Hands #80-85: Play Starting to Tighten Up as Short-Handed Starts
Hand #80: Vivek Rajkumar moved all in from the button with 
and took down the pot.
Hand #81: Dan Smith received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #82: Rajkumar opened to 725,000 from the cutoff with 
, his opponents folded and Rajkumar scooped in the pot.
Hand #83: Stephen Chidwick looked down at 
and opened to 750,000 in the cutoff. The table folded and he took down the pot preflop.
Hand #84: Smith raised to 600,000 from the cutoff with 
and took down the pot.
Hand #85: Aaron Zang opened to 625,000 from the cutoff with 
, Chidwick called with 
and the flop came down 
. Both players checked and the landed as a turn card. Both players checked again to the river card and once more to showdown. Zang revealed his pair of nickels and scooped the pot as he had the only pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
12,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
9,200,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
||
|
8,100,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,300,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
||