Action folded to Tom Koral in the hijack and he put in a raise to 90,000. Action folded to a short-stacked Jonathan Seelbach in the big blind and he shipped his entire stack of 835,000. Koral mare the call and Seelbach discovered he was in bad shape.
Showdown
Koral:
Seelbach:
The gave Seelbach a pair of sixes for the lead, but it also provided Koral with a flush draw. Seelbach's hope was quickly demolished when the peeled off on the turn, leaving him drawing to one of the two remaining sixes in the deck. The on the river was close, but not quite what Seelbach needed.
He was eliminated from the tournament in 87th place while Koral chipped up to 3.5 million.
First into the pot from the cutoff, Ruben Visser opened to 85,000, and Marc McLaughlin defended his big blind to go heads-up with the Dutchman.
The flop came with a pair, , and McLaughlin elected to lead out with a bet of 105,000. Visser popped him up to 240,000, and McLaughlin beat him into the pot with all his chips. It was somewhere around 700,000, and Visser called just as quickly as he'd been shoved on.
Showdown
Visser:
McLaughlin:
Visser's overpair had him poised for the knockout, and the turn and river made that a reality. It's the end of the road for Marc McLaughlin, and his chips boost Visser all the way up to 1.935 million -- more than twice his dinner count.
The action folded to Daryl Jace who moved all in for 325,000 from the small blind. John Hewitt snap-called in the big blind, and the hands were opened.
Showdown
Jace:
Hewitt:
The flop extended Hewitt's lead, but the on the turn gave Jace outs to a diamond flush. Jace, who was the chip leader of this event at one time, was down to one card. The did not improve his hand enough, and he was eliminated from the Main Event.
Hewitt proceeded to slide Jace's stack over, and now sits with over 4.3 million chips.
Over on the secondary feature table, Paul Spitzberg moved his last 490,000 into the middle before the flop with a measly-looking , but he found himself in a flip for his tournament life against Tri Huynh, who called with .
It wasn't looking good for Spitzberg after the flop of , but the turn of the had the crowd in awe. The on the river completed the board, giving Paul Spitzberg the bigger two pair and the double-up!
Marc McLaughlin opened with a raise to 80,000 from under the gun, and it folded to Stefan Huber who pushed all in for 570,000 total from the cutoff.
It folded back to McLaughlin, and as he decided what to do the dealer counted out Huber's chips to get an exact figure, undoing the carefully stacked towers of chips -- with the marks lined up to create a barber-pole effect -- to do so. "No, don't do it," said Huber with a wry grin as he saw his work undone.
The count having been made, McLaughlin tanked for another couple of minutes before calling, turning over . Huber showed his , and a tablemate remarked he probably didn't think he was going to be in such good shape after being called.
After the flop, however, Huber's situation was suddenly less comfortable, as McLaughlin had paired up. The turn was the , and Huber was down to a final card. But the binked on the river, and Huber survived.
Huber now has about 1.2 million to reorder in stacks according to his meticulous standards, while McLaughlin slips to 1.13 million.
Bolivar Palacios raised to 110,000 from middle position and action folded to James Page in the small blind. He thought for a brief moment before three-betting to 285,000. The big blind got out of the way and Palacios moved all in for 1.15 million. Page made the call and the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Page:
Palacios:
Palacios was ahead, though he needed to sweat the two overs of Page. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't do it on the flop. Suddenly Palacios needed to catch a jack to keep his Main Event hopes alive. The dealer burned and turned the , which changed nothing.
It was down to the river for Palacios. The table was silent as the dealer put out the . Palacios was eliminated from the tournament while Page chipped up to 3.775 million.
Kyle Johnson opened to 85,000 from early position, and Martin Staszko called out of the big blind. The flop fell , and Staszko check-called 100,000 from Johnson. The turn was the , Staszko checked again, and Johnson tossed out 200,000. Staszko tank-called.
The river was the , and Staszko quickly checked. Johnson looked like he wanted to bet.
"I really want to value-bet, but I think you have an ace," Johnson told him. "I check."
Johnson tabled for a pair of fives, and although Staszko didn't have an ace, he had way the best hand with for a full house. Staszko is up to 3.895 million chips, while Johnson slipped to 4.625 million.
Ben Lamb has just moved up to more than eight million in chips after taking out Frank Calo in one of the first hands on the feature table after dinner.
The action folded around to Calo who open-shoved for 540,000 from the hijack position before Lamb called from the small blind. Erick Lindgren folded his big blind and so it was off to the showdown:
Lamb:
Calo:
Lamb improved to a set after the flop of and sealed Calo's fate with the repeat on the turn. The river was purely to keep surveillance happy.
gave Seelbach a pair of sixes for the lead, but it also provided Koral with a flush draw. Seelbach's hope was quickly demolished when the 
peeled off on the turn, leaving him drawing to one of the two remaining sixes in the deck. The 
on the river was close, but not quite what Seelbach needed.
, and McLaughlin elected to lead out with a bet of 105,000. Visser popped him up to 240,000, and McLaughlin beat him into the pot with all his chips. It was somewhere around 700,000, and Visser called just as quickly as he'd been shoved on.
and river 
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flop extended Hewitt's lead, but the 
on the turn gave Jace outs to a diamond flush. Jace, who was the chip leader of this event at one time, was down to one card. The 
did not improve his hand enough, and he was eliminated from the Main Event.
, but he found himself in a flip for his tournament life against Tri Huynh, who called with 
.
, but the turn of the 
had the crowd in awe. The 
on the river completed the board, giving Paul Spitzberg the bigger two pair and the double-up!
. Huber showed his 
flop, however, Huber's situation was suddenly less comfortable, as McLaughlin had paired up. The turn was the 
, which changed nothing.
