From early position, Tim West raised to 5,000. Action folded to Gregory Brooks in the small blind and he three-bet to 16,500. After the big blind folded, West four-bet all in, having Brooks covered. Brooks folded right away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
198,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
101,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Brian Green was just eliminated from the tournament. When we got to the table, the final board was 
. Ali Eslami held the 
and Green was mucking his hand in frustration before exiting the room in a visibly bad mood. Lori Nunes, Green's friend who had a deep run with him in the $1,600 Main Event and who has been on the rail watching the action all day, said after the hand, "Don't worry, next time I'm gonna bust your ass!" although we're not exactly sure if she was directing it at Eslami or not.
At any rate, Green was eliminated from the tournament and when he exited the tournament room and made his way into the hallway, threw his water bottle down the length of the hallway in more frustration.
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Ali Eslami was just cut down a bit in a tangle with Scott Montgomery. The two men had built a pot of more than 50,000 by the time Scott Montgomery shoved for 28,800 on the river of the 
board. Ali tanked and called with two mystery cards, and Montgomery's {7h] 
was good for the full house and the double up.
Eslami - 235,000
Montgomery - 110,000
We missed the hand that finally robbed Eddy Sabat of his remaining short stack, but we see that it's happened. After battling the short stack all day, Sabat has been put to pasture with 26 players left.
We picked up a huge pot on the turn as the board showed 
. There was close to 40,000 in the pot already when Ali Eslami checked to Kyle Bowker. Eslami called a bet of 26,000 there to put about 100,000 in the pot, and the river 
filled out the board. When Eslami checked one last time, Bowker moved all in with his covering stack. Eslami had 97,000 chips left in front of him, and he spent some time considering. After a while, he let out a deep sigh and announced the call to put himself at risk.
It was the right one.
Bowker showed up 
for just a pair of jacks, and he knew it wasn't going to be good. Eslami turned up 
for top two, winning the biggest pot of the tournament to double into the chip lead. Mark him down for close to 290,000 now, while Bowker is left with a rebuilding stack of 85,000 after that big exchange.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | Romik Vartzar | |
| 7 | 2 | Steve Brecher | |
| 7 | 3 | Eddy Sabat | |
| 7 | 4 | Louis Werman | |
| 7 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | |
| 7 | 6 | David Peters | |
| 7 | 7 | Steven Burkholder | |
| 7 | 8 | Kwinsee Tran | |
| 7 | 9 | Dana Kellstrom | |
| 8 | 1 | Dwyte Pilgrim | |
| 8 | 2 | Tim West | |
| 8 | 3 | Richard Woodall | |
| 8 | 4 | Adam Levy | |
| 8 | 5 | Joe Parker | |
| 8 | 6 | Roland Isra | |
| 8 | 7 | Miller Dao | |
| 8 | 8 | Gregory Brooks | |
| 8 | 9 | Alejandro Garcia | |
| 10 | 1 | Kyle Bowker | |
| 10 | 2 | David Mascikowski | |
| 10 | 3 | Dylan Wilkerson | |
| 10 | 4 | Jesse Martin | |
| 10 | 5 | Ali Eslami | |
| 10 | 6 | D.J. Blanchard | |
| 10 | 7 | Brian Green | |
| 10 | 8 | Scott Montgomery | |
| 10 | 9 | Todd Terry |
After Gregory Brooks opened from the hijack seat to 3,700, action folded to Alejandro Garcia in the big blind. He put in a big three-bet to 21,600. Brooks contemplated for only a moment and then gave it up.
In a battle of the blinds, Carlos Mortensen and Kwinsee Tran put got it all in for Mortensen's ~50,000 remaining chips. It was a coin flip with The Matador's 
racing against the 
of [insert Tran's nickname here].
The 
flop was overkill for Tran, and Mortensen was drawing at the two-outer for survival. The turn 
and river 
were both a rank too low, though, and Mortensen has been eliminated in 28th place. His chips push Tran all the way up to about 210,000 and into contention for the chip lead.
The field is now being redrawn for the final three tables.
From under the gun, Alejandro Garcia raised to 4,000. David Miscikowski called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Miscikowski checked and Garcia bet 5,100. Miscikowski raised to 15,100 and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
196,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
|
75,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
