Jake Solis has just doubled through former chip leader Chris Dombrowski to move to 109,000 in chips.
In what was a battle of the blinds, Dombrowski opened with a raise from the small and Solis countered with a raise of his own from the big. Dombrowski then four-bet the pot and Solis answered by moving all in over the top, for an approximate total of 52,000. Dombrowski made the call and tabled ; Solis could only produce .
The board came to Solis' rescue, as he made the winning pair of aces to claim the pot. Dombrowski was left with 79,000 in chips after the hand.
The field has been whittled down to 27 players and the tournament staff has just assisted the players with a redraw of the remaining three tables; here's how the new seat assignments look:
(Table 1)
Seat 1: Carol Hampton
Seat 2: Michael Cooper
Seat 3: James 'Drew' Marks
Seat 4: Allen Kessler
Seat 5: Michael Binger
Seat 6: Jake Solis
Seat 7: Jason Sanders
Seat 8: Glenn Uchibori
Seat 9: Shayne Heinz
(Table 2)
Seat 1: Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Seat 2: Preston Derden
Seat 3: Ty Stewart
Seat 4: Kathy Liebert
Seat 5: Chris Dombrowski
Seat 6: Neal Cooke
Seat 7: Tay Nguyen
Seat 8: Tom Masinter
Seat 9: Rick Troendly
(Table 3)
Seat 1: Bill Bostick
Seat 2: Scott Clements
Seat 3: Travis Erdman
Seat 4: Emilio Porcalla
Seat 5: Dustin Gomes
Seat 6: Mike McClain
Seat 7: Kevin Archbold
Seat 8: Scott Roberds
Seat 9: Shawn Bessey
Following the redraw, we lost two players straight out of the gate: Shayne Heinz and Dustin Gomes. Heinz was eliminated by Jason Sanders and Gomes was eliminated by new chip leader Bill Bostick.
Michael Binger just won a big pot against Jason Sanders and now sits with 116,000 in chips. Binger has been up and down all day, climbing as high as 103,000 in chips in the early goings, then falling back down to 24,000 before skyrocketing back up over 100,000.
Shot stacked and up against a raise from Travis Erdman, Kevin Archbold committed his last 12,000 to the middle and made his stand holding . Erdman tabled and breathed easy a the door card was the , followed by . The aces held as the board rounded out . Erdman, already on the leaderboard, added to his stack, which sits at 172,000 currently.
While this hand played out, Preston Derden eliminated Tom Masinter on another table.
Preflop, Chris Dombrowski open-shoved all in from middling position for a total of 30,700. Neal Cooke, sitting to Dombrowski's immediate left, also opted to move all in for approximately 45,000. All other players folded and a showdown ensued:
Showdown:
Dombrowski:
Cooke:
"This hand's been hitting for me all day," said Cooke as he sweated the board:
Dombrowski's tens gave him a bigger boat than the one that Cooke played on the board, to secure his double up and boost him to about 65,000 in chips. Cooke, meanwhile, dropped to 13,900 in the loss.