Marcus Weston shoved for 70,000 from middle position, which led to a call from Perry Burrell from the cutoff.
Marcus Weston: 8♣8♥
Perry Burrell: Q♣Q♦
Weston needed some help to stay in the tournament, and the 7♥6♦5♠ flop increased his equity to give him a fighting chance against Burrell's queens.
The 4♦ turn guaranteed Weston would at least survive the hand, and the 10♥ river awarded him the full double.
With less than 100 players remaining, here is a look at some of the biggest and some of the shortest stacks.
It was a battle of the blinds when Timothy Sullivan from the small blind and Mayo Morgan from the big blind clashed in an all-in pot with Morgan at risk for his final 95,000.
Mayo Morgan: K♠9♦
Timothy Sullivan: Q♣4♠
The flop was favorable to Morgan as it came 8♦A♣2♦. The 9♥ turn gave Morgan a stronger footing as he reduced Sullivan's outs, which made the 4♥ river harmless as Morgan scored the double.
Ron Cole had his chips all in preflop and at risk against Michael Demeza.
Ron Cole: A♥K♣
Michael Demeza: J♥J♦
Cole was on his feet, sweating the board, as it ran out 3♥6♣6♠4♦9♠.
Cole was transparent about his feeling on the situation as he said, "Goddammit. I didn't want to lose," while his chips were pushed to Demeza.
Stephen Goldstein began the hand with a raise to 40,000 from under the gun and was called in middle position by Barbara Lewis. The table folded to Martin Kohler in the small blind, who called, and Marcelo Bottino came along from the big blind.
Kohler and Bottino checked the flop of 9♣K♦6♦ before Goldstein fired 45,000. Lewis called while Kohler folded. Bottino stayed in the hand to keep it three-handed, headed to the turn.
Bottino checked the 4♥ turn, which led to an all-in bet by Goldstein for 280,000. Lewis contemplated before she folded, and Bottino yielded with a fold to end the hand.
Damir Stefanic raised to 60,000 in early position, and James Stern made it 160,000 on his direct left.
It folded halfway across the table to Timothy Neufeld, who went all in for 490,000.
Stefanic didn't take too long mucking his hand, but when it got to Stern, he went deep in the tank. He asked for a count and was then chastised by his table-mates for trying to get a read on Neufeld's hand by talking to him.
After doing what seemed to be some mental math and gymnastics, Stern eventually passed, pushing his hand in the muck, awarding the pot to Neufeld.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Action folded its way to Thomas Bohmer on the button, who moved all in for roughly 270,000. The small blind folded, but Michael Demeza, in the big blind, made the call.
Thomas Bohmer: Q♣J♣
Michael Demeza: A♣A♥
The flop offered no help to Bohmer, coming 5♦3♥2♥, but the J♦ turn breathed new life into his hopes of survival.
Alas, the river 8♦ wasn't able to save him, and he took his leave as the dealer pushed the pot to Demeza.
Marcel Luske recalled the action, having just lost a preflop all-in versus Richard Murphy.
Luske raised to 42,000, then Murphy, one seat to his left, moved all in for 375,000. Luske made the call, and the players revealed their cards.
Richard Murphy: AxQx
Marcel Luske: AxKx
What was a promising situation for Luske to continue his dominance soon turned into despair, as the board ran out queen-high, and Luske had to ship a substantial sum of chips to his neighbor.
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