From early position, Matt Glantz raised to 35,000 before Sam Stein raised the pot from the hijack. It folded around to Jared Bleznick in the big blind who reraised all in. Glantz thought for a couple of minutes and had both stacks counted down a couple of times. Stein had about 275,000, Bleznick had just more than that, and Glantz had them both covered by about 300,000. Eventually, he made the call, Stein moved in his remaining chips and the hands were turned face up.
Glantz:
Stein:
Bleznick:
At this point it seemed as if every player left in the tournament was standing around the table watching this massive hand play out. The flop came down which gave Bleznick two pair and Glantz top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the which officially eliminated Sam Stein and left Bleznick drawing to just a Seven or Four.
The river was the and Glantz was able to eliminate both opponents. He now has 1 million chips.
Michael Weyer was all in on the flop with the . Jesus Cortes had the . Weyer was all in for 322,000 on the flop and the turn and river came with the and .
Todd Barlow began the hand in the small blind. After he posted the required 8,000, he only had 11,000 behind. Action folded around the table to Sam Stein in the cutoff seat and he raised to 34,000. Barlow called all in for 19,000 total from the small blind and everyone else folded.
Barlow:
Stein:
The board ran out and Barlow doubled with a straight.
Joao Barbosa opened the action from the cutoff to 56,000. Andy Seth was on the button and moved all in. The blinds folded and Barbosa made the call for less.
Barbosa:
Seth:
The board ran out which shipped the pot to Seth and sent Barbosa to the rail. Seth now has 340,000 chips.
Andy Seth was able to double through Benjamin Kaupp when he raised to 50,000 in late position. Kaupp potted from the big blind and Seth called all in for less. Seth held against the and when the board ran out he was able to find a double.
A few hands later, Felipe Ramos got in on the action with Kaupp when he got all his money in on a board. Ramos held for top set against the of Kaupp. Ramos needed the board to pair the river and the did just that.
Kaupp is now down to 580,000 but still has both of his opponents covered. Ramos has 560,000 while Seth's double was to 200,000.
Despite Jared Bleznick's claim that he can outplay his opponents post-flop, he was able to bust Will Failla when the money went in preflop. Will Failla got his last 100,000 in with against Bleznick's which was in the lead.
The flop came which gave Failla some hope. The turn gave Bleznick two pair, and the river bricked Failla again. That was enough to send Failla to the rail in 26th place.
Max Pescatori was all in preflop with the against Christopher King's . The board ran out and King's queens held up to win him the hand. He eliminated Pescatori in 27th place, which was worth nearly $26,000.