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Vitaly Lunkin opened from the button by shipping all in for 113,000. He had 
, and that was an unfortunate situation for Mr. Lunkin when Bradley Craig called him down with 
.
Even worse, there was an eight on the flop of 
, and Lunkin would need to catch running aces or threes to stay alive. The 
on the turn was neither of those, and Lunkin was already out the door by the time the 
hit the river.
He's out, and Craig has climbed to 370,000.
Guillaume Darcourt got things started with a raise to 20,000 from early position. Action passed to Marcos Neves in the big blind, who moved all in for 155,000. Darcourt got calling chips into the pot and then turned up 
, a hand that was (surprisingly enough) racing the pocket fours of Neves. A ten on the flop of a 
board was enough to secure the pot for Darcourt. Neves is busto.
Gavin Griffin had been worked down to 62,500 when he shoved all in from middle position. Jason Helder called with his big stack, and the rest of the table folded to put him heads up for the knockout.
Griffin was in good shape, though, turning over {Kd] 
to Helder's . He was still in good shape after the board of 
. Twice as good shape, in fact. That's a double up to almost 130,000, knocking Helder down a peg to 295,000.
We don't know when the chips went in, nor even what hand Mark Scellato took to the grave. All we know is that as Scellato was being led away from the table, Michael Noda was collecting Scellato's chips. Noda's 
flopped a full house, and Scellato never caught up. He's out.
Lee Gaines was down to about 120,000 when he looked down at 
and open-shoved from late position. Unfortunately for him, Will "The Thrill" Failla happened to find 
two seats over. Easy game, easy call.
Gaines flopped a queen on the 
flop, but he couldn't find another one on the 
turn or river.
"Payout, Table 369!" was the last thing Gaines will hear tonight, ushered out of the ropes and off to the cashier to collect his check.
Failla is right at 600,000 now and in second place with 33 players left.
Eric Haddad opted to open-shove ll in when action came to him in middle position and he looked down at . The amount of his raise was 75,000 total Action moved to Bradley Craig, who squeezed out and then also moved all in, for about 135,000 total. Craig's queen kicker played on an all-small board, [7]
, to give him the pot and finish off Haddad.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Gregory Ronaldson raised to open the pot from late position, and he got the rest of his 154,500 chips into the middle against small blind Peter Traply. Ronaldson tabled and Traply {Tc] , and the race was on.
The flop was a miss for Ronaldson as it came 
. Things changed quickly on the turn, though, and the river further improved him to the winning trip queens. Traply takes the big hit down to 66,000, while his opponent moves his way up toward the top with 312,000.
People that believe in luck may want to give Ryan Welch a rub today. After his earlier dismissal of David Singer in a 500,000-chip pot, Welch was recently involved in a 650,000-chip pot with Jared Hamby. Hamby opened in middle position for 15,500 and was re-raised by Welch to 41,000. When action came back to Hamby, he instantly pushed his whole stack of 320,000 into the middle. Welch just as instantly called with 
. Hamby showed and was left in the uncomfortable spot of needing to catch an ace (or better) to stay in the tournament.
The board never gave Welch a sweat, 
. His king stayed in the lead the whole way to send Hamby to the rail. Welch is now leading the tournament with approximately 960,000 chips.
A player in middle position opened with a raise, and Lee Gaines made the call from the cutoff seat. In the big blind, Jon Eaton squeezed in a reraise, folding the initial raiser. Gaines was unimpressed, though, and he moved all in with his big stack. Eaton called off his remaining chips, putting himself at risk and a pot of about 300,000 in the middle of the table.
Gaines: 
Eaton: 
Things were smooth for Eaton on a board of 
, and he's doubled through Gaines. They now sit at 290,000 and 165,000 respectively.
