Some Chips for Abernathy; Zarb Gone

Corey Zarb, who had reduced the stack of Kenny Hallaert to just 100 chips after seven minutes on Day 1a and sent the Belgian to the rail soon after, was sitting on more than two times the starting stack but his seat was suddenly empty. Chris Cannon has all of them and took over the role of chip leader.

Cannon raised small to pick up calls from Samantha Abernathy on the button and a short stack in the big blind. On the river, the big blind led for 1,300 and Cannon called. Abernathy raised to 5,000 and that was enough to force two folds.