Pratyush Buddiga just raised and Bob Buckenmayer proceeded to move all in from the small blind. Buddiga called the 65,000-chip bet and the showdown went as following.
Buddiga:
Buckenmayer
The board ran out and Buddiga knocked Buckenmayer out to get us down to 39 players.
Stefan Jedlicka had quite a lot of chips up until not too long before the dinner break, but those are all gone now as he ran into Robert Geith's kings.
Jedlicka's final chips, around 110,000 total, ended up in the pot before the flop and the showdown went as following.
Kevin Eyster led out for 11,000 on a flop of , and Matt Salsberg made the call. The turn was the , Eyster checked, and Salsberg bet what looked like 16,000 or so. Eyster moved all in for effectively 72,000, and Salsberg tank-folded.
Benny Chen opened to 8,000 on the button, Jean Gaspard three-bet to 22,000 in the small blind and Chen four-bet shoved for about 90,000. Gaspard called.
Chen:
Gaspard:
The board ran out , giving Chen a straight on the river to double through Gaspard.
After winning a race and eliminating Brian Green with against Green's , Greg Merson was faced with a completion from Alex Bilokur in the small blind. Merson didn't check, choosing to raised to 9,000. The Russian called.
The flop fell , Bilokur check-called a bet of 11,000 from the 2012 WSOP Main Event champ, and the turn was the . Bilokur check-called another 23,000, the river was the , and both players checked.
Bilokur revealed the for a flush, and Merson mucked.
Brian Roberts just battled it out before the flop with Noah Vaillancourt, a battle that ultimately lead to a pot worth around 250,000. The cards were turned face up after Vaillancourt called all in and the showdown went as following.
Roberts:
Vaillancourt:
The board ran out and Vaillancourt doubled his stack up.
Andrew Lichtenberger checked to Blake Whittington on a flop of , and he fired out a bet of 11,500. Lichtenberger moved all in for effectively 50,000 or so, and Whittington nearly beat him into the pot with a call.
Lichtenberger:
Whittington:
The spiked on the turn, giving Lichtenberger two pair, and the completed the board. Whittington was eliminated, and Lichtenberger chipped up to 265,000.