Rico Ramirez opened the button to 175,000 and both blinds made the call.
The flop fell down and Mark Eise checked to Jeff Chang who fired out 250,000. Ramirez proceeded to raise to 1,500,000 total to force Eise out of the pot and the decision back on Chang.
Chang sat in the tank slowly shuffling a handful of chips before laying his hand down to give Ramirez the pot as he climbed to over seven million.
Jason Potter shipped it all in from the button for just on a million and Jeff Chang made the call from the big blind.
Potter:
Chang:
With Potter needing to catch a Queen to stay alive or a combination of a flush or straight, the crowd and Potter would erupt seeing the as the window.
Like an online glitch, the dealer spread the flop but one card remained hidden. With it reading - the dealer would finally un-stick the two cards and out popped the .
Similar to the magnitude of a fireworks display on New Years Eve; the crowd erupted with an ear-splitting and deafening display of claps and stomps that the secondary feature table surely couldn't handle!
With thunderous noise echoing throughout the stage the on the turn made it more interesting as it gave Potter additional flush outs to go with the two remaining Queens that could save his tournament life.
The dealer burned and turned a black . . . and Potter would be forced to leave the rowdy stage on his way to collecting $185,444 for his 4th place finish.
Rico Ramirez made it 180,000 to go from the cutoff and both Mike Eise and Jeff Chang made the call.
The flop fell down and it was checked round to see the fall on the turn. The action was checked to Ramirez who fired with 200,000, only to see Eise push all in for 840,000 more.
Chang mucked and then Ramirez followed by open-mucking his .
As Eise raked in the pot to move to 1,600,000 he flashed his for a flopped set.
On the rail we find Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy, Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul and Thayer 'THAY3R' Rasmussen all here supporting Jason Potter.
Along with the countless family and friends of the other three final members it is bound to get even louder as they fight it out for the $639,331 first prize, coveted bracelet and title of champion.
With the action passed round to the blinds Mike Eise made the call before Jeff Chang pushed it up to 200,000. Eise moved all in and Chang made the call.
Eise:
Chang:
The board would run out to see Eise smack the river twice in a row to stay alive and now sit on 1,480,000 in chips.
From the button Mike Eise pushed all in for a total of 425,000 and Jeff Chang made the call.
Eise:
Chang:
The flop of gave Chang additional outs to a straight and when the landed on the turn Eise would have a sweat for his tournament life.
Drawing to a six, three or deuce to stay alive, Eise would find one on the river when the dealer burned and turned the to give Eise deuces full of sixes and the pot as he doubles to 940,000 in chips.
Barry Berger opened to 215,000 from the cutoff and Rico Ramirez defended his button by making the call.
The flop fell down and after nearly ninety seconds of thinking he slid out a stack of 25,000-denomination chips to amount a bet of 500,000.
Berger looked back at the 800,000 that he had in front of him and slid the rest in with Ramirez quickly calling.
Berger:
Ramirez:
With Berger making a call for his tournament life, he would have to evade countless outs with Ramirez holding a double-gutshot straight-draw as well as a flush-draw.
The turn would land the to give Berger a set, but fill Ramirez's straight, and when the peeled on the river Berger was sent packing in 5th place.