Robert James raised to 150,000 from the small blind, and Nick Pupillo called in the big blind.
Both players checked the flop, and the fell on the turn. James bet 200,000 and Pupillo quickly folded.
Hand #2:
John Gallaher raised to 150,000 from the cutoff, and Thomas Alcorn called in the big blind.
Alcorn checked the flop to Gallaher, who bet 175,000. Alcorn called.
The fell on the turn, and Alcorn checked again. Gallaher checked behind. The hit the river, and Alcorn bet 200,000. Gallaher called, and Alcorn said, "Straight," tabling . Gallaher mucked.
Nick Pupillo raised to 100,000 on the button, and Jesse Carter three-bet shoved for 240,000 in the small blind. Kenneth Ware called in the big blind, as did Pupillo.
Ware jammed for 550,000 after the flop, and Pupillo said, "So stupid!" at the situation, before calling.
Jesse Carter:
Kenneth Ware:
Nick Pupillo:
Ware's set was in the lead at the moment, but Pupillo hit his open-ended straight draw on the turn.
"Deuce!" Pupillo said, and the river was just as good, sending Carter and Ware out the door, our fourth elimination at the final table in the last three hands.
Kenneth Ware limped under-the-gun, Alan Percal was next to act and called off his reamining 30,000. Robert James limped in the cutoff, Thomas Alcorn limped the small blind and Jesse Carter checked his option.
The action got checked to the river on a board that read , where James fired out a bet of 50,000 and everyone folded. James tabled for aces full of eights, and Percal tabled for eights full of aces, sending him to the payout desk in seventh place.