Josh Reichard was in the cutoff and raised to 260,000. Action folded to Gerald Heath, who was in the big blind. Heath thought about his decision for over a minute and then announced he was all in.
Reichart quickly folded and Heath took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,865,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,630,000 | -260,000 |
Nicola Ditrapani has taken down the last couple of pots without resistance and now finds himself over 3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,360,000 | 970,000 |
Action has slowed down with no pots of note over the last handful of minutes as all players find themselves hovering around 20 big blinds and have yet to find any spots where two players decided to commit a significant amount, if not all of their chips
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,665,000 | 365,000 |
|
2,830,000 | -315,000 |
|
2,425,000 | 495,000 |
|
|
2,390,000 | -110,000 |
|
|
1,890,000 | -695,000 |
Gerald Heath opened to 360,000 from the small blind and Nicola Ditrapani defended his big blind to take action heads up to the flop 
. Heath made a continuation-bet of 600,000.
Ditrapani went into the tank over a minute with a decision for nearly one-quarter of his stack. Eventually, he let his hand go and the pot was sent Heath's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000 | 430,000 |
|
|
2,500,000 | -460,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Wai Ngai was on the button and opened to 200,000 and Nicola Ditrapani defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Ditrapani checked to Ngai, who made a continuation-bet of 350,000. Ditrapani called.
Action then checked through the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Ditrapani tabled 
and Ngai mucked, unable to beat Ditrapani's top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,960,000 | 570,000 |
|
|
1,930,000 | -280,000 |
A few hands of note recently involved Gary Herstein taking a pot off of Josh Reichard and then Nicola Ditrapani taking one off of Herstein to bring chip counts to their present totals below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,145,000 | 410,000 |
|
|
2,870,000 | -410,000 |
|
|
2,585,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
2,390,000 | 610,000 |
|
|
2,210,000 | -290,000 |
Wai Ngai raised to 1.2 million from under the gun and Nicola Ditrapani three-bet all in from the button. Ngai called off the last 80,000 and the two tabled their hands.
Wai Ngai: 
Nicola Ditrapani: 
It was a classic coin flip situation and the odds didn't change much as the flop came 
, giving Ditrapani four more outs to Broadway. That was the closest he would get to the knockout though, as the turn and river 
kept Ngai on top and secured him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000 | 1,010,000 |
|
|
1,780,000 | -1,350,000 |
Wai Ngai opened to 200,000 from the hijack and Yao Yin called all in for 170,000 from the cutoff. Josh Reichard also called out of the big blind.
Ngai and Reichard checked down the runout of 
and all three hands were tabled.
Yao Yin: 
Wai Ngai: 
Josh Reichard: 
All three players' aces remained unpaired and Reichard's nine proved to be the best of the three, earning him the pot as Yin became the sixth-place finisher of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,595,000 | 450,000 |
|
|
1,490,000 | -230,000 |
|
Busted |
Gerald Heath saw action folded to him and completed his small blind, putting action onto Nicola Ditrapani in the big blind. Ditrapani raised to 300,000 and Heath thought for a few moments before putting in chips to call.
The flop dropped 
and Heath led out, betting 300,000. Ditrapani went into the tank, studying the situation for well over a minute. He then put out a raise to 725,000.
Heath then thought about his own decision for some time and ultimately let his hand go, resulting in Ditrapani earning the pot to bring him over 3 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,280,000 | -730,000 |
|
|
3,130,000 | 790,000 |