Gary Do limped into the pot from early position, and Jamie Rosen put in a pot-sized raise to 27,000. Action came to Chris Chang who had just 29,000 chips left, and he smiled and said, "I raise," drawing a chuckle from the table. With him all in, Do ducked out, and Rosen flicked in the extra 2,000 chips.
Showdown
Rosen:
Chang:
The board would run down , giving Rosen the winning full house. With that, Chris Chang becomes our 17th-place finisher, taking home more than $10,000 for his work.
Jonas Entin opened with a raise to 17,000 from late position, and Daniel Makowsky called in the big blind.
The flop came . Makowsky bet 22,000, and Entin called. The turn was the . Makowsky studied the board for some time, then said "I check." Entin quickly tapped the table.
The river was the . Makowsky said he checked again. Entin bet 36,000, and Makowsky stacked up enough to call, brooded for a few seconds, then tossed out the chips.
Entin showed . "What's that? Nothing?" said Makowsky. Indeed, Entin just had ace-high. Makowsky turned over , and took the pot.
Makowsky has 535,000 now, while Entin has tumbled to 115,000.
Cornel Cimpan opened with a raise to 20,000 first in from the button. In the small blind was Jamie Rosen, and he stacked out a re-raise to make it 55,000 straight. After Cimpan got the count, he announced, "All in," (for 176,000) and Rosen snap-called.
Showdown
Cimpan:
Rosen:
The flop was no help to the at-risk Cimpan, coming down . Salvation would come on the turn though, as the improved him to the leading pair of kings. Rosen now needed a queen or a spade to eliminate his foe, but the was a river blank.
Rosen looked none too pleased as he cut out a hunk of chips and sent most of his stack over to Cimpan. Rosen has fallen all the way down to 80,000 after that encounter, while Cimpan is approaching 400,000.
The table folded around to a short-stacked Pawel Andrzejewski who raised to 20,000 from the small blind. Rami Boukai, sitting to his left, asked how much Andrzejewski had left. "41,000" came the reply. Boukai raised enough to put Andrzjewski all in, and Andrzejewski went into the tank.
"I'm not sure if I have the right price," he wondered aloud. He asked the dealer to arrange the chips in the middle so he could see how much was in the pot. "You can ask how much," Cornel Cimpan told Andrzejewski. "48,000," said the dealer.
Finally Boukai called the clock, at which point Andrzejewski went ahead and called, turning over . Boukai showed .
The board came , and Andrzejewski doubled up to 130,000. Boukai now has 510,000 -- just behind Daniel Makowsky at the moment.
After that big hit to his stack versus Cornel Cimpan, Jamie Rosen got the last of his chips in the middle with pocket treys only to run into an opponent's ace-king. The flop came K-K-9, and Rosen is eliminated in 15th place.
Hevad Khan opened with a pot-sized raise under the gun. Next to act, Najib Bennani made the call, and action passed around to the blinds. In the big, Jonas Entin re-potted it, enough for Khan to fold while Bennani came along.
As the dealer pulled in the chips, Entin announced, "I'm all in," working with 55,000 chips behind.
"I know," said Bennani. "I just want to see if I hit it." The flop rolled out , and Bennani instantly called.
Showdown
Bennani:
Entin:
The turn and river came the and respectively, making Bennani the winning straight. After the chips were counted down, it was he who was all in, doubling up and leaving Entin with just 14,000 in funny money.
On the very next hand, Surinder Sunar opened from the button with a pot raise to 18,000. Jonas Entin quickly splashed his final 14,000 chips into the pot, but Hevad Khan re-potted it from the big blind. After a few minutes of consideration, Sunar made the call.
The flop brought . Khan had just 7,000 chips left, and he stuck them all in. Sunar called.
Showdown
Sunar:
Entin:
Khan:
The turn was the , and the filled out the river. Entin thought he had made trips on fourth street, as he clapped his hands and said, "That'll do it!" The dealer saw things differently though, awarding the pot to Khan with his queens up.
Failing to get over the hump, Jonas Entin has been sent packing in 16th place.
Just asked Phil Ivey as he walked past. He's here to pick up his bracelet for winning last night's $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven event (Event No. 8). He shouldn't have to wait more than a few more minutes for that.
Surinder Sunar got the last of his 100,000 chips in the middle with A-Q and found himself up against Najib Bennani's pocket tens. The flop came K-K-J, and Sunar was looking for an ace, queen or ten to save him. None came, however, and he's out in 14th place.