Michael Mizrachi moves first, raising to 2.5 million from one off the button. Big blind Joseph Cheong is the only caller to a flop of . Both players check.
The turn is the . Cheong leads out for 2.5 million, just less than half the pot. Mizrachi isn't deterred. He calls to the river, which puts two pair on board. Both players check. Cheong shows , playing eights and deuces with an ace. Mizrachi shows the same hand when he tables . It's the first chopped pot of the day.
Action folds around to Joseph Cheong in the small blind and he shoves to put the pressure on John Dolan in the big blind. Dolan folds and Cheong scoops the pot.
John Dolan moves his short stack all in from the small blind and Jonathan Duhamel makes the call in the big blind.
Dolan:
Duhamel:
A bewildered look comes across Dolan's face, and he seems thrilled to be racing with his meager queen-five. Let's see if he can connect with the board to stay alive.
The flop brings , and it takes an awkward moment of silence for everyone to realize that it didn't change anything. The on the turn, however, puts the possibility of a split pot into play as Dolan picks up nine more outs (16 total) to survive.
He can not. The lands on the river, and that's a swing and a miss for the at-risk player. John Dolan's Main Event has come to an end in 6th place, and he'll pick up almost a million extra dollars to add to 9th-place money on his way out the door.
Joseph Cheong raises to two million from the cutoff seat and actions folds over to John Racener in the big blind. Racener makes the call and the flop comes down .
Racener checks the flop to Cheong. He bets one million and Racener folds.
Joseph Cheong raises to 2 million straight, but that's not going to get it done. Mizrachi announces a reraise, and he makes it 6.4 million to go. When the blinds fold, Cheong's cards follow theirs into the pot, and Mizrachi takes down another preflop pot.
Action folds to Candio and he raises to two million. Jonathan Duhamel reraises from the big blind to 5.6 million. Candio quickly moves all in and Duhamel quickly folds.
Under the gun, John Racener raises to 2.3 million, and he finds action as Michael Mizrachi calls from the big blind.
Heads up, the flop comes , and it checks through to the turn. Racener must have been sensing something on the flop because Mizrachi's 2.5-million chip bet drew an immediate fold.
. Both players check.
. Cheong leads out for 2.5 million, just less than half the pot. Mizrachi isn't deterred. He calls to the 
river, which puts two pair on board. Both players check. Cheong shows 
, playing eights and deuces with an ace. Mizrachi shows the same hand when he tables 
. It's the first chopped pot of the day.
, and it takes an awkward moment of silence for everyone to realize that it didn't change anything. The 
on the turn, however, puts the possibility of a split pot into play as Dolan picks up nine more outs (16 total) to survive.
lands on the river, and that's a swing and a miss for the at-risk player. John Dolan's Main Event has come to an end in 6th place, and he'll pick up almost a million extra dollars to add to 9th-place money on his way out the door.
.
, and it checks through to the 
turn. Racener must have been sensing something on the flop because Mizrachi's 2.5-million chip bet drew an immediate fold.
