Jake Balsiger has been eliminated from the tournament. According to Dan Murariu, Balsiger open-shoved for rest of his chips with , and Murariu called with . The board came , and Murariu took the chips, sending Balsiger to the rail.
Brian Friefeld was all in from early position, and action folded to Thiago Nishijima in the small blind. Nishijima, who has been quiet since his huge double, moved all in. The big blind folded.
Nishijima:
Friefeld:
The flop was grim for Friefeld: , cutting his outs in half. A and completed the board, and Nishijima added to his stack.
We found Chris DeMaci and Jonathan Bennett heads up with the board reading .
DeMaci checked, and Bennett bet 58,000, nearly half of his stack. DeMaci called quickly, and Bennett showed for a full house. DeMaci muttered to himself as he exposed before tossing it in the muck.
Denis Gnidash opened for a raise on the button, and Mark Jun reraised to 32,000 from the small blind. Balint Pusztai, in the big blind, woke with a cold four-bet all in for 116,500 more. Gnidash folded, and Jun went into the tank.
"Wow, that's a lot of chips," he said. "I don't understand why you would do that."
He got out of his seat and paced for a bit, thinking it over. Finally, after about two minutes, he folded.