Ryan Hemmel opened to 41,000 from the cutoff only to have David Zeitlin move all in for 375,000 from the button. Hemmel deliberated slightly before making the call.
Hemmel:
Zeitlin:
The flop put Hemmel in the lead, and after the and fell on the turn and river, Zeitlin exited in 24th place as Hemmel climbed to 1,280,000 in chips.
Bernard Ko opened the button to 40,000 only to have Michael Swick move all in for 145,000 from the big blind. Ko made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Ko:
Swick:
The board fell a rather undramatic to see Swick double through to 322,000 as Ko slips to 485,000 in chips.
From the cutoff, Thomas Johnson made it 40,000 to go before the big stack at the table, James Schaaf moved all in. Johnson made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Johnson:
Schaaf:
The flop brought just what Johnson needed when it came down and the turn, and river, kept his tournament hopes alive.
We've been moved to the orange section here in the Amazon Room, here are the seating arrangements.
Table 308
Seat 1: Peter Granlund
Seat 2: Humberto Brenes
Seat 3: -empty-
Seat 4: Jose Obadia
Seat 5: Daniel Buzgon
Seat 6: Ian Wiley
Seat 7: Niccolo Caramatti
Seat 8: William Prieto
Seat 9: Dean Hamrick
Table 309
Seat 1: -empty-
Seat 2: David Zeitlin
Seat 3: Brett Michael
Seat 4: Thomas Johnson
Seat 5: Mike Sowers
Seat 6: James Schaaf
Seat 7: Bernard Ko
Seat 8: Craig Bergeron
Seat 9: Michael Swick
Table 316
Seat 1: Andrew Rosskamm
Seat 2: Michael Vaccarello
Seat 3: Bernard Lee
Seat 4: Ryan Hemmel
Seat 5: Aaron Gustavson
Seat 6: Thomas O'Neal
Seat 7: David Siegel
Seat 8: Aaron Kaiser
Seat 9: Dustin Pattinson