The cards of Brandon Shack-Harris were already in the muck, while Vivian Saliba had her stack of 146,000 counted out. Saliba's were still tabled, with the board showing . The stacks went in preflop. According to Oliver Weis, Shack-Harris put Saliba at risk with and failed to get there.
Soon after, Shack-Harris raised from under the gun, and Alberto Fonseca called on the button, as did Weis in the big blind. The flop fell , and Weis checked. Shack-Harris bet from under the gun, and Fonseca was the only caller. On the turn and river, both players checked, and Fonseca announced a flush. He turned over , and Shack-Harris mucked.
Two players have been eliminated in the form of Daniel Harmetz and Jean Ferreira, one of whom sent his stack over to Vivian Saliba. That reduced the field to 66 players, and the tournament moved into hand-for-hand mode at the completion of the hand.
With approximately 60,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Jeff Madsen checked from the hijack to Michael Kamran, who bet 47,000 from the button. Madsen called.
The river brought the , and Madsen checked. Kamran bet 107,000, sending Madsen into the tank. Ultimately, he called, and Kamran tabled for the nut flush to win the pot.
On the hand just previous to this one Corey Hochman had three-bet Ben Lamb preflop for two thirds of his remaining stack and got it through, showing kings.
In this hand, Ben Lamb opened the action to 18,000 from the hijack. Mike Gorodinsky called in the cutoff and Hochman three-bet pot to 80,000 in the small blind. Lamb folded and Gorodinsky called.
The flop was and Hochman moved in the rest of his chips which was for somewhere around 50,000. Gorodinsky folded and Hochman showed for a set of aces.
With about 60,000 in the pot and the board reading , John Monnette was in late position and checked. Nghia Le was in the cutoff and bet 20,000. Monnette called. The turn was the , and Monnette check-called a bet of 76,000. The river was the . and both players checked.
Le tabled for a set of nines, and Monnette sent his cards into the muck.
While Patrick Mahoney folded all hands and went through the blinds to see his stack reduced to just 4,000, John Crisp moved all in for his last 23,000 from the cutoff, and Jason DeWitt called in the big blind. All other tables finished their hands, and the cards were turned over.
John Crisp:
Jason DeWitt:
The board came , and Crisp's nut flush secured the double on the bubble.
Patrick Mahoney was forced all in for his last 4,000 in the big blind, and John Racener limped in from early position. Andjelko Andrejevic called the 8,000 from the small blind, and the two remaining players checked the flop and the turn. On the river, Andrejevic bet 15,000, and Racener folded.
"Are you bluffing?" Mahoney asked.
Andrejevic said, "I can't say," as other tables were still in action.
"Shit," Mahoney replied. Another player from a table nearby asked him, and Mahoney turned around and said, "I am drawing thin. I haven't even looked at my cards yet."
Once all other tables were finished, Andrejevic rolled over for a queen-high flush. Mahoney's were exposed, and he exited the tournament area as last player without anything to show for his work.
As the bubble took far longer than expected, the blind level remained the same, and the current level will be finished before the final break of 15 minutes takes place. Another two levels will be played after that, and the action will conclude at the end of Level 19.
were still tabled, with the board showing 
. The stacks went in preflop. According to Oliver Weis, Shack-Harris put Saliba at risk with 
and failed to get there.
, and Weis checked. Shack-Harris bet from under the gun, and Fonseca was the only caller. On the 
, and Shack-Harris mucked.
, Jeff Madsen checked from the hijack to Michael Kamran, who bet 47,000 from the button. Madsen called.
for the nut flush to win the pot.
and Hochman moved in the rest of his chips which was for somewhere around 50,000. Gorodinsky folded and Hochman showed 
for a set of aces.
, and Monnette check-called a bet of 76,000. The river was the 
, and Crisp's nut flush secured the double on the bubble.
flop and the 
turn. On the 
for a queen-high flush. Mahoney's 
