Blake Bohn raised to 80,000 from the hijack, and Jim Boone shoved all in for 240,000 in the small blind. Bohn called and the hands were tabled.
Bohn:
Boone:
The board ran out and Boone doubled up with his ace-high retaining the lead.
After the hand was over someone at the table joked, "You play that garbage Jim?" To which Jim just smiled and shrugged his shoulders as he collected his newly acquired chips.
Phil Mader raised to 70,000 in middle position, and Greg Gates shoved all in for nearly 400,000 from the cutoff. Mader quickly called for his own tournament life.
Mader:
Gates:
The flop came giving Mader a pair of aces, but Gates a set of queens. The turn was the .
Mader called for a ten, but the river came the , sending him home in 9th place.
Jim Boone raised to 55,000 in middle position. Action folded to Rob WazWaz in the small blind who shoved all in for approximately 200,000. Phil Mader shoved for less in the big blind, and Boone folded.
Mader:
WazWaz:
"That's a good flop for me," Mader exclaimed when it came .
Without having to wait, the turn came the giving Mader the flush. The river was the , and Mader was awarded a full double.
Liu shoved nearly three hands in a row. On the final of the three, James Wilson had raised in middle position and Liu shoved all in over the top from the cutoff.
Blake Bohn said, "Liu, you're a machine!"
After a moment of thinking, Wilson folded and Liu won the pot.