John Kabbaj raised to 65,000 from late position and it folded over to Justin Swilling on the button. Swilling announced that he was all in, prompting two quick folds from the blinds. Kabbaj called for his tournament life of roughly 450,000 and the hands were turned up.
Kabbaj:
Swilling:
Swilling paired on the flop, giving him the lead in the hand. Kabbaj found no improvement on the turn or the river, sending him to the rail. Swilling picked up the pot and now has about 1.12 million.
Roland Israelashvili pushed all in for 264,000 in middle position, and Jason Johnson made the call on the button. He had Israelashvili dominated with against Israelashvili's , and Johnson's hand held on the board.
Ryan Fair raised to 50,000 on the button, and Matthew Haugen moved all in for effectively 661,000 out of the big blind. Fair snap-called.
Fair:
Haugen:
There was a brief pause so that the ESPN cameras could get into position before the dealer fanned an all-heart flop: . The on the turn pair the board and Haugen reached into his stack for green T25,000 chips, preparing to pay off Fair.
He cut out the stacks after the completed the board, and the dealer confirmed Fair's count.
"I almost paid you a hundred dollars to stop getting chips on the turn," Fair told Haugen, smiling.
After a series of bets and raises before the flop, William Tonking found himself all in and at risk for his last 576,000 against David Tran.
Tonking:
Tran:
The board came down , ensuring that Tonking's pocket queens would hold as the best hand. Tran shipped a majority of his stack to his opponent and now has about 415,000.
Tonking is now thriving with around 1.165 million in chips.
Raj Vohra was sent packing early in the level by Matt Waxman, who has run his stack up over 1.7 million. Just moments later, Mark “Dipthrong” Herm busted out with top pair. Jared Bleznick followed them to the rail when his pocket queens were outdrawn by Michael Finstein, who had flopped a pair of nines with and turned a brutal two pair after getting Bleznick all in.
Kevin “1sickdisease” Eyster, a former top-ranked online crusher who has transitioned smoothly to the live arena to the tune of over $2 million in earnings, also fell this level. He three-bet shoved all in from the button with and lost a race against the of Jason Johnson.
Notables Mike Wattel (200th), Nathan Bjerno (210th), Ankush Mandavia (216th), Ola Amundsgard (237th), and Kevin MacPhee (242nd) headed for the rail as well.