Richard Lyndaker raised to 46,000 from the button, Davidi Kitai reraised to 146,000 from the small blind, and Will "The Thrill" Failla shoved all in from the big blind for a total of 263,000. Lyndaker stepped aside, and Kitai called.
Kitai:
Failla:
The flop came , then the turn . "Low, low, low, low, low!" said Failla as he paced back and forth.
The river was the , and Failla had doubled up to 620,000. Kitai slips to 290,000.
The Tournament Director just announced to the remaining players that once there are only seven players remaining, the players will join at one table until the final elimination takes place to get us down to the final six.
Some of the players and spectators commented to each other that they thought this was a six-max event and were confused on why they would go to seven. With a lot of players in this field and especially the ones remaining, six-handed games are their specialty and that is what they prefer to play.
Bryan Pope raised to 32,000 under the gun and then Richard Lyndaker reraised to 110,000 from the button. Pope then shoved 400,000 more and Lyndaker made the call.
Lyndaker held Big Slick and was involved in another race with Pope's pocket fours. The flop came with the turn and river coming the , , to follow.
Pope was eliminated as Lyndaker won another race deep in the tournament. Lyndaker is closing in on two million in chips.
A sizable crowd has gathered around the ropes here in the front corner of the Brasilia Room where our last two tables are located. They were were just treated some excitement on Table #1.
Samuel Trickett raised to 30,000 from under the gun, and Alex Jacob reraised to 100,000 from the cutoff. Trickett called.
The flop came . Trickett checked. Jacob bet 125,000, then Trickett check-raised to 425,000. Jacob thought for about a minute. "Reraise all in," he finally said. Trickett had Jacob covered, but not by much. With only 250,000 or so behind, Trickett knew he had to call, but he didn't look too thrilled about it. He made the call.
Trickett turned over , and Jacob showed . The turn was the and the river the , and Jacob was eliminated. Trickett has moved up to 1.6 million.
A few moments after Paul Foltyn was eliminated, Jason Gray had his tournament life on the line with pocket fives, . Richard Lyndaker held and it was a race.
The flop looked somewhat good for Gray when it came down . Lyndaker still had two overcards and a straight draw.
The turn was the and Gray only needed to dodge one more card on the river to double up.
The dealer burned a card and then released the onto the felt, nailing the gutshot Broadway straight for Lyndaker and eliminating Gray.
Lyndaker now joins Edward Ochana in the millionaire club... chips that is.