Rafael Ibaibarriaga opened to 9,000 in the cutoff and thought a bit before calling the shove of a player in the big blind who had 41,500.
Ibaibarriaga:
Big blind:
Both players improved on the flop, but Ibaibarriaga kept the lead with a set. The turn left him fading only the our tens in the deck as the final community card hit, and it was a .
Phillip Stumbo opened the pot to 16,000 and Kenneth Horrell three-bet shoved all in for roughly 72,000 from the small blind. Stumbo made the call having Horrell covered by a few thousand.
Stumbo:
Horrell:
The board ran out to see Horrell eliminated as Stumbo climbed into the chip lead.
Following his table breaking with the tournament down to just 32 players, Zhihao Zhang raised under the gun only to have Aaron Mulder move all in. Zhang called all in for his last 61,000 and the cards were tabled.
Zhang:
Mulder:
The board ran out and Zhang doubled through to 132,000 in chips as Mulder was left crippled.
The prizepool for the $235 Tuesday Takeoff has been announced with 146 players creating a prizepool of $29,200 that will see the final 24 players paid a guaranteed $292. The final table payouts are as follows: