Since merging tables Ryan Young has built his stack up to 120,000 without seeing a flop.
It took Matt Vengrin to put a stop to Young's aggression with a three-bet preflop after Young had raised again, this time from under the gun. Young folded and as Vengrin raked in his chips, John Phan commented, "You got no brakes kid!"
Vincent Peraino raised to 12,000 preflop and Mclean Karr called. On a flop of , both players checked. On the turn of the , Peraino bet out for 8,000 and Karr raised for to 20,000. Peraino made the call.
The fell on the river and Peraino checked to Karr. Karr bet out for 38,000 and Peraino check-raised all in for 96,000 total. Karr made the call.
Peraino showed for the nut flush and Karr showed for two pair.
After the hand, Peraino moved up to 230,000 in chips and Karr was left with only 4,000.
Alex Melnikow has gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in a matter of minutes after losing a massive pot to Johnny Neckar.
We caught the action on a flop of . Neckar checked and Melnikow bet out for 13,000. Neckar then made it 52,000 to go and Melnikow made the call.
The turn was the and Neckar bet out 80,000 before Melnikow moved all in over the top for all of his chips. Neckar made the call and tabled for two pair as Melnikow showed for a small flush draw.
The river was the and Neckar rakes in a pot worth close to half a million chips to claim the tournament chip lead to send Melnikow to the rail in 27th place.
Seat 1: Vincent Peraino
Seat 2: Dustin Pattinson
Seat 3: Mclean Karr
Seat 4: Sebastian Segovia
Seat 5: Alex Bolotin
Seat 6: Thuyen Doan
Seat 7: Leo Wolpert
Seat 8: Lee Childs
Seat 9: David Singer
Table 62
Seat 1: Richard Tatalovich
Seat 2: Daniel O’Brien
Seat 3: Johnny Neckar
Seat 4: Linda Lee
Seat 5: Jon Traver
Seat 6: Don Mullis
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Zachary King
Seat 9: Tony Dunst
Table 63
Table 1: John Phan
Table 2: Alex Zaslavsky
Table 3: Matt Stout
Table 4: Matt Vengrin
Table 5: Hjalti Jacobsen
Table 6: Dale Pinchot
Table 7: Stewart Newman
Table 8: Ryan Young
Table 9: Douglas Miranda
There is a short delay as the remaining 27 players have just redrawn to form the final three tables. They are each now guaranteed $11,264 in prize money.
With the board showing , Chris Glover moved all in against Stewart Newman. Newman showed and Glover showed . A harmless fell on the river and Newman's tens were good enough to send Glover home in 29th place. He will receive $9,287 for his efforts.