After Chad Batista raised to 30K, Isaac Haxton moved all-in for 239K from the cutoff. It was folded around to Batista who instantly called and slapped his on the felt. Haxton held and it looked like Batista was going to become our monster chip leader . . . and then the flop came . Haxton's set ended up taking the pot and he now sits with 500,000, while Batista stack was chopped down to 490K.
After seeing a flop of , Alaei led out for 33,000 and Graves raised to 70K. Alaei moved all-in for 150,000 more and Graves called. Alaei was unfortunate enough to flop top pair with when Graves flopped a set of Tens. That hand lifted Graves' stack to 350,000 and dropped Alaei down to 130K.
Cai moved in for his last 87,000 with and Morgan called with . Cai took the lead on the and when the turned he was one card away from doubling up. But the river brought the and that gave Morgan the pot, bringing an end to Cai's day.
Feldman raised to 24,000 and Batistra re-raised to 70,000. Feldman moved in his last 110K and showed pocket Tens to Batista's . Feldman held the lead through the flop, but the popped up on the turn. When the fell on the river, Feldman was eliminated.
After seeing a flop of , Alaei led out and when Williams raised him all-in, Alaei instantly called and showed . But Williams had flopped Broadway with . Niether the on the turn nor on the river paired the board, and Alaei was sent to the rail. Williams is now back up to 350K.
Michael Melkensen moved in the last of his 100K on the button and Michael Graves called in the big blind with pocket Sevens. But Melkensen found a good time to pick up pocket Aces . . . and then picked up quads on the flop. Melkensen doubled to 212,000 while Graves fell to 265K.
The last few orbits Chien Dinh kept re-popping it when Theo Tran would raise, and Tran would lay his hand down. But Dinh went to that particular well once to often, because when he kicked it up to 100K Tran came over the top to put Dinh all-in. He called with against Tran's pocket Kings, and when Dinh couldn't find an Ace his tournament was at an end. Tran now has 820,000.
Holding Melkensen committed the last of his chips after the flop and Thierry Cazals called with for the nut flush draw. The made Cazals' flush and eliminated Melkensen.
After Williams raised Lefkowitz moved all-in for his last 90K. Williams called with and was racing against Leftkowitz's . The board ran out and Lefkowitz survived and doubled up to 215,000. Williams was left with 300K.