David Lu Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,165); Alan Johnson Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,565)
Alan Johnson was all-in for his short stack of 68,000 in the cutoff before Vance Martin III jammed on the button and David Lu then called all-in from the small blind for more than 2.2 million.
Alan Johnson: Q♣J♠
David Lu: A♦9♥
Vance Martin III: A♥K♣
The board ran out K♦6♥4♦7♣9♦ and Vance III had both opponents drawing dead on the turn. He was asked by his table mates if he was going to pull the bounties now and he replied "fuck yeah", walked away without stacking his chips.
"I thought he was stealing for the bounty," Lu said after the end of the showdown
While Vance III was gone, the table discussed if they would potentially consider chopping up the bounties if the big ones were still in play.
"Let's wait what he pulls," George Grabe said.
Vance III came back two minutes later when the next hand was already underway and showed his two bounty envelopes ... $27,650 and $6,125 ... the two largest bounties still in play.
"I am so happy for you," Robert Bernstein said and Martin III replied "me too" - no bragging or celebration. He made no progress on stacking up his chips in the next two minutes.