Jason Mercier raised to 4,800 in the hijack seat, Justin Bonomo flicked out a call from the big blind and the two took a flop of . Bonomo checked, Mercier continued for 5,300 and Bonomo check-raised to 16,000.
Mercier silently committed an entire stack of pink T5,000 chips, moving all in and Bonomo folded.
Dan Cates raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and Phil Ivey called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Ivey check-called 6,000 from Cates to see the turn. Ivey check-called 18,000 from Cates this time, landing the river. Ivey checked again and Cates fired 46,500. After about 90 seconds in the tank, Ivey called.
"I don't think I'm going to win this one," said Cates. "Queen high."
Ivey tabled for a pair of fives to win the pot.
"I wasn't going to call, but I just couldn't take it. I knew you were gonna show it if I folded," said Ivey.
In what would be his final hand of the tournament, Chris Moore opened with a button raise and Weissman shipped all in from the small blind for right around 30,000. The big blind folded and Moore made the call.
Moore:
Weissman:
It was a classic flip, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Moore was a slight 51.92% favorite while Weissman would survive 47.52% of the time.
The flop was interesting as it failed to hit Weissman directly, but it made him a 55.35% favorite with two overs and a flush draw. The turn was no help and Moore became a 68.18% favorite, while Weissman's chances of survival dropped to 31.82%.
The blanked on the river and Weissman's day came to an end toward the end of Level 11.
"Good luck guys," Weissman offered before taking his leave from Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em.
Ashton Griffin was all in and at risk for 115,200 holding on a flop of . Al Decarolis shook his head in disgust before revealing the for a pair of aces.
Decarolis' backdoor flush draw was dead after the turn brought the and Griffin successfully doubled through when the completed the board.
Griffin doubled to 250,000 chips, while Decarolis dropped down to 25,000.
David Benefield opened for 7,000 from the hijack and received a call from Faraz Jaka on the button. Calvin Anderson then three-bet to 21,700 from the small blind, the big folded and Benefield pushed back with an all-in four bet, which was enough to cover both his opponents.
Jaka thought long and hard before releasing his hand, where Anderson followed suit.
Below are the counts for all the players at Table 348.
In a battle of the blinds, Tony Gregg was all in for 67,600 from the small blind with . Vanessa Selbst had him beat with in the big blind, but the flop came down to give Gregg the nut flush. Selbst picked up outs when the turn fell, but the river locked up the pot for Gregg.