Jay Pinkussohn was extremely short after losing a big pot to Gabriel Nassif when Nassif had aces. Two hands later he got the rest of his stack in with against Samuel Golbuff's . On the turn it looked like Pinkussohn would survive with a chop, as the board read . It was not to be however, because the spiked on the river, giving Golbuff a better two pair and the pot.
Pinkussohn was eliminated in 9th place, and will received $14,866 for his efforts.
Scott Stanko got his remaining chips in on a flop of and was up against Darren Woods.
Stanko:
Woods:
Stanko was in a tough spot for his tournament life. Unfortunately for him, all excitement was cut short when the hit the turn to leave him drawing dead. Stanko was eliminated in eighth place.
With the elimination of Scott Stanko in eighth place, the remaining seven players have combined to one table and moved to the ESPN Feature Table on the main stage. The plan is to play until we lose one more player, thus reaching the official final table, and then take our one-hour dinner break.
Gabriel Nassif raised from the hijack and was soon met with a three-bet from Alex Kuzmin on the button. The blinds got out of the way and Nassif made the call. He then proceeded to check-call every street as the board ran out .
Kuzmin showed for trips and Nassif mucked in frustration. "You're so lucky today," Andrey Zaichenko commented in his heavy-Russian accent.
Alex Kuzmin opened the pot and was met with a three-bet from Darren Woods in the small blind. Andrey Zaichenko then four-bet from the big, Kuzmin capped it, and both Woods and Zaichenko made the call.
Woods immediately led out on the flop, Zaichenko called, and Kuzmin folded his hand. Woods again bet the turn, but this time Zaichenko put in a raise. Wood made the call and then check-called a bet on the river. Zaichenko rolled over for a flopped set and all Woods could do was muck.
Gabriel Nassif was in the small blind and put in a raise after action had folded to him. Samuel Golbuff defended in the big blind and the duo saw a flop of . Nassif bet and Golbuff called, which is the same exact action that occurred on the turn and river.
Nassif showed for a flopped two pair and Golbuff quickly mucked.
Andrey Zaichenko was in the hijack while Richard Lyndaker was in the cutoff. The latter got his short stack all in preflop and the cards were turned up.
Zaichenko:
Lyndaker:
Lyndaker was in a dominating spot, especially after the flop fell . A mix up then resulted in two burn cards on the turn as the was put out, which would have left Zaichenko drawing dead. However, the mistake was realized and rectified, so the original turn was put out . . . the . Different suit but same result.
After the inconsequential was put out on the river, Lyndaker collected the pot worth 115,000.
Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker raised from middle position and was called by Kim Nguyen in the big blind. Nugyen then checked the flop, Lyndaker bet, and Nugyen check-raised. At that point, Lyndaker opted for a three-bet, Nguyen called, and the hit the turn. Nguyen decide to bet out and Lyndaker called off his remaning chips.
Lyndaker:
Nguyen:
Lyndaker was drawing dead as the hit the river. The online pro will take home $20,053 for his seventh place finish.
Now that we've reached the official final table, the tournament staff and players have agreed that it would be a good point to take the one-hour dinner break. Check back then as we play our way down to a winner.
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against Samuel Golbuff's 
. On the turn it looked like Pinkussohn would survive with a chop, as the board read 
. It was not to be however, because the 
spiked on the river, giving Golbuff a better two pair and the pot.
and was up against Darren Woods.
hit the turn to leave him drawing dead. Stanko was eliminated in eighth place.
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for trips and Nassif mucked in frustration. "You're so lucky today," Andrey Zaichenko commented in his heavy-Russian accent.
turn, but this time Zaichenko put in a raise. Wood made the call and then check-called a bet on the 
river. Zaichenko rolled over 
for a flopped set and all Woods could do was muck.
. Nassif bet and Golbuff called, which is the same exact action that occurred on the 
turn and 
river.
for a flopped two pair and Golbuff quickly mucked.
flop, Lyndaker bet, and Nugyen check-raised. At that point, Lyndaker opted for a three-bet, Nguyen called, and the 
hit the turn. Nguyen decide to bet out and Lyndaker called off his remaning chips.
hit the river. The online pro will take home $20,053 for his seventh place finish.