Another battle of the blinds here, this one between Drazen Ilich and Chet Farrell. Ilich was the raiser from the small blind, and Farrell called the 50,000 to proceed.
The flop came , and Ilich continued out with 59,000 more. Farrell made a raise to 147,000, but Ilich was having none of it. He shoved in, and Farrell could not call. He folded with almost half his chips committed to the pot, and he's left with about 260,000 now with which to mount a comeback.
Second to act preflop, Carlos Auralos peeked down at , and the last 151,000 of his chips were quickly slid across the line. Across the table, Matthew O'Brien asked for the count and made the call, and the rest of the table ducked out of the way to let Auralos go heads-up for his tournament life. The news was not good, though, and O'Brien tabled his looking for the knockout.
And the knockout he'd get. The board ran , and Auralos was unable to catch up. He's been run out of the room in 17th place, pocketing $11,512 as a consolation prize.
Under the gun, David Stefanski raised to 40,000, and Drazen Ilich flatted next door. One more seat over, Chet Farrell liked what he saw enough to squeeze all in for 202,000 total. Ilich called the shove, but he would not be able to go any further. Ilich shoved all in with his covering stack, and Stefanski was forced to tank-fold what he said was . Farrell was at risk and heads up, and the cards were on their backsides.
Showdown
Ilich:
Farrell:
"Just one ace," Farrell pleaded, but the dealer spread out a flop. "Or a nine!" he added enthusiastically. The turn gave him another four outs to chop, but it was not meant to be. The river was the proverbial brick, and the queens hold to give Ilich the knockout.
Farrell is out in 16th place, taking home $11,512 for his work here this week.
The table folded around to the blinds, and Jeremy McLaughlin took his stand. The was plenty good enough to get his last 339,000 into the middle, but it was a case of unfortunate timing as Matthew O'Brien woke up with the dominating .
Both men flopped their pairs on the , reducing McLaughlin's clean outs to just one. The turn was the and the river the , though, a pair of blanks.
That's another man down, and it's Jeremy McLaughlin who's fallen in 15th place. He'll climb the pay ladder up one more run to $13,980, a decent consolation for three days' work.
Our chip leader is still pounding away, and we picked up this pot as Jamil Wakil opened to 42,000 in early position. Max Itkin defended his big blind with a short stack, and off they went to a heads-up flop.
It came out , and Itkin checked to the raiser. When Wakil bet another 62,000, though, he check-raised all in for 280,000, and Wakil made the call with a chance at another knockout. He was well in front.
Showdown
Itkin:
Wakil:
Itkin was drawing slim to survive, and he'd not be able to catch up to Wakil's top pair. The turn and river came and , respectively, and that's the end of the line for another of our players. Itkin is out in 14th, and there's another all-in-and-a-call in progress as we type.
When the table folded around to his small blind, Robert LeBeau shoved his last ~290,000 into the middle with . It was another unfortunate case of timing as Jamil Wakil managed to wake up with in the big blind. It's almost not fair.
The flop wasn't much help for LeBeau, and Wakil wanted a sweat for some reason. He called for the on the turn, and that's exactly the card the dealer dropped off the deck, the best card imaginable for LeBeau. He suddenly had straight and flush outs, but they'd never materialize. The river was a miss, and LeBeau can not crack the aces to stay alive.
He's out in 13th place, bumping his way up to $17,184 on the pay scale.
Wakil now holds more than 4 million of the 15.56 million chips in play. "Can't believe the six of hearts came," he said as he stacked up that pot.
Jim Harnden raised to 40,000 from the cutoff seat before Jeff Silverstein moved all in for about 260,000 next door. Harnden made the easy call with , and Silverstein's was in severe danger of sending him off.
There was no help on board for the short stack as it ran out to end his day in 12th place. It was a fine effort for the Ft. Lauderdale native, and this performance earns him a check for more than $17,000.
Jim Harnden opened to 55,000 before Brian Hastings three-bet shoved all in. The action paused on Sterling Savill for a moment as he pondered what to do with his pocket fives, but he eventually settled on a fold. Harnden snap-called, though, and both he and Hastings were very anxious to table their hands.
Showdown
Harnden:
Hastings:
Yikes. Hastings flopped his backdoor freeroll on the , but the turn ensured a split pot and a bit of a frustrated chuckle from Savill. "I had the fives," he said. The river was a formality, and the two pairs of aces chop up the blinds and antes between them.
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, and Ilich continued out with 59,000 more. Farrell made a raise to 147,000, but Ilich was having none of it. He shoved in, and Farrell could not call. He folded with almost half his chips committed to the pot, and he's left with about 260,000 now with which to mount a comeback.
, and the last 151,000 of his chips were quickly slid across the line. Across the table, Matthew O'Brien asked for the count and made the call, and the rest of the table ducked out of the way to let Auralos go heads-up for his tournament life. The news was not good, though, and O'Brien tabled his 
looking for the knockout.
, and Auralos was unable to catch up. He's been run out of the room in 17th place, pocketing $11,512 as a consolation prize.
. Farrell was at risk and heads up, and the cards were on their backsides.
flop. "Or a nine!" he added enthusiastically. The turn 
gave him another four outs to chop, but it was not meant to be. The river 
was the proverbial brick, and the queens hold to give Ilich the knockout.
was plenty good enough to get his last 339,000 into the middle, but it was a case of unfortunate timing as Matthew O'Brien woke up with the dominating 
.
, reducing McLaughlin's clean outs to just one. The turn was the 
and the river the 
and 
, respectively, and that's the end of the line for another of our players. Itkin is out in 14th, and there's another all-in-and-a-call in progress as we type.
. It was another unfortunate case of timing as Jamil Wakil managed to wake up with 
flop wasn't much help for LeBeau, and Wakil wanted a sweat for some reason. He called for the 
, and Silverstein's 
to end his day in 12th place. It was a fine effort for the Ft. Lauderdale native, and this performance earns him a check for more than $17,000.
