Dan O'Brien had been worked down to 69,000 when he made his move, shoving in preflop from late position. Two seats over, Richard Gryko spend some time in the tank before he three-bet shoved for about 110,000 total. That isolated him against O'Brien with a chance at the knockout, and it was a flop. O'Brien turned up , and he needed to hold up against .
He could not. The board ran through , and it goes from bad to worse for O'Brien. He's out with a forlorn gaze up at the ceiling, and Gryko stacks up to move to about 185,000.
Tom Marchese and Jason James got involved in a hand where James four-bet shoved preflop and Marchese called. James held and Marchese tabled . The board ran and James' tournament was done. With that pot Marchese moved up towards the top of the leaderboard.
We found Dwyte Pilgrim reraising Kyle Keranen making it 20,500 to see the board. Keranen obliged and made the call. On a flop Pilgrim put out a 34,500 bet and was called by Keranen.
On the turn both players checked. We had a repeat of action with both Keranen and Pilgrim checking the river. When the cards were to be flipped Pilgrim held his cards over the muck knowing he more likely than not had the worse of it. Keranen showed for a full house threes over eights, which was more than enough as Pilgrim released his hand and let it fall into the muck.
We caught up with the action on a flop. Heads up, James Dylan led out with a bet of 21,000 into a pot of about that much. Tim Phan called in position, and the paired the board on fourth street. Dylan slowed down now and checked, and Phan took his cue to move all in for 93,000. Dylan made the call with and the bigger stack, but Phan had caught up on the turn. He showed down , and the river has given him the double up to 280,000.
After a series of betting preflop between David Diaz and James Dylan, Diaz found himself all in. Both players were almost even in chips, it was Diaz who was a few thousand shorter though than Dylan. After all the chips were settled and bets called cards were then tabled.
Diaz:
Dylan:
With over 384,000 chips in the pot this was one of the largest pots we have seen in this tournament. The dealer put out the cards and they came out giving the hand to Dylan with a pair of kings.
On the button Gavin Smith raised to 9,500 and Leonard Trouche moved all in from the big blind. Smith called and tabled and Trouche was counting on for his tournament life. The board ran and if trips on the flop weren't enough the river gave him a boat. Smith has increased his stack to 150,000 and Trouche made his way to the cashier's cage.
, and he needed to hold up against 
.
, and it goes from bad to worse for O'Brien. He's out with a forlorn gaze up at the ceiling, and Gryko stacks up to move to about 185,000.
and Marchese tabled 
and James' tournament was done. With that pot Marchese moved up towards the top of the leaderboard.
flop Pilgrim put out a 34,500 bet and was called by Keranen.
turn both players checked. We had a repeat of action with both Keranen and Pilgrim checking the 
flop. Heads up, James Dylan led out with a bet of 21,000 into a pot of about that much. Tim Phan called in position, and the 
giving the hand to Dylan with a pair of kings.
and if trips on the flop weren't enough the river gave him a boat. Smith has increased his stack to 150,000 and Trouche made his way to the cashier's cage.
to seal his elimination.
