Catching the action on the turn with the board reading Ed Perry checked to Nick Schulman who fired 40,000. Perry made the call, and then check-called the bet of 75,000 on the river.
Schulman tabled for the king-high flush to collect the pot. He's up to 780,000 with Perry back to 250,000.
Theo Tran opened for 18,000 from under the gun and was called by two players. On a flop of , Tran's 30,000-chip bet was called by only the button. Both players checked the turn and the river, with Tran's taking down the pot with a full house.
With about 100,000 in the pot, J.C. Tran and Mike Lovelace saw a flop of . Tran led out with a bet of 55,000, and Lovelace moved all in for 565,000 total. That sent Tran spiraling into the tank, and he was clearly confused about the decision upon him. "This is so sick," he said. "Why would you go all in?" After another few minutes of deliberation, he added, "I'll let you bluff me this time, 'cause I know next time I'll be ready." With that, Tran showed and released his cards into the muck. Lovelace flashed his , breathing a big sigh of relief as he stacked some new chips.
"How could you lay that down?" someone asked Tran after the hand. Tran snapped his head around to answer, "Because I value my tournament life a lot." Tran is down to 600,000, but still alive and well here in the Main.
David Levi had his opponent all in for his tournament life with all the chips in preflop. Levi held for a narrow lead against his opponent's .
That all changed on the flop of as Levi's opponent flopped a pair of queens. The turn was the and the river the , to leave Levi with just 100,000 chips.
What an exciting two hands for Royal Wiseman. First he called short-stacked Felix Osterland's all-in raise preflop, holding . He was up against Osterland's , but couldn't fade the aces he needed to fade, . Paying off 107,000 to Osterland left Wiseman with 33,000.
Those chips were in on the next hand when Wiseman was under the gun and moved in first. Kent Goulding re-shoved all in and was called by Patrick Stemper!
Wiseman:
Goulding:
Stemper:
Goulding got the side pot on a board of , but the turn ace saved Wiseman's Main Event and gave him the main pot. He's back up to about 110,000.
Justin Bonomo was down to his last 120,000 or so when he picked up on the button. Bonomo pushed all in, and got called by Adam Sanders in the small blind who held .
The community cards came , and Bonomo is out. Sanders now has 440,000.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised from early position, then Robert McClaughzin reraised all in for his last 120,000 behind him. The table folded around, and Lichtenberger snap-called.
Lichtenberger turned over , while McClaughzin showed .
The board came , and McClaughzin joins the long line at the payouts. Lichtenberger is now at 411,000.