George Saca opened to 11,000 from early position, and Archie Raimer reraised all in for 23,100 total. Michael Traylor asked for a count before folding, and Saca made the call to put Raimer at risk.
Showdown
Saca:
Raimer:
The board ran out , and Raimer stood up to leave. It's a split pot, however, and Raimer will get his money back with a chance to try it again.
Arthur Copperthite open-shoved his last 35,400 under the gun. A few seats over, Tommy Hoard asked for a count before reraising all in himself. Nobody else wanted to tangle, and Copperthite was heads up for his tournament life. And it was a flip:
Copperthite:
Hoard:
The flop was in Copperthite's neighborhood as it came . He celebrated, and it took an extra second for him to realize that he had to fade Hoard's flush draw now. "No club. Come on."
Turn: . Safe and sound. "Come on, no club. Deuce. Deuce!"
River: . That's not safe or sound for the all-in player. Hoard's set of tens is enough to tally the knockout, and Copperthite is none too pleased about it. "You gotta be f***ing kidding me! What a joke. You're f***ing kidding!" With that, he stormed out of the room a few shots shy of a payday.
John Cline moved all in for slightly less than 49,000 on the board of . Michael Traylor tanked for a couple of minutes and then made the call saying, "I hope I'm right."
Cline tabled the after Traylor called and Traylor yelled out, "God damnit! I was wrong!" before turning over the for bottom pair. "I thought you limped in with junk," he said.
The dealer dealt the river card and deliverd the to the board, giving Traylor two pair and the winner. His fist flew into the air and he yelled in excitement. Cline could do nothing but shake his head and wish everyone good luck. Traylor had him covered and moved to about 140,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Chirag Patel tossed out 45,000 in chips. Action folded around to Shirley Shou and she moved all in for 66,900. Patel made the call.
Chou:
Patel:
The board ran through and Patel was crushed down to just 2,600 chips. Chou increased to about 140,000. Patel was eliminated shortly after.
Andrew Barber was all in with big slick () against the little slick () for Dan Black. Barber's all-in amount was approximately 28,000 and he was in a dominating position to double up.
Barber stood and waited in anticipation as the flop came down first. It was and kept him in the lead. The turn added the to the board and Barber rooted for the river to stay clean. The river card was indeed clean with the rolling off and keeping him in the lead.
Barber gave a few fist pumps and sat back down to collect his chips. He's up to about 60,000 now while Black dropped back to 270,000.
Zack Gilbert just doubled again, this time through Reymundo Ozuna. Gilbert's went up against the for Ozuna. The board ran out to give Gilbert a full house and put his chip count at approximately 175,000. Ozuna was knocked way down to about 45,000.
Zack Gilbert raised all in from early position for 40,100. Action folded around to Jason Moe in the small blind. He asked for a count and once received, made the call.
Moe:
Gilbert:
"I was hoping it was any ace," said Moe after seeing that he was dominated by the sole unpaired ace that beat him.
The board ran out and Gilbert earned the double up.