Gerald Heath opened to 480,000 from the small blind and Nicola Ditrapani three-bet to 1.135 million from the big blind. Heath thought for a few moments and sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,325,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
4,155,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 30,000
Wai Ngai opened to 500,000 from the small blind and Gerald Heath defended his big blind. The flop came 
. Ngai continuation-bet for 275,000 and Heath put in a raise to 850,000.
Ngai thought for a few seconds and then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,595,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
4,440,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
2,540,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
1,620,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
Gerald Heath was in the small blind and opened to 500,000. Nicola Ditrapani defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of 
. Heath made a continuation-bet of 500,000 and Ditrapani clicked it back, raising the minimum to 1 million.
Heath went into the tank for some time and then three-bet all in, and Ditrapani quickly called.
Gerald Heath: 
Nicola Ditrapani: 
The two got stacks in for around three-quarters of all chips in play in a situation between a set and a flush draw. The turn came 
and the river fell behind it 
to leave Ditrapani's draw dry. Stacks were totaled and Heath barely had Ditrapani covered, leaving him crippled as four-handed play continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,200,000
4,760,000
|
4,760,000 |
|
|
2,100,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
1,390,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
225,000
4,370,000
|
4,370,000 |
Nicola Ditrapani went all in for 225,000 from the small blind and Gary Herstein called the remaining 25,000 from the big blind.
Nicola Ditrapani: 
Gary Herstein: 
Ditrapani hit a six on the flop 
and held on the turn and river 
to earn the double and stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,365,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
570,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
Nicola Ditrapani went all in from the button for 540,000 and was called by both Gary Herstein in the small blind and Wai Ngai in the big blind. Herstein and Ngai checked through the runout 
and all three hands were tabled.
Nicola Ditrapani: 
Gary Herstein: 
Wai Ngai: 
Ditrapani's aces remained best to vault him to second in chips with 1.74 million, leaving Herstein as the shortest stack in the tournament in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,740,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
|
1,520,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
795,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Gary Herstein shoved all in from the button for 1.04 million and was called by Gerald Heath in the big blind.
Gary Herstein:
Gerald Heath: 
The flop came 
to give Heath a pair of sevens and leave Herstein needing to hit a king to stay in the tournament. He would be unable to do so on the turn as well as the river 
and wound up as the fourth-place finisher of the tournament as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,630,000
2,430,000
|
2,430,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,630,000 | |
|
|
870,000
870,000
|
870,000 |
|
|
305,000
1,215,000
|
1,215,000 |
Wai Ngai went all in for his last 275,000 fro the button and was called by both Gerald Heath in the small blind and Nicola Ditrapini in the big blind. Heath and Ditrapini checked through the runout 
to take the hand to showdown.
Wai Ngai:
Nicola Ditrapani: 
Gerald Heath: 
Ngai found a triple to plant himself into second in the counts for the time being.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,715,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
915,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
|
565,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
Level: 33
Blinds: 120,000/240,000
Ante: 30,000
