Benjamin Garrick was able to rebound his stack back up as he busted Enrique Garcia in a preflop all in.
Garrick had the Ax10x while Garcia held the Kx7x. The board ran out in favor of Garrick and Garcia was sent away to leave 20 players left, only three eliminations away from the bubble.
Action was on the river with the board reading 7♥9♦Q♥10♦Q♠. Dong Meng bet 40,000 and was called by Benjamin Garrick after a few moments of thought.
Meng tabled the Q♣8♠. Garrick shook his head. "Now I know why you have all the chips" he said to Meng as he saw a large portion of his stack get cut away.
David Lucchesi was covering his two all in opponents and was just in the spot any poker player would envy.
Kasey Orr: 6x6x
Opponent 2: AxKx
David Lucchesi: A♣A♥
The board ran out Jx4x3x3xJx and Lucchesi felted both of his opponents and moved high up the counts.
The remaining players are now on another 15-minute break.
There was another massive preflop cooler happening as Eric Stovall found himself on the wrong side of this one.
Lee Viloria: A♥A♠
Eric Stovall: K♠K♦
Viloria was at risk but had the lead. The flop came 7♠4♣5♣. The turn was the K♥ to suddenly but Viloria close to the door. The river came the 10♠ and his day was done thanks to the brutal turn card.
There were a gargantuan amount of chips in the middle as the three hands were already turned oever.
Opponent 1: K♣K♥
Opponent 2: A♠K♠
Dong Meng: A♣A♦
Meng was sitting in the catbird seat and looking to take the huge pot. The flop came 8♠J♣2♣, the turn was the Q♥ and the river came the 3♦ to secure the pot for Meng and launch him into the massive chip lead.
Brian Frenzel was all in for 32,500 preflop and was up against Ramon Guevara,
Brian Frenzel: 6♦6♥
Ramon Guevara: A♦A♣
Frenzel had run into the rockets as he predicted the turn would give him a six. The flop came 8♦4♥3♣. The flop missed Frenzel and his prediction as the 10♣ came off. The river was the J♥ and Frenzel was busted from Day 1b.
On the turn as the board showed K♣2♦A♥7♣, Benjamin Garrick bet 8,000 and was called.
The river came the 2♠. Garrick bet 10,000 and was called again. Garrick showed the A♦8♦ which was the winner as his opponent mucked his hand.
Action was joined on the river as the board read 5♠5♥9♦A♠7♠.
Mike Chason raised his opponent's 8,000 bet to 22,000. His opponent shook his head in frustration before folding.
Chason showed the K♠9♠ for the rivered flush as he gathered the pot in.
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