Dale Steenkamp was grinding a short stack for what seems like the last six hours, and his luck finally ran out a few moments ago.
Steenkemp open shoved his last 40,000 under the gun with , and Isaac Kirchner looked him up with . The board ran down , and Kirchner's trips sent Steenkamp packing.
Allan Hedin, or "Big Al" as his friends call him, secured a huge double up on the last hand before the break. It was through Ashly Butler, who held . Hedin had , and Butler wasn't able to catch up.
After the break, Hedin came up to us and told us that he hates to play the last hand before the break, but after that hand, he might have to change his toon!
We didn't arrive at the table until the hand had already played out, but we heard that Drazen Ilich busted holding against the of Ross Lecavalier. After winning that pot, Lecavalier is now up to 480,000.
We didn't catch the preflop action, but we saw that Ting Ho was in an all in preflop race for her tournament life. Ho held , and Ki Nam held . The board ran down , and Ho made an unneeded boat on the river.
Ho's supports began shouting "Ting for the win," as she collected the double up to 270,000. On the flop side, Nam drops to just 80,000.
We caught up with the action in a pot between Jonathan Seelbach and Ting Ho on the flop, which read . Seelbach checked to Ho, who fired out 30,000. Seelbach made the call, and both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the , and Seelbach sprung to action with a 44,000 bet. It only took Ho about 10 seconds to call, but she mucked her hand when Seelbach rolled over for trip sevens.
Seelbach is back up to 420,000 after that pot, while Ho falls to 150,000.
, and Isaac Kirchner looked him up with 
. The board ran down 
. Hedin had 
against the 
, and Ki Nam held 
. The board ran down 
, and Ho made an unneeded boat on the river.
on the turn.
for trip sevens.
