Max Droege open shoved. Cathy Schenone pushed in from the cutoff for a little more on 125,000, and Pat Tighe cold called from the button.
Hasan Jamil then tank-shoved a little over 300,000 from the big blind and after standing out of his chair and thinking about it for a minute, Tighe slid in a call.
Tighe:
Droege:
Jamil:
Schenone:
The board rolled out and although Droege made trips to quad up, Tighe profited huge on the side to vault up the counts, sending Jamil and Schenone out.
Kurtis Boutelle and Nathan Torrance are now threatening Buck Ramsay's lead.
Boutelle climbed the counts after picking up aces twice, fading an open-ender and flush draw the first time, then pocket eights the second.
In the meantime, Joe Ciffa got it in huge with on the turn of a board against Torrance's , going broke when the river was not a queen and allowing Torrance to book a spot near the top of the counts.
The players redrew for seats at the final two tables, and in just the first hand, they went from 18 to 16 with Alex Visbisky coming back from the dead to pick up aces over kings over jacks.
Aces held and with Kyle Rzeszutek and Aaron Obstein busting, here's how the final 16 stacks look:
Ryan Rivers made it 26,000 and Mike Hallmark called in position. Rivers led for 35,000 on the flop and Hallmark called.
Rivers fired again on the turn, making it 45,000. Hallmark raised to 120,000 and Rivers called. Rivers checked the river and Hallmark moved in for 287,000.
Rivers tanked for an eternity, but emerged with a call. His was better than Hallmark's and Hallmark is out.
In the meantime, Alex Visbisky is close to one million now after making a straight on the river and getting the suddenly reeling Pat Tighe to pay him off.
Kurtis Boutelle raised it up and Ryan Rivers three-bet the button to 60,000. Boutelle called and checked the flop.
Rivers led for 70,000 and Boutelle called. They both checked the turn, but Boutelle led for 150,000 on the river. Rivers called and mucked when Boutelle showed the .
"I got lucky on the turn," said Boutelle, taking the lead on 1.5 million now.
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and although Droege made trips to quad up, Tighe profited huge on the side to vault up the counts, sending Jamil and Schenone out.
, going broke when the 
river was not a queen and allowing Torrance to book a spot near the top of the counts.
into Phillips' 
flop and Hallmark called.
turn, making it 45,000. Hallmark raised to 120,000 and Rivers called. Rivers checked the 
river and Hallmark moved in for 287,000.
flop.
turn, but Boutelle led for 150,000 on the 
river. Rivers called and mucked when Boutelle showed the 