Duma Lowery busted in 37th place and was the stone bubble. He got 
in against Ryan Perez who had 
.
Lowery flopped a queen, but Perez flopped a set and that was the end of the line for Lowery.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Greg Seif was sitting at 30,000 right around the time the bubble burst. He is now up to 365,000 after winning several hands in a row.
On this hand, Marius Toderici raised preflop to 18,000. Seif called from the cutoff and the two players would see the flop heads up.
The flop was 
and Toderici bet 24,000. Seif called quickly. The turn was the 
and Toderici checked. Seif shoved without much of a thought. Toderici had to take a few minutes before finally folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
Brian Zupancich shoved all in from the cutoff into Zal Irani's big blind. Irani called with 
and was behind against Zupancich's 
.
The dealer dealt out the flop face down and when he turned it over, the top card was the 
. He hesitated for a second, seeming to let it linger a little before revealing the rest of the 
flop. The rest of the board ran out 
and that was the end of Zupancich's day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
Busted |
Albert Kant shoved all in and Kyle Adams called with pocket twos 
. Kant had 
.
The board ended things pretty quickly when it came 
and gave Kant the double up with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
145,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Albert Kant raised from the button to 34,000 preflop. Ryan Perez folded in the small blind and John Kurfman wanted to see Kant's remaining chips.
After he saw the remaining stack, Kurfman called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Kurfman checked. Kant bet 32,000 and Kurfman called. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
Kurfman took down the pot when he led for 80,000 after the hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
946,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
164,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
Ryan Perez has had a huge upswing over the last hour. On this hand he opened for 65,000 and Andrew Rubinberg shoved his 450,000 stack all in.
Perez snap called and had pocket aces again, . Rubinberg couldn't believe it and turned over 
, thinking he had the better hand.
The board ran out 
and sent Rubinberg home and the remaining players to the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
Busted |
After Steven Lauson's elimination, it was back to normal for this final table. They continued to play tight and wait to see who would break first.
Steven Gantner was just under 300,000 after one orbit and shoved under the gun with 
. The action folded all the way to Marius Toderici on the button. He hesitated for a second before going all in. Ryan Perez and John Hayes folded from the blinds.
Toderici had and was way ahead. His hesitation might have been a ploy to get more action, or perhaps a deep breath before he played a hand that could easily change his fate in this tournament.
The board was friendly to Toderici when it ran out 
and Gantner was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
785,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
Busted |
Gerald Heckathorn called on the river and didn't think he would win the hand. Instead he ended up eliminating Yao Yin because the board counterfeited Yin's pocket twos.
The board was 
and the action was checked around on the turn and the river until it fell to Yin on the button. He shoved and Heckathorn called.
"You win," said Heckathorn, showing 
.
Yin turned over and it turned out he actually didn't win, because Heckathorn had a flush to eliminate Yin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,638,000
578,000
|
578,000 |
|
Busted |
Things had been relatively quiet until recently. Marius Toderici just won a 2.5-million chip pot, but that might be the least interesting thing that happened on this hand.
In preflop action, Greg Seif opened for 90,000. Gerald Heckathorn called before Marius Toderici shoved all in. Seif called and Heckathorn went into the tank for a little.
"Ok, I call," said Heckathorn.
At that, Toderici turned over his hand to show 
, but Seif and Heckathorn both had him covered so they didn't show theirs. Toderici realized his mistake and turned his hand back over.
Everyone at the table had seen it and knew what Seif and Heckathorn were up against. The flop came 
and Seif and Heckathorn checked. They checked the on the turn as well.
When the hit the river Heckathorn shoved all in. Seif snap folded and Toderici was worried that Heckathorn had made a flush.
Heckathorn turned over and Torderici was relieved that the 2.5-million chip pot was coming his way.
Seif laughed and said, "You know he had aces?"
"I knew what he had, I wanted your money," Heckathorn replied.
"I had pocket kings!" Seif said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,515,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
1,458,000
-116,000
|
-116,000 |
|
|
1,194,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
880,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
|
776,000
-880,000
|
-880,000 |
|
620,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
276,000
-835,000
|
-835,000 |
Thomas Peebles has just been eliminated by Marius Toderici shortly after the break.
The action folded to Peebles on the button and he shoved all in for 600,000. Gerald Heckathorn folded and Toderici asked for a count. When he heard the number, he called.
He showed and Peebles had 
. The came on the flop, along with the 
and the . The turn and the river didn't help Peebles when they came 
. Peebles was eliminated in 7th place.
Peebles has final tabled the last two MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells Main Events. He finished 2nd in February and 7th today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
|
Busted |
