Action moved to Steve Nixon in the small blind and he raised to 8,000. It was Eric Morton's big blind and he made the call to see the flop come down . Nixon jammed all in for 32,700 and Morton made the call after a minute.
Morton held the for an open-ended straight draw. Nixon held the for a flush draw.
The turn brought the to give Morton his straight, but the on the river gave Nixon a flush and allowed him to stay alive on the bubble.
We did not lose any players during that first round of dealing, and we're still stuck at 22 runners. The level ticked down to zero during that orbit, and the players have been sent off for a 15-minute break.
After Michael Simon raised to 17,000 from the hijack seat, Patrick Karschamroon reraised to 50,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Simon and thought for a bit with 70,000 behind before folding the .
From under the gun plus one, Ivan Dcunha moved all in for 15,000. Action folded to Michael Simon in the big blind and he made the call with the . Dcunha held the .
The flop came down and Dcunha stayed in front. The turn was the and the river the . Simon paired his eight on the river and that was the blow that sent Dcunha out the door in the last unpaid spot of the tournament. Everyone else is now guaranteed at least $3,000.
The beauty of round-for-round play is that a player can be eliminated on the bubble and still have a sweat to chop up part of a payout. Such was the case for Ivan Dchuna just moments ago.
At the adjacent table, Eddy Sabat moved all in just seconds after Dchuna did so. It was all 59,500 of Sabat's chips in the pot, but it soon grew larger as Andrew Moreno re-raised all in two seats over. The rest of the table ducked out of the way, and Sabat was at risk as the cards were turned up:
Sabat:
Moreno:
The board ran out in Sabat's favor as it came , doubling him up and allowing him to avoid a partial bubble.
While it's good news for Sabat, it's bad news for Dchuna, relegated to the bubble as the only elimination during that round. Also joining him in the bad mood corner is Moreno who has been crippled all the way down to just 14,000.
On the previous hand, Jason Wheeler had opened to 12,500 from the cutoff, and Lori Nunes reraised to 21,500 right next door. Wheeler called, and the flop came . As soon as the dealer fanned those cards, Nunes shoved all in, and Wheeler was forced to lay it down.
Fast forward one hand, and we see Steve Nixon opening to 10,000 before Wheeler three-bet to 27,500. Nunes wanted to play for more again, though, and she four-bet shoved for about 150,000 total. When it came back around to Nixon, he tanked and called all in for less than 100,000, and Wheeler ducked out of the way. With Nixon at risk, the cards were turned up:
Nixon:
Nunes:
The flop gave Nixon a little bit of hope, and the turn still left him with four outs to the double up. The river was most certainly not a ten, however, and Nixon could not catch up. He's out in 21st place, good for double his buy-in.
Andrew Moreno was all in with the , Shaun Walker was all in with the and Harold Wasson was all in with the . Walker was the player with the most chips.
The flop came down and Walker nailed a set of nines. The turn brought the and the river the .
With Walker having the most chips, both Moreno and Wasson were eliminated on the hand, in 20th place and 19th place, respectively.
. Nixon jammed all in for 32,700 and Morton made the call after a minute.
for an open-ended straight draw. Nixon held the 
for a flush draw.
to give Morton his straight, but the 
on the river gave Nixon a flush and allowed him to stay alive on the bubble.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
.
. Dcunha held the 
and Dcunha stayed in front. The turn was the 
, doubling him up and allowing him to avoid a partial bubble.
and Moreno doubled up.
flop gave Nixon a little bit of hope, and the 
, Shaun Walker was all in with the 
and Harold Wasson was all in with the 