In a three-way preflop all in, Bryan Asch, Albert Iversen, and Eric Semel got all their chips into the middle, with Iverson having both players covered. That was the end of the action, so the hands were shown:
Asch:
Iversen:
Semel:
With a pot of 300,000 chips on the line, all players anxiously awaited the deal. The board ran out . Coming from behind to drag down that monster pot was Albert Iversen. In doing so, he knocks out both opponents and chips his way up to 335,000!
Jim O'Mealia has been eliminated by Jeff Williams. O'mealia moved all in preflop and after going into the tank for a few minutes Williams made the call with . O'Mealia tabled and the board came giving Williams the pot.
Edmund Liu and Justin Pechie went to battle, with Pechie ending up all in for around 70,000 chips. The board came . Pechie showed his , and he doubled up to stay alive, moving himself to 150,000 in chips.
Gustavo Echeverri knocked out Michael Skomac when his pocket kings beat Skomac's queen jack off suit. The money went in preflop and the board ran out giving Echeverri the pot and Skomac a trip to the payout table.
Anahit Galajian and Giovanni Nervo shipped it all in preflop, Nervo with and Galajian holding . Galajian was the one behind and at risk of elimination. Bad news for him: Nervo's kicker ended up playing when the board came , and Anahit Galajian is eliminated.
Brent Hanks made the wrong move at the wrong time. He got tangled in a pot with Rene Mouritsen in which only one would be left standing. Hanks made a bluff at the pot when the board read by betting all in. Mouritsen had him covered by a few thousand and made the call with . Hanks begrudgingly tabled and knew he was drawing dead to Mouritsen's full house.
Three hands later Mouritsen still hasn't stacked all the chips. He has roughly 500,000 in chips.
Men "The Master" Nguyen was the first limper into a pot from the hijack seat. The cutoff and both blinds followed suit, and it was four-handed to the flop.
It came , and all four checked. The turn was the . Faraz Jaka bet out 12,000 chips from the small blind, and the big blind folded. Action was on The Master, and he moved all in for a total of 40,200. The cutoff folded, and Jaka made the call. With betting complete, the hands were turned over:
Jaka:
Nguyen:
Men Nguyen was well ahead, but still had to sweat one more card to survive. Much to his displeasure, the peeled off on the river, making two pair for his opponent and spelling the end for The Master.
Scott Freeman opened with a raise to 10,500 from middle position. Action passed to Simon Ravnsbaek on the button, and he moved all in for approximately 55,000. Freeman made the instant call with . Ravnsbaek held .
Ravnsbaek was drawing nearly dead on the flop when it came . Freeman's top set was unbeatable, but it got even better. To add insult to elimination, the dealer ripped off the case ace, on the turn. A on the river is the last card Ravnsbaek will see in this event; he makes his way out after getting quadded to death.