We came to Dmitriy Boshenyatov's table on a flop of . Boshenyatov was in the pot with overnight chip leader Mohsin Charania. The two got all the chips in the middle, with Charania the player at risk of elimination. He was on a draw, . Boshenyatov turned over middle pair, . The flush draw filled straight away with a turn . The pot belonged to Charania once the river came down.
Charania is up to 190,000. Boshenyatov has about the same.
We feel like Nam Le has been grinding, and grinding, and grinding his way through this tournament without ever having many chips. He just got a shot in the arm.
A short stack opened all in for 78,000 and was called by the player on his left. Action folded to Le, who then reraised all in for a total of 120,000. That folded all other players back to the original caller, who called that raise as well.
All-in player:
Caller:
Le:
The board ran out safely for Le, . He eliminated the all-in player and crippled the caller in the process of increasing his count from 120,000 to almost 330,000.
Benjamin Kang is riding the short stack tonight, and so far he's holding his own. In the last pot, Kang was facing an early-position raise to 15,000. Kang moved all in, and his opponent quickly folded.
It's not much, but it has chipped Kang up to 111,000. He's still well below average too, but so far that's not fazing the PokerStars pro.
From middle position, Steve Banner came in with a raise to 18,000. Action came all the way around to Adam "Roothlus" Levy in the small blind, and he moved all in for 83,000. Banner called to put Roothlus at risk.
Showdown
Banner:
Levy:
The flop was a good miss for Levy, coming down to add four more outs to his gutshot. The on the turn was a blank though, as was the that filled out the board. Failing to improve and win his race, Adam Levy has been shown the door with about 70 players remaining.
Amanda Baker was first into the pot from the cutoff, and she moved all in for her last 40,000 chips. On the button, the aforementioned Conrad Monica made the call to put her at risk.
Showdown
Baker:
Monica:
The board would run down , no fun for Baker. She couldn't win her race, and it will be the last race of her tournament.
We're still getting eliminations, but play has become more cautious now that we're down to single digits in tables. We watched Ray Davis limp into a pot from middle position and take a three-handed flop with the two blinds, one of whom was Benjamin Kang, who feels that by this point of the tournament he could have busted Davis two or three times if the cards had fallen right.
Each player checked the flop and the turn. When action checked to Davis on the river, he tried a bet of 6,000 chips. The small blind decided to look Davis up and mucked when Davis showed .
Napoleon Ta was all in for about 130,000 before the flop holding , and he was looked up by big stack Conrad Monica who turned over the matching . The two men appeared to be poised for a chop.
The flop drew a big reaction from the table though, coming down to give Ta the flush draw. The turn was a blank, but the that hit the river was not. With four spades on board, Monica made the winning ace-high flush, knocking out Napoleon Ta in the most brutal of ways. Monica, on the other hand, has surged toward the top of the board with 425,000.