Mats Gavatin opened to 135,000 from middle position and with the action on Jeremy Defrande in the big blind, he pushed all in with Gavatin making the call.
Defrande:
Gavatin:
The board ran out a rather undramatic to see Defrande elimianted in 16th place while Gavatin climbs to 1,165,000 in chips.
The remaining players were to redraw seats and combine to two tables after Dalton Dawkin's elimination; however, there was still one hand that needed to be completed before that could happen.
After action had foled around, David Hong moved all in from the button and was called by Nicholas Heather. Hong showed and was ahead of Heather's .
That all changed when the flop came . Suddenly Hong was behind and needed help. The turn was the and Hong was needed an king on the river to stay alive. It was not meant to be as the came on the river.
Hong was eliminated in 18th place for a $16,919 as the remaining players will now combine down to two table.
David Baker raised to 48,000 under the gun and was reraised by Dalton Dawkins to 148,000. When action folded back to Baker, he moved all in.
Baker had Dawkins, who had 255,000 behind, covered. Dawkins thought for awhile before announcing, "Call."
Baker turned over {Ah] and was racing against Dawkin's . The spectators around the rail leaned is as the flop came down . Dawkins held on to the lead, but it was short lived as the hit the turn.
Dawkins seemed to know that he was toast, as he began to rise even before the hit the river. Dawkins was eliminated in 19th place.