Ryan Biermann opened to 60,000 from early position and it folded around to Seth Maretz who moved his short stack all in from the small blind for 175,000 total. Biermann called and the hands were tabled:
Biermann:
Maretz:
The board fell and Maretz's walking sticks were able to hold. He's currently sitting on about 400,000.
Action folded to Tyler St. Clair who limped from the cutoff. Mark Potovsky followed suit from the button and Andrew Tai pushed out a three-bet to 200,000 from the small blind. Steven Schartner then four-bet all in from the big blind and it folded back to Tai. Tai called and the hands were revealed to be racing:
Tai:
Schartner:
Tai flopped a set on the flop and the rolled off on the turn.
"Good game guys," said Schartner to the table.
He spoke too soon, however, as the hit the river, putting a straight on board and allowing a chop and keeping Schartner's tournament life alive.
Shreeniwas Kelkar opened with a raise to 80,000 from middle position. It folded around to John Crncic's button and he moved out a three-bet to an unknown amount. Action came back around to Kelkar and he announced that he was all in. Crncic shrugged and replied with a call.
Crncic:
Kelkar:
Crncic found joy on the flop. He filled up as the hit the turn and Kelkar's only hope was to make a straight flush on the river. Fifth street was the , however, and he was eliminated in 17th place. Crncic is now sitting on about 1.85 million in chips.
Calvin Anderson opened with a raise to 95,000 and it folded around to Mark Potovsky who moved out a three-bet to 300,000. Action came back to Anderson and he flat called.
The flop fell and Potovsky open-shoved all in for 775,000. Anderson decided to make the call and the hands were shown:
Anderson:
Potovsky:
Potovsky was in need of help and picked up a few more outs on the turn. The river was the , though, and he was eliminated in 16th place. Anderson is now our chip leader with about 2.8 million.
On a board of , Ryan Biermann moved out a bet of 100,000. Michael Collins was his lone opponent and he decided to slide out a raise to 250,000. Biermann flat called and the paired the board on the river.
Biermann tapped the table and Collins slid out 225,000 more. Biermann called but mucked his hand when Collins rolled up for a flopped straight.
After a series of raises before the flop, Lawrence Iampen moved Justin Ciolfitto all in and Ciolfitto called for his tournament life.
Iampen:
Ciolfitto:
The board fell down and Ciolfitto's cowboys were able to hold. He is now sitting on about 1.5 million while Iampen has been crippled to only roughly 450,000.
Action folded around to Lawrence Iampen who moved all in from the cutoff for his last 380,000. Tyler St. Clair called from the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Iampen:
St. Clair:
St. Clair's tens were able to hold through the board and Iampen was sent home just before the dinner break.