Derek Molnar moved his short stack in the middle from the hijack and WSOP bracelet winner Brad Gafford looked him up from the small blind.

Derek Molnar:
Brad Gafford:

Molnar was ahead holding an ace until a king appeared in the window on the giving Gafford top pair.

The turn didn’t improve Molnar but the dealer followed with the on the river to secure his much-needed double-up.

Right after that hand, Molnar found his 350,000 stack at risk against Jerric Jiang only to come up short, taking action to hand-for-hand with 13 players remaining.

Jerric Jiang - 1,150,000
Brad Gafford - 1,100,000
Derek Molnar - 0