Michael Katz raised to 51,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Jason "JCarver" Somerville in the big blind. Somerville moved all in for 377,000 total and Katz snap-called.
"Do you have aces?" questioned Somerville, thinking he ran into the ultimate cooler. But, Katz only turned up . Somerville held .
The flop came down with no ace, . The turn brought a nice sweat to things when the rolled off, adding some straight and flush outs for Katz. The river was the and missed all of those outs, giving Somerville the double up.
From the button, Jason DeWitt raised to 50,000. Karga Holt made the call from the big blind. The flop came down between the two players. Holt checked and DeWitt fired 65,000. Holt folded, which prompted DeWitt to show .
It's not much, but it's really all the action we've seen lately.
From under the gun, William Erickson raised all in for 147,000 chips total. Karga Holt was in the cutoff and reraised all in. Everyone else folded, leaving Holt and Erickson heads up.
Holt was behind Erickson's holding . The board ran out and Erickson earned the double up.
Benjamin Gilbert raised to 55,000 and Jason "JCarver" Somerville called. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn brought the and Somerville fired 80,000. Gilbert made the call. The river was the and both players checked.
"Pair." said Somerville. He then mucked when Gilbert showed for top pair with a jack kicker.
Jason DeWitt raised to 38,000 and then Wes Watson moved all in from the cutoff seat for 189,000 total. DeWitt made the call and tabled . Watson was in the lead holding , but racing for his tournament life.
The flop came down clean for Watson, . The turn wasn't so clean as it came the , pairing up with DeWitt's hand. The river was the and that was it. Watson was our 9th-place finisher, taking home nearly $50,000. DeWitt is up to 1,750,000.
Max Greenwood opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 40,000 and Jason "JCarver" Somerville called from middle position. In the big blind, Jorg Peisert, made a reraise to 175,000. Greenwood then announced that he was all in and after Somerville folded, Peisert made the call.
Peisert held and would be racing against Greenwood's . The flop contained an ace, , to put Peisert in the lead. The turn brought the and Greenwood began to put his backpack over his shoulder. The river brought the and that was it.
"You gotta win races." mentioned one of Greenwood's railbirds as he was sent to the rail in 10th place. We're now officially at the final table.
Cards are back in the air with 11 minutes remaining in the level.
Jack Effel did make an appearance, by the way. He explained that the secondary feature table is off-limits so it can be prepared for the Main Event. The players, led by Jason DeWitt, complained that playing on Green 152 allowed almost no opportunity for railbirds to watch. Effel suggested switching to Green 151, which had a bigger rail. That was the agreed solution.