First in from the small blind, Dung Nguyen shoved his last ~86,000 into the middle. James St. Hilaire was in the big blind with , and he made the call. It was good news for Nguyen as his were in a dominating position to double him up.
The flop was a bad one, though, and the turn left Nguyen dead to three outs. The river wasn't one of them, and Nguyen is out in 30th place. With the knockout, St. Hilaire gets a much-needed chip boost to 260,000.
We just caught the tail end of the pot, walking up as four cards were already out on the board. Hassan Babajane had shoved, and John Zenther snap-called for his last 182,000 with . Babajane didn't even want to show his hand, and he reluctantly tabled his already-beaten .
The river was meaningless, and Zenther has doubled up to 440,000, knocking Babajane down a peg to 760,000.
Kent Padgett opened for 30,000, Hassan Babajane called behind and Zachary Hall shoved from the button. The blinds released, Padgett called Hall's all in and Babajane folded.
Padgett:
Hall:
Board:
Padgett scored the knockout and after a couple other pots he is up to 710,000.
Eddy Sabat opened the pot to 23,000, and Bradley Augsburger three-bet shoved for 239,000 total. When it came back to Sabat, he quickly called with , and Augsburger's was in a world of trouble.
He missed the flop pretty hard, but the turn meant he was drawing live to the diamonds as well as the nines. The river was a red brick, though, the , and Sabat has sent a second player to the cashier within just a couple hands.
We'll have to wait for him to stack up a little better, but Sabat has to be over 900,000 chips by now.
Jerry Wong was in the big blind with a small stack, and Hassan Babajane shoved one seat in front of him. Wong called it off about ten bigs with , and Babajane's meager was drawing live for the knockout.
The board ran , and Babajane pairs up to send Wong out the door in 33rd place.
The very next hand after Akery was crippled Eddy Sabat opened for 23,000 in front of him and Akery put his 1.5 big blind stack in the pot. Action folded all the way around and Sabat tabled , dominating Akery's . The board ran and Akery's short day was done, finishing in 34th place.
Eddy Sabat opened for 23,000 and Peter Akery raised to 48,000 behind him on the button. Conrad Monica, in the big blind, moved all in for 263,000. Sabat got out of the way and Akery called.
Akery:
Monica:
Board:
Monica's aces held and he doubled to 550,000 and Akery was left with just 14,000.
, and he made the call. It was good news for Nguyen as his 
were in a dominating position to double him up.
flop was a bad one, though, and the turn 
left Nguyen dead to three outs. The river 
wasn't one of them, and Nguyen is out in 30th place. With the knockout, St. Hilaire gets a much-needed chip boost to 260,000.
board. Hassan Babajane had shoved, and John Zenther snap-called for his last 182,000 with 
.
turn meant he was drawing live to the diamonds as well as the nines. The river was a red brick, though, the 
, and Sabat has sent a second player to the cashier within just a couple hands.
, and Babajane's meager 
was drawing live for the knockout.
, dominating Akery's 
and Akery's short day was done, finishing in 34th place.
