Billy Kopp opened the pot to 600,000 fromt he small blind. Kevin Schaffel was in the big blind and called the raise.
The two players eyed each other over on a flop of . Kopp had first action and made it 800,000 to go. Schaffel called. On the turn Kopp fired again, for 1.75 million total. That bet was enough to fold Schaffel.
Kopp's count is now approximately 20.2 million. Schaffel has roughly half that, with 10.8 million.
Because of two eliminations from the outer table, one player was broken off the feature table. That player was Eric Buchman, who brings his tournament-leading chip stack to the seat directly to the left of Darvin Moon.
A short-stacked James Calderaro open-shoved for about 2.5 million from the button, and Kevin Schaffel called from the big blind. They turned their cards on their backs:
Schaffel
Calderaro
The flop came , and Schaffel's tens were still best. The turn brought the and an "ooh" from the crowd, noting Calderaro's spade flush draw.
But the river was the , and Calderaro goes out in 13th. Schaffel is at 11.7 million now.
Eric Buchman raised to 650,000, Phil Ivey called from the cutoff, and James Akenhead moved all in from the small blind. Buchman folded and Ivey stared down Akenhead for a minute before folding.
Ben Lamb opened for 655,000 chips preflop from the cutoff. Action moved to Jeff Shulman in the big blind, who reraised enough to put Lamb all in. Needing to double up, Lamb made the call.
Lamb:
Shulman:
The look on Lamb's face after a flop of was one of utter disappointment. He puffed his cheeks out in a big sigh as he watched the curtain quickly fall on his run in the Main Event. It ended with the turn. At that point, Lamb was drawing dead. He shook Shulman's hand and passed Shulman the remainder of his stack. The river card sealed the deal.