Humberto Brenes opened to 60,000 from the cutoff only to have Michael Swick move all in for 292,000 from the button. Brenes called and we were off to a showdown.
Brenes:
Swick:
The board ran out to see Swick double through to 644,000 as Brenes slipped to just 142,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Humberto Brenes moved all in for his remaining 136,000. It was folded around to Aaron Gustavson on the button who made the call. The blinds released and the cards were on their backs.
Brenes:
Gustavson:
The flop was a good one for Brenes when it fell . It was the turn however that did The Shark in. The river was the and Brenes hit the rail and Gustavson increased his stack to 1,500,000.
With the action folding round to Thomas O'Neal in the small blind, he moved all in for 301,000 and, following a lengthy deliberation, Ian Wiley made the call from the big blind.
When we walked up to the table, it was on Niccolo Caramatti, who was in the tank after Ryan Hemmel raised, Caramatti reraised, Ian Wiley moved all in and Hemmel called. Caramatti eventually folded and Hemmel tabled and was up against Wiley's .
The and fell on the flop. Keeping Wiley's tournament hopes alive, as he was covered by Hemmel. The turn brought the and the river the , giving Wiley a double to just over 604,000.
"Did you say what you had?" Wiley asked Caramatti.
Daniel Buzgon raised it to 58,000 from the cutoff. The button folded and Peter Grunlund moved all in from the small blind for 325,000.
Thomas Johnson thought about it for a moment, playing with his chips, and then moved all in. Buzgon took just a moment before folding sevens face up.
Grunlund tabled and would need some help against the of Johnson.
The flop came fown . Grunlund was looking for a queen, but it didn't come on the turn. It did however bink on the river. The fell, and Johnson lept out of his seat and walked away from the table in disbelief.
Johnson is down to 430,000 while Grunlund chipped up to 700,000.
The action folded round to Dean Hamrick in the small blind and he raised it up to 82,000 with Aaron Gustavson defending his big.
Hamrick fired out 126,000 on the flop and Gustavson made the call as the fell on the turn.
Hamrick slid in a stack of 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 210,000 and again Gustavson made the call.
The river of the was checked through to see Hamrick table his for quads to rake in the pot and move to 1,360,000 as Gustavson flashed his and slipped to 1,230,000 in chips.