Markus Gonsalves found himself all in for just over 300,000 against Brian Lemke.
Gonsalves:
Lemke:
The board rolled out to see Gonsalves snag top pair with a better kicker to double through to 650,000 as Lemke slips to 790,000 in chips whilst relinquishing the chip lead.
Nicholas Blumenthal raised from the cutoff seat to 23,000. Markus Gonsalves reraised from the small blind to make it 58,000 to go. Blumenthal called when action got back to him.
The flop came down and Gonsalves fired 55,000. Blumenthal made the call to see the fall on the turn. Gonsalves checked now and Blumenthal bet 85,000. With 406,000 behind, Gonsalves made the call to see the river.
The river was the and completed the board. Gonsalves had 321,000 left in his stack and checked to Blumenthal, who had the power of position. Blumenthal bet all in, having Gonsalves covered. Gonsalves tanked for a couple of minutes and then gave it up, allowing Blumenthal to scoop the pot and move to second in chips.
Kirill Rabtsov opened to 22,000 from under the gun only to have Matt Glantz move all in for 177,000 from middle position. Rabtsov made the call once the blinds passed as the cards were placed on their backs.
Glantz:
Rabtsov:
Unfortunately for Glantz, the board would bring no luck for him as he was bundled to the rail as Rabtsov moves to 385,000 in chips.
Steven Levy opened to 24,000 only to have Nicholas Blumenthal three-bet to 54,000. With the action back on Levy, he pushed out a four-bet to 118,000 only to have Blumenthal move all in for 310,000.
Levy insta-folded and slipped to 260,000 as Blumenthal moved to 500,000 in chips.