Bartolome Gomilaromero's giant-killing run has hit a small roadblock after he just doubled up a short-stacked player.
Gomilaromero led out for 20,000 on the flop before his opponent moved all in for a total of 67,500. Gomilaromero quickly called with but he'd been out-flopped by his opponent's .
The turn and river were both paint but there was no queen amongst it as the shorty doubles up. It's only a scratch on the surface for Gomilaromero who still holds 1.08 million chips to be with the chip leaders.
Garrett "GBecks" Beckman checked to an opponent with the board reading . His opponent fired 23,500 and Beckman called.
The river brought a fourth heart, the , and again Beckman checked. His opponent bet 28,500 and Beckman immediately called.
His opponent shrugged, opening for just ace-high and Beckman showed for a winning flush. Beckman was good the whole way, and with the pot he's up to 510,000.
Brandon Cantu may have recently won a small pot, but not too long afterwards, he lost a big one.
We got to the scene to see a board reading . Cantu was first to act in the heads-up pot and bet 52,000, with there being about 70,000 in the middle already. Cantu's opponent tanked before eventually moving all in for well over 200,000. Cantu was quick to fold and is now down to about 260,000.
We're not sure how it came to this, but we arrived to see Jason Mercier involved in a massive pot. His opponent was all in preflop and the cards were being turned over.
Mercier:
All-in gentleman:
Board:
With a little silent double fist pump, the all-in player doubled to well over 400,000. Mercier counted out the call, and was left with 90,000 - around a third of the average stack as the bubble looms.
"Eight hundred twenty-seven players remaining," Jack Effel just announced. We've lost two full tables since the break ended just about ten minutes ago.
This pace shall not maintain for long... at least, we don't think so.
Brandon Cantu called a raise to 10,000 from a player in middle position with the player in the button, the small blind and the big blind also agreeing to come along.
All four players checked their way through a board that came down and Cantu's ended up on top as he scooped up a little over 30,000 in chips. Not a huge pot, but they're all important at this stage.
With the shadow of the bubble looming closer by the minute, various players are beginning to time waste in a desperate attempt to grind their way into the money. One player has already been complaining about an opponent, informing the tournament director that he was "tanking every hand".
"How long can I take?" asked the accused.
"Well, it can be real short if you keep wasting time," replied the T.D. "This isn't like online where you get an allotted time for each hand. Just no stalling please."
We've got a new cast performing over at the main feature table as we return from break. Among those seated there now are Jean-Robert Bellande, Vince Van Patten, and Karina Jett, all sitting side-by-side at one end.
Bellande has built a stack of more than 715,000 to this point today. Van Patten is sitting with about 225,000. And Jett has 155,000.
And at the other end of the table is Andrew Brown. Brown had the chip lead at one point yesterday, and began Day 4 with a top ten stack. He's had a rough day, however, and is sitting with 155,000 at present.
Rolf Slotboom was all in for about 35,000 lonely chips with . He didn't have much choice with his super short stack, but he ran right into an opponent with .
The board ran out , and Slotboom is out in 846th place, which might as well be 7,319th. They both pay the same, at least -- $0.
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flop before his opponent moved all in for a total of 67,500. Gomilaromero quickly called with 
but he'd been out-flopped by his opponent's 
.
turn and 
river were both paint but there was no queen amongst it as the shorty doubles up. It's only a scratch on the surface for Gomilaromero who still holds 1.08 million chips to be with the chip leaders.
. His opponent fired 23,500 and Beckman called.
, and again Beckman checked. His opponent bet 28,500 and Beckman immediately called.
for just ace-high and Beckman showed 
. Cantu was first to act in the heads-up pot and bet 52,000, with there being about 70,000 in the middle already. Cantu's opponent tanked before eventually moving all in for well over 200,000. Cantu was quick to fold and is now down to about 260,000.
and Cantu's 
. He didn't have much choice with his super short stack, but he ran right into an opponent with 
.
, and Slotboom is out in 846th place, which might as well be 7,319th. They both pay the same, at least -- $0.