David Grandieri opened to 65,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Nancy Birnbaum who called out of the small blind. Jonathan Tamayo peeked at his cards, waited a moment, and made it 190,000 to go. Both of his opponents released and he took down the pot.
Chris Hyden opened to 60,000 from under the gun, David Grandieri three-bet to 160,000 in the cutoff seat, and Ryan Carter three-bet shoved for around 675,000 on the button. Clint Tolbert re-shoved for around 1.9 million in the small blind, and everyone folded.
Carter:
Tolbert:
The queens held as the board ran out , and Carter was eliminated.
The remaining nine players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Timothy Harrell shipped in his last roughly 350,000 before the flop and Tom Gleason quickly called. The blinds got out of the way and the hands were tabled.
Harrell:
Gleason:
Gleason took the lead on the flop and never released his grip as the turned and the rivered. Harrell will collect $15,497 for his efforts. His elimination prompted a full re-draw to the unofficial final table of 10.
Nancy Birnbaum raised to 56,000 under the gun, and Clint Tolbert defended from the big blind. The dealer fanned , and Tolbert check-called a 72,000-chip bet from Birnbaum.
The turn was the , Tolbert checked again, and Birnbaum fired a second bullet worth 125,000. Tolbert check-raised all in for effectively 710,000, and Birnbaum tank-folded.
Mark Rose raised to 50,000 on the button, David Grandieri three-bet to 136,000 on his direct left, and Jonathan Tamayo folded in the big blind. Rose moved all in for 625,000, and Grandieri quickly called.
Rose:
Grandieri:
Rose hid his face in his arms, and when he came up for air, he saw that he doubled on a board of .
He now sits with around 1.27 million chips, while Grandieri still commands the largest stack in the room with 2.5 million.