A short-stacked player moved all in for his last 2,600. Marco Traniello raised 3,500 more, and Matt Shepsky called. The flop came . Traniello checked, Shepsky bet 5,000, and Traniello called. They then checked down the turn, the , and the river, the . Traniello turned over and both his opponents mucked. Traniello increased his stack to 38,250 and sent a player to the exits.
The table folds around to Gavin Smith who completes from the small blind. The big blind checks his option, and they see a flop of . Smith bets 2,200 and the big blind calls. The turn is the . Smith bets 4,600 and the big blind again calls. The river is the and Smith checks. The big blind then moves all-in for 9,900 more. Smith calls, the big blind turns over for the straight, and Smith mucks. His stack currently sits at 57,700.
We've finally whittled the field down to the 72 players who will be cashing in Event No. 4. Clayton Miller was the unfortunate player who went out on the bubble.
Two hands in quick succession allowed Shane Beckham to double his stack. In the first, he called a 3,700 raise in position with pocket eights, called a 4,000 bet after a Q-Q-6 flop, checked the Q on the turn, and called another 4,000 bet after the hit on the river. His opponent showed an unimproved A-K and Beckham's stack increased from 34,000 to 48,000.
A few hands later, the player in the cutoff raised to 4,000 and Beckham re-raised to 10,000 from the big blind. The other player called and they saw a flop. Shane bet 15,000, the other player folded, and Shane showed the . He is now up to 68,000.
William Hill, who has assembled a fortress of blue, black, and yellow chips worth 250,000. He's moved out to a huge lead, well ahead of Rob Playfast in second with just under 100,000.