Action folded around to Ted Ely on the button and he raised. Bill Gazes reraised all in from the small blind and Ely made the call getting decent odds. Ely had his dominated by Gazes' .
"Chop it up," said one of the players at the table before the dealer began to run out the board.
The first four cards came down and made things look like it was going to be a chop. But then, the fell on the river and Gazes was able to get the double up.
Ely was left with only about 17,000 chips after the hand.
Alex Bolotin opened with a raise, and Bill Gazes moved all in for a total of 57,100. When the betting folded back around, Bolotin made the call, having the pro well covered.
Showdown:
Bolotin:
Gazes:
Gazes didn't have to wait long to learn his fate; the dealer ran out the flop of , leaving Bolotin dead to two running cards. The turn ended the hand, followed by a meaningless on the river. Bill Gazes earns another huge double up (his second in a row), climbing up over the 100,000 mark for the first time this week.
Jason Young raised to 6,100 from under the gun. Only Rick Austin called out of the big blind. The flop came down and Austin checked. Young fired a continuation bet of 8,000 before Austin raised to 28,000.
Young tossed pocket eights across the table and into the muck. Austin showed Young and the rest of the table his for the best hand.
Igor Borukhov open-limped from the hijack seat before the small blind, Dwight Eley moved all in for his last 15,000 or so. The big blind, Michael Michnick then reraised all in for his last 20,000 or so. Borukhov folded and got out of the way.
Showdown:
Michnick:
Eley:
The board ran out and despite picking up some outs with a gutshot straight draw, Eley was eliminated.
Ken McKusick raised to 5,500 from early position and was called in two spots. Igor Borukhov called next-to-act and David Inselberg called out of the big blind.
After the flop came down , Inselberg moved all in on a stop-n-go play. His play worked as both McKusick and Borukhov folded.
Ted Ely was all in preflop against Beth Shak. Shak was in for her last 31,000 and Ely, after regaining some chips, had her covered by a few thousand. Ely held pocket eights against Shak's .
The board ran out . Ely's set of eights was good enough to take down the pot and eliminated Shak from the event.
From middle position, Matt Brady opened with a raise to 7,800. Chuck Kim made the call out of the small blind, and it was heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out , and both players checked. The turn card came the , and all of the action came with it. Kim checked, and Brady fired out 15,000. Kim moved all in for his last 31,000, and Brady quickly called.
Showdown:
Kim:
Brady:
Left drawing to just two outs for his tournament life, Kim watched a useless hit the river. Brady improved to the winning flush, eliminating Chuck Kim in the process. With that, Matt Brady is up to a healthy 130,000 in chips.
Short-stacked, Sheree Bykofsky moved all in for her last 20,000 with and found action from David Zeitlin, who unfortunately for Sheree had . The board ran out as Bykofsky was sent to the rail.
With the elimination of Sheree Bykofsky, we have just one woman left standing -- rather, sitting.
Gissel Heredia is the lone lady left in the room, and she is holding her own in this testosterone ocean. She currently sits with 120,000 chips, good enough to put her squarely in the top half of the remaining field.