Bernard Ko opened the button to 40,000 only to have Michael Swick move all in for 145,000 from the big blind. Ko made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Ko:
Swick:
The board fell a rather undramatic to see Swick double through to 322,000 as Ko slips to 485,000 in chips.
Ryan Hemmel opened to 41,000 from the cutoff only to have David Zeitlin move all in for 375,000 from the button. Hemmel deliberated slightly before making the call.
Hemmel:
Zeitlin:
The flop put Hemmel in the lead, and after the and fell on the turn and river, Zeitlin exited in 24th place as Hemmel climbed to 1,280,000 in chips.
Michael Vaccarello began cutting out a raise only to have the dealer call a string-bet.
Eventually the decision was that Vaccarello would be bound to a min-raise since the first amount of chips that he cut out was 25,000 therefore meaning he would be bound to a raise ahead of a call.
With the action on Aaron Gustavson, he tossed in three green 75,000-denomination chips only to have David Siegal move all in for 183,000 from the cutoff.
Vaccarello followed suit moving all in for 235,000 as Gustavson double-fist-pump-snap called!
Vaccarello:
Siegal:
Gustavson:
The flop fell down to keep Gustavson in the lead but leave him having to fade any king, jack, nine or heart to eliminate both players.
The turn dropped the to change little, and after the landed on the river, Gustavson faded the monster sweat to eliminate two opponents and climb to 1,040,000 in chips.
Craig Bergeron opened for a raise under the gun and James Schaaf three-bet from the small blind. Bergeron moved all in and Schaaf made the call to put Bergeron at risk.
Bergeron:
Schaaf:
The board ran out to see Bergeron double through to 690,000 as Schaaf slips to 565,000 in chips.