Joao Simao (middle position) got his last 165,000 or so in before the flop with . He was in bad shape upon showdown as his opponent Ryan Riess had in the big blind. The board ran out and Simao exited in 17th place.
With 42 unique players and 13 reentries, the total entries for this event is 55. That makes for a $533,500 prize pool, that will be divided over 8 players.
Action folded to Sam Greenwood in the small blind and he moved in to put the pressure on big blind Erik Seidel. Seidel didn't ned much time calling for around 150,000 with . Greenwood tabled .
The in the window was good enough for Greenwood as the entire board ran out . Seidel out, Greenwood in charge.
Haxton was left with just 2,000 chips but was able to spin it up a bit into 33,000. In his final hand he moved all in for his 33,000. Steve O'Dwyer called the shoved and action folded around to Laurynas Levinskas in the big blind. He moved all in for 102,000. O'Dwyer folded relatively quickly so it was off to a showdown.
Levinskas:
Haxton:
The flop looked good for Haxton when it came down but the on the turn was no help, and neither was the . With that, Haxton's dreams of going from chip an a chair to winning were dashed and Levinskas was able to take down the pot and move to right around 165,000 chips.
Steve O'Dwyer opened the button for 22,000 and big blind Yang Zhang called. Zhang checked on and saw O'Dwyer bet 15,000. Zhang check-raised to 41,000 and O'Dwyer called.
The made the board double paired and Zhang bet 56,000. O'Dwyer called again.
As the completed the board, Zhang checked. O'Dwyer thought about it a bit and eventually checked back with . Zhang tabled and mucked.