Chris Gras opened from the hijack, Veerab Zakarian flatted from the small blind and Vincent Palma three-bet from the big blind. Gras folded, but Zakarian woke up with a shove for around 350,000. Palma called off for a little less.
Zakarian:
Palma:
Two monster hands in the blinds, but it was Palma needing help and he failed to get any on the board.
We missed the hand, but Andre Smith told us he made a big laydown to Joe Ciffa a short while ago — and he was right. Ciffa made it 25,000 from early position and Smith three-bet to 55,000. Back on Ciffa, he four-bet to 200,000 and Smith folded his face up. Ciffa kindly revealed his .
Robert Donegan opened to 50,000 from early position, Joe Ciffa called from middle position and Thomas MacKenzie called on the button.
The dealer fanned the flop and Donnegan made a huge overshove for 464,000. Ciffa snap-called, and MacKenzie folded.
Ciffa showed for a queen-high flush, and Donagean sheepishly tabled his as he was was only drawing to a miraculous chop. The and completed the board and Donegan made his way out of the room.
Ciffa has now joined MacKenzie in the million-chip club. There are a lot of chips at Table 6.
With two eliminations at Table 12 we're now down to our final 18. After Randy Lingenfelter busted Tim Silman in 20th place, chip leader Thomas MacKenzie took care of Scott Gaddi in 19th.
Gaddi was all in and ahead preflop with the against MacKenzie's , but the board gave MacKenzie two pair and the win.
Matt Dubuc opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and John Michalak and Rick Block called in the blinds.
The flop rolled out and Michalak led out for 30,000. Block moved all in for 146,000 total, forcing Dubuc out of the pot, and Michalak went into the tank. He thought it over for about 90 seconds before deciding to release, and Block showed the for nine-high with a gutshot.
"You were ahead," said Michalak, who added that he had a double-gutshot draw and nearly called.
Robert Donegan limped, Dan Wagner shoved for around 145,000 from the small blind and action folded back to Donegan who thought for a moment before announcing a call.
Wagner:
Donegan:
Wagner flopped a flush draw, making him a slight favorite to win, but the turn left him needing a spade. The river bricked and Wagner was sent to the rail.
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