Andrew Tai opened with a raise before the flop only to have Steven Schartner three-bet all in from the next seat over. Tai called to find that he was dominating Schartner.
Tai:
Schartner:
The board came down and Tai's ace-high flush was able to clinch the victory. Schartner will collect $18,545 for his efforts.
On a flop of , Sonny Sekhon checked to Tyler St. Clair who fired out a bet of 115,00. Sekhon check-raised to 355,000 only to have St. Clair come right back over the top for 760,000.
Sekhon then announced a four-bet all in for 1.45 million and St. Clair went into the tank for well over a minute before finally releasing his hand. St. Clair said that he folded ace-king.
Sekhon is now in the chip lead with about 2.65 million in chips.
Action folded to Nick Halvorson on the button and he raised to 105,000. Ryan Biermann would not be bullied, however, and he pushed out a three-bet to 265,000. Halvorson replied by four-betting all in for 1.105 million total and Biermann went into the tank.
"Alright, I call," Biermann said after about a minute.
Biermann showed and was ahead of Halvorson's . Halvorson picked up an inside wheel draw on the flop and a pair when the turned, but ultimately nothing materialized as the hit the river. He will collect $22,756 for his winnings.
On a board that read , Sonny Sekhon fired out a bet only to be raised by Andrew Tai. Sekhon then moved all in and forced Tai to make a decision for his tournament life. After about two minutes, Tai finally announced a call for his roughly 1,950,000 in chips.
Sekhon showed for the nuts and Tai shook his head and tabled . The meaningless hit the river and Tai became our 11th place finisher.
The players are now combining to the unofficial final table of 10. Chips and a seat draw will follow soon.