Burton Ritchie moved all in with on a flop of , and Brandon Cantu called with . Cantu held up as the turn and river bricked , respectively, and Ritchie hit the rail.
Cantu now sits with 425,000 chips.
On an adjacent table, Joshua Templeton was eliminated with unknown action.
The cards are back in the air. The tournament will resume until 32 players remain, and at that point the survivors will bag and tag for the evening. They will then be seeded based upon chip standings, and play heads-up matches until a winner is crowned.
In the last hand before the break, with just 18 seconds left on the clock, Brandon Cantu opened the cut off to 6,500. In the small blind Matt Salsberg pushed his stack to the middle: 24,100 total. Cantu thought about it for a while and eventually made the call with . Cantu explained that he was doing Salsberg a favor, giving him the chance to either double up or bust before the hour long dinner break. Salsberg didn't look unhappy with the situation as he showed his .
Cantu would hit on the flop though, which meant bad news for Salsberg: . The on the turn and on the river were not the cards Salsberg was hoping for and while all the players were already on break, Salsberg departed in 41st place ($7,446).
Tom Alner opened to 4,000 from the cut off and Brandon Cantu on the button made the call. Alexander Lakhov in the small blind called as well and Barry "Big Dog" Lang went for it and announced all in for 40,000 even. Tom Alner pushed his chips to the middle as well, Cantu folded and Lakhov called to have a three way all in.
Alexander Lakhov
Tom Alner
Barry "Big Dog" Lang
The flop was good for Lang who hit a deuce: . The on the turn and on the river didn't do him any harm anymore and he tripled up. Before we knew it Lang was doing some sort of dance and he was fist bumping Brandon Cantu and another player at the table. "As soon as I had him out", pointing at Cantu, "I was home free!" Lang shouted. "That's my revenge man!" he laughed. Tom Alner busted and Lakhov had to give 40,000 to Lang while receiving something back from the side pot.
Mike Watson pushed all in on a board reading when his opponent bet 28,400 into a fairly large pot. Watson's opponent called and the cards were flipped:
Watson:
Opponent:
Watson had flopped a set while his opponent had flopped two pair. Only four outs would eliminate Watson. The river was not one of them and Watson doubled up to 307,000.
Erick Lindgren opened to 4,000 from under the gun, Tom Alner three-bet to 9,200 from the cutoff, and Brandon Cantu cold four-bet to 24,000 on the button. Lindgren moved all in, Alner folded, and Cantu snap-called.
Lindgren:
Cantu:
Cantu's kings held as the board came , and Lindgren stood from his seat.
"I'm gunna flip the script on you one of these days," he told Cantu, as he headed towards the payout desk near the Blue Section of the Amazon Room, rather than the one right here in Tan.
"Erick!" a tournament director called to Lindgren. "Over here."
Lindgren quickly realized his mistake, and changed directions.
"Who needs those pennies, anyway?" he asked no one in particular. "Oh yeah, I do!"
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on a flop of 
. Cantu held up as the turn and river bricked 
, 
respectively, and Ritchie hit the rail.
. Ausmus fired out 6,300, and Koon made the call.
, and Koon opted to lead out, firing 15,000. Ausmus called.
, Koon led for another 22,000, and Ausmus folded.
.
. The 
on the river were not the cards Salsberg was hoping for and while all the players were already on break, Salsberg departed in 41st place ($7,446).
. The 
was not one of them and Watson doubled up to 307,000.
