Dave Chace was all in from the small blind for his last 5,000 as a player in the hijack raised to 25,000.
"I'm all in," Chace joked before Sejo Kasic reraised to 85,000 in the big blind.
"Super Dave from PA, back from the dead," Chace said as the hijack went into the tank for about a minute. Chace explained that he was down to 9,000 on Day 1 and tried to get eliminated, never imagining that he would come back to cash in this event.
The hijack eventually called as the flop came . Kasic snap-shoved and the hijack, with around 190,000 folded.
Kasic showed for top set as Chace turned over . The board ran out and Chace was eliminated, but not before taking a good comeback story back to Pennsylvania.
A player in early position raised to 25,000 before Nate Silver shoved for around 200,000. Silver's opponent asked for a count before mucking his cards.
The FiveThirtyEight founder currently shares a table with Johnny D'Silva and bracelet winner Blair Hinkle. According to the table, D'Silva was down to one 5,000 chip earlier but has rebuilt his stack to around 250,000.
"He bet me 5-to-1 on a last longer. What a fish," D'Silva said, pointing to Hinkle on his right.
The pot was around 200,000 in a blind versus blind battle.
Fred Goldberg was in the small blind and bet 75,000 on the board. His opponent in the big blind went deep into the tank before making the call. Goldberg turned over for two pair which was good enough to take down the pot as his opponent mucked.
A player on the cutoff shoved all in as action folded around to David "ODB" Baker in the big blind. Baker snap-called for his last 181,000.
David "ODB" Baker:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Baker's two pair was enough to secure a double up. The stacks were counted down and Baker's opponent was left with just 10,000 following the hand.
Francis Anderson raised to 22,000 from early position and was called by the hijack and the button.
The flop came and action checked through.
The was the turn and Anderson bet 31,000. Only the button called.
The river came the and Anderson was not done firing as he bet 75,000 into the pot. The button tanked for a bit as he made his decision before folding. Anderson continued to add chips to his stack.