Mike Eise opened to 150,000 from under the gun, and found two callers in Avi Braz in the small blind and Rico Ramirez in the large.
The flop of saw a bet of 175,000 from Braz, then a fold from Ramirez before Eise made it 675,000 to go. Braz then pushed all in and Eise quickly made the call to see the cards tabled.
Braz:
Eise:
With Braz drawing to only a Jack or running cards to make a straight, the would leave him drawing to one of the three remaining Jack's in the deck.
The river would fall a legless to see Braz exit to the rail in 7th place for a $93,622 payday as Eise climbs to 3,900,000 in chips.
Zack Fritz pushed the last of his 205,000 into the middle and was called by Rico Ramirez from the small blind before Jason Potter moved all in from the large.
Ramirez sat in the tank for over two minutes before folding his face up as the two remaining players tabled their hands.
Fritz:
Potter:
With Fritz in a desperate position, and having the worst of it, he would manage to strike gold on the board to double through to 645,000 as Potter slips to under two million.
With everyone folding round to Barry Berger in the small blind, he pushed his last 215,000 in chips into the middle and found a caller from fellow blind Zach Fritz.
Berger:
Fritz:
The board ran out to give Berger the double to 445,000 as Fritz slips to just over 200,000 in chips.
Rico Ramirez opened from the cutoff to 275,000, only to have Mike Eise in the big blind push all in for over four million.
Ramirez didn't think twice, turning over his to signify a call and be in a race against Eise's .
The rail of Ramirez, that numbered in the teens, all stood from their chairs and pressed hard against the metal support rail screaming excessively.
The flop was slowly dealt out and even more screams were let out - somehow exceeding the ones previously.
"C'mon baby!" yelled one supporter as the landed on the turn, and when the fell on the turn, Ramirez 2,275,000 chip stack increased to a whopping 4,600,000!
As the Tournament Director reminded the rail of the excessive celebration rule, Eise looked down at a still healthy 1,650,000 in chips.
With action on Jason Potter in the hi-jack, he opened to 100,000 only to have a short-stacked Mike Zulker push all in on the button. Potter called and the cards were tabled.
Potter:
Zulker:
The flop fell down to give both players a pair, and Zulker the stonger kicker of the two.
When the turn landed the Potter gained a flush-draw to add to his outs to eliminate Zulker.
The rail pressed hard, the crowd stood and the dealer burn and turned the to give Potter a superiour two-pair and send Zulker to the rail in 9th place.
As a dejected Zulker exited the tournament floor to collect his $77,778, Potter raked in the pot to move to around 1,600,000 in chips.