A player in late position raised to 7,000 and Edward Hislop moved all in for 39,000 from the small blind. His opponent had a mountain of chips in front of him, and went into the tank for about a minute before deciding to call.
Hislop was at risk with , up against .
The board ran out and Hislop survived to see another hand.
Marc Convey opened from early position for 7,300 and Oleksii Ievchenko moved all in for 12,000. Eddy Sabat in late position looked interested in the pot but decided against getting involved and folded do Convey put in the extra chips.
Action folded around to Jonathan Hilton on the button and he moved all in for his last 35,000. Ryan Hughes was in the small blind and called.
Hilton was at risk with , up against chip leader Ryan Hughes.
The board ran out and Hilton was sent to the rail. Hughes has more than doubled the stack he was at just one level ago, sitting on 750,000 as the overwhelming chip leader.
A three-way preflop all in saw the following players show hands with Patrick Truong covering both of them by some margin.
Patrick Truong:
Daniel Casey:
Michael Haines:
The board ran out .
The flop had Casey pinning his hopes on running spades and there was a teasing amount of paint on the turn but, very much to Haines’ relief, the eights held to send him a triple-up.
Frederick Li moved all in for his last 40,000 from middle position. Patrick Truong was in the big blind, held up his cards for a second, and announced, "Call."
Li was at risk and well ahead with up against Truong's . Unfortunately for Li, the flop came and Truong took the lead with a pair of sixes. The on the turn and the on the river were of no help and Li shook his head all the way to the payout desk.
Truong now sits on 290,000, good for one of the top stacks.
All the chips went in preflop with Richard Tatalovich at risk and relying on his to hold against the of Ryan Welch.
The board ran out .
With a set for Tatalovich on the flop, the turned ace was no good and Welch was left handing over a chunk of his stack and shaking his head at losing an important flip.