Will "the Thrill" Failla announced to the table that within four hands, he would double up. He would have been correct if he'd added "someone else" to the end of that statement. The next hand after the Thrill's prediction, Tad Jurgens raised to 1,450 from the hijack, and Failla shipped it in from the cutoff. Jurgens called all in with his last 6,050 and drew one. Failla stood pat with , but Jurgens caught what he needed to make a . He doubled to 14,000 while Failla was left with a paltry 2,700.
Action folded to Lyle Berman on the button, and he raised it up. Brandon Cantu in the small blind went into the tank. While he was thinking, Berman's phone went off in his shirt pocket. It was rather loud, but Berman just let it go while players from other tables turned around to give him the evil eye. Finally, Cantu gave up his hand. "Big laydown, big laydown," he said. Berman reached for his phone and turned it off before showing a four card -. "Ok, not that big," admitted Cantu.
Nick Binger opened to 1,500 and was called by Daniel Alaei before Derric Haynie moved all in for 7,500.
Binger passed but after two minutes of deliberation Alaei made the call and drew one.
"I have a queen, but just trying to do the maths" stated Haynie as he took two minutes also before deciding to stand pat on his .
Alaei showed his before reaching for his discard and flashing the he threw out.
Unfortunately for Alaei his hand wouldn't improve as he was dealt the to gift Haynie the double through to over 17,000 as Alaei slips to just 3,500 in chips.
JC Tran bet after the draw, and when Aaron Cooper moved all in, Tran quickly called. "You got me," Cooper said, and he was correct. JC showed to take the pot and eliminate Cooper. Tran is up to 45,000 now.
Sigi Stockinger opened to 1,500 only to have Brandon Cantu move all in for roughly 10,000. Thomas Ricketts also moved all in from the small blind as Stockinger folded.
Ricketts tapped the table indicating he was standing pat while Cantu drew one.
"I have an eight" stated Ricketts.
"An eight?" asked a shocked Cantu as he was shown Ricketts .
Before Cantu had even received his draw he just tossed his hand into the muck and made his way to the rail as Ricketts climbed back to 22,000 in chips.
Gary Tang started the day 40 minutes ago with 5,400. He's built all the way up to 23,000 and knocked out Connor Allisen in the process. Tang raised to 1,200 under the gun, and when Allisen moved all in for another 4,000, Tang called. He drew one while Allisen stood pat with a ten-eight low. Tang pulled a , which slid nicely into his and eliminated Allisen.
There are still two empty seats in the field today. Thomas Roupe is unaccounted for, and his 18,000-chip stack is getting lonely at Table 367. Tom Dwan's stack has been blinded down to 5,500, but at least durrrr has a good excuse. He's a little busy maintaining his chip lead with 19 players left in Event #11, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament. He managed to build that stack while running back-and-forth between tournaments yesterday, but we can forgive him for neglecting his 2-7 stack this afternoon.
Nick Schulman three-bet all in for an additional 10,200 and found a fold from the original raiser in Jose-Luis Velador before Danny Estes made the call to put Schulman at risk.
Schulman thought for a while before standing pat with his as Estes drew one to his .
"Anything below a ten baby!" Estes pleaded to the dealer as he stood up to await his draw.
Although it was below a ten, it also paired his eight to see Schulman double to over 26,000 as Estes slips to just 3,100 in chips.
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to gift Haynie the double through to over 17,000 as Alaei slips to just 3,500 in chips.
