Jason Mercier had Ben Lamb on the ropes in a coin flip with the versus the for Lamb. The flop, turn, and river ran out and the two chopped up the pot with a straight on the board.
Fedor Holz raised to 55,000 from under the gun, Dan Shak called from the hijack seat, Phil Laak called all in from the small blind for 43,000, and then Andrew Robl called from the big blind.
With Laak all in, the flop came down . Robl checked, Holz bet 65,000, Shak called, and Robl folded.
The turn was the , which was checked by both Holz and Shak. The two also checked the river card.
Holz showed the , Shak had the , and Laak had the . Shak's hand was best, and Laak was eliminated in 12th place.
With this event being played in a seven-handed format, it raises the question of what to do when the field gets down to nine players left. When there are eight remaining, the plan will be to combine around one table. At nine, the field will play with one table of five players and another table of four.
To make up for the difference in play that this will allow for, Sean McCormack, the Director of Poker Operations at ARIA Resort & Casino, informed the players that once nine-handed play is reached every 20 minutes a random draw will occur that will transfer one player from the five-handed table to the four-handed table.
"I bet you I have the record for the most all ins in this tournament," said Ben Lamb, after successfully pushing in for the third time in the last two orbits.
Over the past level, no one has called a Lamb shove and he's climbed back up to 400,000, and counting.
From the cutoff seat, Jason Mercier raised. Rainer Kempe called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Kempe checked, Mercier bet 47,000, and Kempe folded.
versus the 
for Lamb. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
and the two chopped up the pot with a straight on the board.
for 464,000. He was up against Dan Smith and the 
.
didn't change much, and the 
turn and 
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, then snap-called when Shak shoved for 604,000. Laak had the 
and was ahead against Shak's 
turn changed little, but the 
, which was checked by both Holz and Shak. The two also checked the 
. Shak's hand was best, and Laak was eliminated in 12th place.
, and Kenney checked. Seidel bet 65,000, Kempe called, and Kenney folded.
