Somanath Nirakari was all in for 46,500 on a flop of holding . Mark Jones had him at risk with , and Nirakari held as the turn and river came , respectively.
Nirakari doubled to around 110,000, while Jones slipped to 95,000.
Robert Cheung open-jammed for 57,900 in middle position, and the action folded to Ping Liu who re-shoved. The rest of the players folded, and he hands were opened.
Cheung:
Liu:
The flop was clean, and so too was the on the turn, but the spiked on the river, eliminating Cheung from the tournament.
Mark Jones opened to 8,500 in early position, Derrick Yamada called on his direct left, and the action folded to Chris Barton, who moved all in for 47,900 from the small blind. Jones re-shoved for 103,400, adn Yamada tanked for quite some time before calling.
Jones:
Yamada:
Barton:
The queens held as the board came , tripling Barton to around 150,000 chips. Yamada dropped to around 155,000, while Jones basically broke even.
After being patient all day, Pete Mavro finally went on a rush, during his 17,700-chip stack into over 100,000. Unfortunately, in a no-limit texas hold'em tournament, one cooler can spell the end.
And thus, Mavro is out.
Facing an open from Jesse Rockowitz and a call from a third player, Mavro three-bet to 18,500. Rockowitz four-bet to 37,000, and the action folded back to Mavro, who moved all in.
Rockowitz snapped it off with , dominating Mavro's .
Matthew Chang has been eliminated after losing a flip. He was all in for his tournament life holding , and his opponent held . The board ran out , and Chang was out.