Steven Davisson moved all in from the cutoff for over 400,000 and Mich Schock called for less on the button (about 200,000). The blinds got out of the way and the hands were turned up.
Davisson:
Schock:
The flop ended things early when it came . Without running cards for broadway, Schock would be sent home in 12th place. The turn was the and Schock hit the rail. Davisson has now turned his good luck into a 700,000 chip stack.
It seems as if almost everyone sweating this tournament has some kind of alcoholic drink in their hand. While it's still too early for any of them to get too rowdy, it should provide for some fun as we get deeper in the night. Mitch Schock, who has one of the larger rails just stood on his chair and announced "Anyone within seven feet of this table gets a drink on me!" The tournament director, who just happened to be walking by him at the time, kindly asked him to get off his chair.
We missed the betting but found Trevor Vanderveen all in preflop for 369,000 against Andrew Rudnik.
Rudnik:
Vanderveen:
Rudnik was in dominant position and poised for the knockout until the flop rolled out to now give Vanderveen the commanding lead. The turn and river changed nothing and Vanderveen stayed alive to double up.
There was an eruption on table 286 just now, including the rail that is now two or three people deep. Everyone in the Amazon could hear it and a few people were curious enough to approach us and find out what happened. Here's the brutal way Paulus Valkenburg ended his day.
It folded to Valkenburg in the small blind. He looked down at his cards, then over to Jonathan Clancy in the big blind, and finally at the dealer before announcing he was all in. Clancy squeezed his cards, looked again and then announced a call.
Valkenburg:
Clancy:
The flop didn't just hit Valkenburg once, but twice. The gave him two pair and left Clancy drawing to just two outs. Someone in the crowd began shouting "Five of diamonds! Five of diamonds!" The turn was the which didn't change anything. But Clancy was sure to use the last card. Sure enough the dealer peeled the . Clancy has been very emotionless all day, despite having been in many stressful situations. But when the Five of diamonds hit, his rail celebrated and he couldn't help but join in. He is now nearing seven-figures with 950,000. Valkenburg, on the other hand, walked away from the table and buried his head in his hands seemingly devastated.
First into the pot, Andrew Rudnik raised to 45,000. It folded around to Alex Findlay in the big blind and he moved all in for 400,000. Rudnik decided to make the call and the race was on.
Rudnik:
Findlay:
The flop was and Findlay was still left wanting. The turn gave him extra outs for a straight but two were already being held by his opponent. The river was the and eliminated Findlay in 14th place. With the successful flip, Rudnik has now hit 1.15 million chips.
Robbie Verspui raised to 42,000 on the button and Domenico Palesse shoved for 470,000 in the small blind. Verspui made the call and the players flipped their cards.
Verspui:
Palesse:
The board ran out and provided no help to Palesse who was eliminated.
Shortly after losing the pot to Jonathan Clancy, Paulus Vaulkenburg moved all in from the cutoff for 98,000. Clancy thought for well over a minute before letting it go but John Berreman decided to play, re-raising all in for 186,000. The preflop action was over yet, however. Robbie Verspui was waiting in the big blind and made the call as well. With two players at risk, Verspui was in good shape to knock them both out.
Verspui:
Berreman:
Vaulkenburg:
The flop came and just like that Berreman had gone from worst to first. But he turn changed all of that when it fell the . Now Vaulkenburg was well in the lead after being in 3rd with two cards to come. Vaulkenburg, despite having hit a pair of Aces, was now drawing dead for the main pot but ahead in the side pot.Berreman needed a King, Queen or Jack to win the side pot and stay alive while only the King would be good enough to split the main pot. The river bricked out for Berreman and he hit the rail in 16th place.
With that hand, Vaulkenburg triples up to 320,000 and Verspui basically breaks even and remains at around 750,000.
. Without running cards for broadway, Schock would be sent home in 12th place. The turn was the 
and Schock hit the rail. Davisson has now turned his good luck into a 700,000 chip stack.
flop changed nothing but the 
on the turn gave Davisson a flush draw to go with his ace outs. The river was the 
and Davisson doubled up.
to now give Vanderveen the commanding lead. The 
turn and 
gave him two pair and left Clancy drawing to just two outs. Someone in the crowd began shouting "Five of diamonds! Five of diamonds!" The turn was the 
which didn't change anything. But Clancy was sure to use the last card. Sure enough the dealer peeled the 
. Clancy has been very emotionless all day, despite having been in many stressful situations. But when the Five of diamonds hit, his rail celebrated and he couldn't help but join in. He is now nearing seven-figures with 950,000. Valkenburg, on the other hand, walked away from the table and buried his head in his hands seemingly devastated.
and Findlay was still left wanting. The 
turn gave him extra outs for a straight but two were already being held by his opponent. The river was the 
and eliminated Findlay in 14th place. With the successful flip, Rudnik has now hit 1.15 million chips.
