Jeff Hakim was all in for about 75,000 before the flop with , and he was in very immediate danger of elimination at the hands of William McMahon's .
If his peril wasn't immediate enough, the flop of made things quite clear. Quads are unbeatable on that flop, and the meaningless turn and river sent Hakim to the payout desk here in the final level of the night.
There are just three tables left, and after the redraw they look like this:
Table 368
Seat 1: Harsukhpaul Sangha
Seat 2: Jason Taus
Seat 3: Michael Smith
Seat 4: Austin McCormick
Seat 5: Joseph Brattole
Seat 6: David Newcomer
Seat 7: Kyle Winter
Seat 8: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan
Seat 9: Waylon Frey
Table 369
Seat 1: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 2: Simon Watt
Seat 3: Jeremy Fendelet
Seat 4: Venkatesh Gupta
Seat 5: Yat Cheng
Seat 6: Scott Hamilton
Seat 7: Antoine Amourette
Seat 8: Nick "ISpewChips" Phillips
Seat 9: Jody Fayant
Table 372
Seat 1: Marvin Rettenmaier
Seat 2: Eric Ladny
Seat 3: Kyle Julius
Seat 4: Jason Young
Seat 5: Christopher Giddings
Seat 6: Ryan Huntley
Seat 7: David Randall
Seat 8: Rodrigo Horvath
Seat 9: Alex Bolotin
Under the gun, Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 29,000, and Kyle Julius made the call to see a flop.
It came an exciting , and fireworks ensued. Rettenmaier fired out a continuation bet of 42,000, and Julius called to see the land on fourth street. Another bet came from Rettenmaier, 101,000 this time, and Julius came right along with another call.
The river was the , and Rettenmaier fired a third bullet 113,000 chips strong. After some quick deliberation, Julius made a covering raise to 300,000 total, and Rettenmaier made the call all in. He tabled , and his jacks full of aces was the best hand. A frustrated Julius slid his cards into the muck, decimating his stack all the way down to 455,000 from his once lofty position.
Rettenmaier is now the one doing all the chip stacking; he's up to about 900,000 after that double.
After a series of preflop raises, Jacobo Fernandez, Yat Cheng and Venkatesh Gupta got all the chips in the middle and turned their hands over:
Showdown
Gupta:
Cheng:
Fernandez:
The was a great sweat for Chung, and the on the turn gave him the lead. Gupta picked up a diamond draw though, and the spiked on the river giving him the winning flush.
Cheng is eliminated and Gupta is up to 180,000 chips while Fernandez slipped to 343,000.