Dmitry Nemirovsky checked an flop to Men Nguyen, who bet 19,000. After a minute, Nemirovsky check-shoved for about 18,000 more. Nguyen wasn't happy about it, but he made the call.
Nemirovsky: for the bottom end of the straight
Nguyen: for bottom pair
The turn brought the and the river the . Nemirovsky doubled up to around 90,000. Nguyen threw the extra chips into the middle hard enough that they bounced. After doubling Ryan D'Angelo and then Nemirovsky in short order, the Master was down to 70,000.
Edit: They don't call him the Master for nothing. He won a huge pot before we could post this and is back over 150,000.
It looked as though "Miami" John Cernuto bet out on the and Alan Reyf raised all in. Either way, Cernuto was calling all in when we arrived, and they turned their cards over.
Cernuto:
Reyf:
Turn:
River:
Reyf made a flush, and after a brief pause to count the stacks (Cernuto was covered by just 2,000), it's back to Miami for Cernuto.
Niall Charlton checked a board to Josh Tieman, and Tieman bet 18,000. Charlton caled, and Josh tabled for jacks full of eights. Charlton mucked grumpily, slipping to 60,000 while Tieman stacked up 108,000.
In a similar hand, Gary Bolden bet 18,000 on the river of . Mercier called to see Bolden roll over for the rivered boat. "F%^k," Mercier let out, saying he'd made his nut flush with the same card. Not to worry, Mercier still has 203,000.
Matt Glantz limped, and after checking to see how much he had behind, Di Dang raised to 7,500 on the button. In the big blind, Franklin Grigsby clicked the "pot" button, making it a total of 27,000 to see a flop. Glantz looked tortured for a minute but decided to call, leaving himself 30,500 behind. Dang flatted as well.
"Spin the wheel," Glantz said.
The flop came , and Grigsby moved all in. Glantz pushed his whole stack across the line, and Dang, who had them both well covered, announced a call. Three-way showdown time.
Glantz: for the flopped nine-high straight and nine-high flush draw (nice spin!)
Grigsby: for bottom pair, a gutshot, and a backdoor flush draw
Dang: for the flopped nut straight
Grigsby was drawing thin, and Glantz, whose nine-high flush draw was live, needed to hit a diamond to best Dang's higher straight. The on the turn didn't help him, but the on the river was enough to secure a triple up for Glantz. Grigsby was eliminated in the conflagration, while Glantz was given new life with 173,000. Dang took a hit but got about 15,000 out of the side pot and still has a substantial 247,000.
After fifteen levels adrift in a sea of uncertainty, we've caught sight of land floating out in the distance. And my, it looks like a giant shiny money bubble. Ok, so maybe by Day 32 of the World Series we've started hallucinating. But we can promise that there are now only six tables remaining. That means the field is only one table away from making the money.
Kyle Bowker limped in early position and Alex Freiberg made it 13,500 from the button. Men Nguyen called in the small blind, Ryan D'Angelo called in the big, Bowker called too and all four of them saw a flop.
Flop:
Nguyen bet out 16,000 and D'Angelo folded. Bowker called, though, and the short-stacked Freiberg called all in for his last 7,500.
Turn:
Nguyen bet pot - 91,500 - which by coincidence was the exact size of Bowker's remaining stack. Bowker tanked up for a while but eventually folded.
On their backs.
Nguyen:
Freiberg:
River:
Freiberg's kings held up against Nguyen's pair of deuces and gutshot draw, and he more than tripled up to 75,000. Nguyen was at 240,000, Bowker at the aforementioned 91,500.
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flop to Men Nguyen, who bet 19,000. After a minute, Nemirovsky check-shoved for about 18,000 more. Nguyen wasn't happy about it, but he made the call.
for the bottom end of the straight
for bottom pair
and the river the 
. Nemirovsky doubled up to around 90,000. Nguyen threw the extra chips into the middle hard enough that they bounced. After doubling Ryan D'Angelo and then Nemirovsky in short order, the Master was down to 70,000.
rivered a straight to knock her out.
and Alan Reyf raised all in. Either way, Cernuto was calling all in when we arrived, and they turned their cards over.
for jacks full of eights. Charlton mucked grumpily, slipping to 60,000 while Tieman stacked up 108,000.
for bottom pair, a gutshot, and a backdoor flush draw
for the flopped nut straight
