We're not sure how, but Daniel Buzgon has been eliminated from the tournament. Just moments ago a dealer was escorting him out of the ballroom, and we're assuming he's off to the cage to collect his money.
With the board reading , Adam Lippert tossed out 31,000. His opponent, Denis Gnidash, raised to 91,000, sending Lippert into the tank. After nearly two minutes in the tank, Lippert moved all in for effectively 260,000, and Gnidash called.
Showdown
Lippert:
Gnidash:
Lippert was drawing dead after the turned, and was already counting out chips when the hit the river. Gnidash's stack ballooned over 600,000, while Lippert is down near 200,000.
On a flop of Mike Devinsky pushed out 40,000 and his opponent called. Both players checked the turn and the hit on the river. Devnisky slid out 100,000 and his opponent went into the tank. After some long thought, interrupted by Giants fans' celebrations, he finally released.
Mike Purdy open-shoved his last 100,000 or so, and a player behind him made the call. Hung Truong re-shoved from the small blind, the player who called was forced to fold, and the hands were turned over.
Showdown
Purdy:
Truoing:
The flop was a nice sweat, adding flush outs to Turdy's over cards. The bricked on the turn, but the completed the flush, tripling Turdy to 375,000.
Truong was unhappy with the result, but is still above 600,000 chips.
After a few pre flop raises, Chris Bolek was all in and at risk for his last 180,000 chips. Steve Tabb had him covered, but Bolek had him dominated.
Showdown
Bolek:
Tabb:
The flop was a killer for Bolek - he couldn't even make a straight. He needed the case-king, but neither the on the turn nor the on the river did the trick. Bolek hit the rail, while Tabb is over 400,000 chips.
We didn't see the hand, but according to our unofficial intern Matthew Chang, Adam Lippert was all in and at risk pre flop with . Denis Gnidash had him at risk with two queens, and there was a king on the flop. Lippert held on the turn and river, doubling to 360,000 chips.