On the very next hand, Kyle Huffman got his 32,000-chip remainder into the pot with preflop. Tom Dwan looked him up with , and the situation was favorable for Huffman to earn his first double and start climbing back into this thing.
Everything was still rosy through the turn as the first four community cards came . Dwan works pretty well with two outs, though, and the peeled off the deck on fifth street to give him the pot and the knockout.
Huffman has been eliminated, and Dwan surges to 252,000.
Alex Bolotin got his chips all in on a flop of with , and he had a hammer lock on a double up as Kyle Huffman sheepishly tabled .
The on the turn locked up the pot, and the river spelled a big double up for Bolotin. He's up to 290,000, twice as nice as before. Huffman is left with just 32,000.
Jeff Hakim and Collin Cushman built a pot of about 45,000 heading to a flop of . First to act, Hakim fired out a pot-sized bet. Cushman moved all in for about 100,000 total, and he was called very quickly to put his tournament life in jeopardy.
Showdown
Hakim:
Cushman:
The turn opened the door a crack, giving Cushman four outs to the gutshot and the double up, but a deuce on the river ushered him out the door and sent the pot over to Hakim. He's all the way up to 382,000 now, and challenging for the chip lead.
Hue Mun just doubled through Khoa Nguyen over at Table 370.
Nguyen opened to 15,000 and the action folded to Mun who re-raised all in to 41,000. Nguyen thought momentarily before calling and the hands were opened:
Nguyen:
Mun:
The board ran and Mun doubled to 85,000 chips. Nguyen is still sitting just above average with 165,000 chips.