After Daniel Aldridge opened for 34,000 from the hijack, Matt Wilkins three-bet for his entire stack holding the button. Ryan Laplante woke up with in the small blind and shoved over the top of Wilkins bet. Aldridge mucked his cards and Wilkins showed down . He would need help to arrive in a hurry in order to remain in the tournament.
Flop:
The first three cards were a big swing and a miss for Wilkins, and he would need to spike a three-outer on the turn or river to survive.
Turn:
River:
The kings remained hidden in the deck and Wilkins was bounced in 17th place, earning $19,708 for his efforts.
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Jonathan Spinks - 15th Place ($24,679)
The action folded to Jonathan Spinks who open-shoved from the button before the flop; Perry Lin then iso-shoved from the small blind, forcing Jacob Toole out of the way from the big blind before the cards were tabled:
Lin:
Spinks:
Spinks took the lead after hitting two pair on the flop of , but Lin was now drawing to the nut flush. It didn't come on the turn of the , but it did on the river, in the form of the .
As a result, Spinks has departed the Amazon Room to sign off on a $24,679 payday for his 15th place finish.
At the same time that Jonathan Spinks hit the rail, Daniel Aldridge shipped the rest of his stack into the middle holding from the button pre-flop, but found himself in great shape against Ryan Laplante, who had called for value with .
Neither hand improved after the board was spread and Aldridge doubled up to 400,000. Laplante is now down to 800,000.
Pim de Geode raised from under the gun with from to 40,000 and the action folded around to Melanie Weisner who shoved from the small blind with .
De Goede snap-called and managed to hit the ace on the flop of , which held after the turn and river ran out , . With that, Weisner is now down to 225,000 while de Goede is up to 675,000.
No sooner than Melanie Weisner had been crippled by Pim de Goede, she was all-in in the very next hand from the button with . Arkadiy Tsinis shoved over the top from the small blind and Perry Lin folded his big blind before Tsinis tabled .
Nothing changed after the dealer spread the board of and Weisner bowed out in 14th place, good for $24,679 - her fifth cash of the series. A stellar effort!
The remaining 13 players have slowed down to a snail's pace as the action continues here in the Amazon Room. Here's just a small sample of the riveting action.
Earlier on table 284, the action folded around to Daniel Aldridge who raised to 45,000 from the hijack before Matthew Lupton re-raised to 82,000 from the cutoff. After three minutes in the tank, Aldridge four-bet it to 700,000 and with only 340,000, Lupton tanked for almost two minutes before folding his hand.
Meanwhile on table 278, Robert Cheung announced a "straight all-in" from early position, but everyone else laughed before folding to him. Is there a difference between an all-in and a straight all-in?
Then back on the other table, Ryan Laplante raised to 55,000, but all the others elected to fold. "You guys can still read me!" Laplante laughed as he showed .
in the small blind and shoved over the top of Wilkins bet. Aldridge mucked his cards and Wilkins showed down 
. He would need help to arrive in a hurry in order to remain in the tournament.
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, but Lin was now drawing to the nut flush. It didn't come on the turn of the 
, but it did on the river, in the form of the 
.
from the button pre-flop, but found himself in great shape against Ryan Laplante, who had called for value with 
.
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, which held after the turn and river ran out 
, 
. With that, Weisner is now down to 225,000 while de Goede is up to 675,000.
. Arkadiy Tsinis shoved over the top from the small blind and Perry Lin folded his big blind before Tsinis tabled 
.
