminated in tenth place for $3,590.
Tepen continued his remarkable run having started the day with just three big blinds (12,000 in chips), he enters the final table as one of the chip leaders.
Mesgana Tesfalidet went from over a million in chips to out in the matter of two hands. The first hand saw her get it all in pre-flop with against Dwight Farrell's . Farrell would end up hitting quad kings when the board ran out to double up to over a million in chips.
On the very next hand, Terry Presley opened for 60,000 and Tesfalidet moved all in from the button for 465,000. Presley went into the tank muttering "two monsters back to back" to himself while he counted out how much he would have if he made the call and lost.
"I think you have like pocket tens," he said, thinking for a few more moments before making the call and turning over . He was racing against Tesfalidet's and the board ran out to give Presley the pot and eliminate Tesfalidet in ninth place for $4,440.