Kyle Julius opened to 17,000 and James Harver three-bet all in for 63,000. Julius called and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Julius:
Harver:
The flop gave Julius the advantage and Harver couldn't find the last nine on either the turn or the river sending him to the rail. Julius is still alive and well with 460,000 chips.
Under the gun, Jacobo Fernandez open-shoved for just over 70,000 total. Yat Cheng made the call from middle position, and the race for Fernandez's tournament life was on:
Fernandez:
Cheng:
The flop was a good miss for Fernandez as it rolled out to give him another eight outs at his straight draw. The on the turn was a great card and a pair to pull him into the lead, and the river looked scary at first, but it filled Fernandez's straight and secured his double up to 158,000.
Scott Hamilton was all in for his last 65,000 chips and Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim was his only contender.
Showdown
Hamilton
Hakim:
Hakim's deuces were in trouble after the flop fell , and they were drawing dead after the turn brought the . The on the river was but a formality, and Hamilton doubled to 153,000 chips.
That's eight of ten levels in the books today, and it's time for the final break of the evening. This one will be 25 minutes again as we'll take a few minutes to get those pesky purple T500 chips out of our sight.