The action folded round to Aaron Gustavson, and he pushed his last 440,000 into the pot. With Niccolo Caramatti in the big blind, he sweated his cards and then quickly flipped them over while announcing "call!"
Gustavson:
Caramatti:
As everyone in the crowd rose to their feet, the dealer dropped a flop to keep Caramatti in the lead.
As calls for queens and jacks were bellowed by the rail, the landed on the turn to now give Gustavson outs to a straight.
Unfortunately however the landed on the river to send Gustavson to the rail in 9th place earning himself $44,856 as Caramatti climbs to 2,530,000 in chips.
From middle position, Dean Hamrick made it 90,000 to go. Thomas Johnson called from the big blind, and the flop came down .
The two checked, and the turn brought the . Johnson tossed in a bet of 105,000 and Hamrick made the call.
The river brought the , to which Johnson tried the same bet again. It was 105,000 to Hamrick. Hamrick thought about it for a moment before raising, and making it 425,000 to go. Johnson promptly folded his hand.
Johnson is down to 600,000, while Hamrick has chipped up to 2,140,000.
Aaron Kaiser made it 90,000 to go from the button. Andrew Rosskamm, in the small blind, moved all in for 1,150,000. Kaiser promptly folded and Rosskamm took the pot.
This time from the cutoff, Aaron Kaiser tried it again. He made it 90,000. Niccolo Caramatti bumped it up to 240,000 which got a fold from Kaiser.