Cole Ferraro was one of the short stacks at the table and pushed all in for 132,000 in early position. The button reshoved all in and the blinds got out of the way.
Cole Ferraro: A♥Q♠
Opponent: A♦K♥
Ferraro was in rough shape but the flop of Q♣J♠9♥ put him out front with a pair of queens. The 7♦ and 3♣ runout changed nothing and Ferraro doubled up to stay in the tournament.
Andrew Wu raised to 37,000 with the J♦10♥ and Stephen Chidwick came along out of the small blind with the A♦J♣. The two players headed to the A♠5♣4♦ flop on which Chidwick checked and subsequently called Wu's bet worth 54,000.
The J♠ turn was checked and the K♠ river completed the board. Chidwick bet 140,000 with his two pair and Wu raised it up to massive 500,000. That sent Chidwick into the tank for two minutes and he then folded.
Wu raked in the pot without mucking his cards and when he did so, one of them appeared to flash to players at the table.
Picking up the action on the turn, Kathrine Brandt Weir in the small blind was involved in a hand with a player from under the gun. With the board reading Q♥2♦2♣10♠ Brandt Weir moved all in, covering her opponent who had around 100,000 behind. After some consideration, the under the gun player committed his remaining chips.
Under-the-Gun Player: K♣Q♣
Kathrine Brandt Weir: K♥J♠
The at risk player was ahead with his pair but Brandt Weir had an open ended straight draw. The 9♣ hit the felt on the river to improve Brandt Weir to a straight and send the under-the-gun player out of the tournament in gut wrenching fashion.
Action folded around to Doug Polk in the small blind, who opted to move all in for 92,000. The player in the big blind made the call with a covering stack to put Polk at risk.
Doug Polk: A♠9♠
Big Blind: K♣5♣
Polk was ahead with the ace but needed to fade two live cards from his opponent. The board ran out 6♠2♥7♥2♣10♦ and Polk secured a full double up, extending his Main Event run.
"Take that you vultures!" Polk joked to the crowd of spectators that had gathered around to watch the board run out. "The gazelle got away!"
Five players saw the Q♦8♦6♣ flop, creating a pot of about 130,000. The action checked to the hijack as he bet 55,000. The button called and Jonathan Good check-raised all in for 95,000. Both the hijack and button called.
When the 4♠ hit the turn, the hijack dropped a bet of 350,000 across the line. The button thought about it for about 10 seconds before releasing her hand.
Jonathan Good: 6♠6♦
Hijack: K♠Q♣
Good had flopped a set of sixes and had his opponent drawing dead as the 8♣ completed the board.
Jeremy Kottler opened to 24,000 in the cutoff and Jordan Grant three-bet to 80,000 in the small blind. It came back to Kottler who quickly announced all in for 228,000 and Grant called:
Jeremy Kottler: 5♣5♠
Jordan Grant: A♣7♠
Kottler had to win the flip to survive in the tournament, which he did after the board gave 4♠6♠6♥8♠2♣.
A player opened and Michael Farris shoved for his remaining stack worth slightly less than 300,000. Mathew Moore made the call in the big blind and the initial player let it go:
Michael Farris: K♣K♥
Mathew Moore: A♠K♠
The board didn't bring any bad surprises to Farris with Q♠4♥5♦6♦K♦ who took down the pot and the double up with a set of kings.
Brad Anderson raised to 29,000 with the 9♦9♠ and Richard Seymour called with the 10♦10♣ on the button. Juan Maceiras Lapido then three-bet to 140,000 with the A♣K♠ in the small blind for both opponents to call.
Maceiras Lapido took the lead on the A♥8♦6♦ flop and bet 140,000 to force out Anderson. Seymour gave it some consideration and called to pick up a flush draw on the 5♦ turn. Both players checked to the Q♣ river and checked again for the Spaniard to win the pot.
Adam Friedman moved all in for his last 85,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Jonathan Ricciardi in the big blind who went deep into the tank. Eventually he made the call to put Friedman at risk.
Adam Friedman: J♥J♦
Jonathan Ricciardi: K♣J♣
Friemdan was ahead with his pocket pair and remained so on the 5♠7♣8♥ flop. The 10♣ turn did give Ricciardi a flush draw to go along with some chop outs and he ended up scooping the pot after the 5♣ river completed his flush to send Friedman out courtesy of a bad beat.
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