We joined the action in a heads-up pot just as the dealer was laying out a flop of . Christian Harder was first to act, and he led out with a bet of 7,100. Adam Sherman made the smooth call, and the turn brought the . Charder bet again, 12,000 this time, and Sherman went ahead and moved all in for 47,300.
That sent Harder deep into the tank, and he would take several minutes before finally deciding to make the call for a significant chunk of his remaining stack, turning over . It was a good call; Sherman turned up , drawing slim to his gutshot. The river sealed his exit, knocking him out in 45th place and vaulting Harder all the way up to 160,000.
Cornel Andrew Cimpan has just been knocked off as the latest casualty of this moving day. He was the preflop aggressor from the cutoff seat, and Frank Rusnak set him all in on a coin flip:
Cimpan:
Rusnak:
Rusnak's horse ran faster as a board of will be the last of Cimpan's day. He's out, and we have 41 players remaining.
Tom McEvoy was riding a shortening stack, and he got his chips in with against an opponent with .
There was an ace on the flop and four rags to fill out the board, and the out-kicked McEvoy has been eliminated from Event #9 in 41st place. He'll take home a small cash reward of $3,992 for his work over the past two days.
Scott Montgomery raised to 4,400 from the cutoff seat, and he was called by all three players left behind him -- Scott Haraden, Steve Chanthabouasy, and Kenneth Krouner in that order.
The flop came , and the table checked to Haraden. He bet 10,000, drawing a check-raise all in to 31,500 from Chanthabouasy. Krouner ducked out of the way, but Montgomery made the call to see another card.
Fourth street brought the , and Montgomery tank-checked. Haraden insta-potted it, and Montgomery said, "Nice bluff sir, congratulations on winning nothing," as he folded his cards into the muck. That closed the action, and the cards were on their backs:
Haraden:
Chanthabouasy:
Life was good for Chanthabouasy, needing only to fade four outs to stay alive and more than triple up. When the river revealed a blank , he did just that, drawing the stacks of the three players closer to even.
Justin Young was all in on a flop of holding the overpair . Joe Gotlieb put him to the test with , and Young was in a good spot to notch an easy double.
Until...
The timely dropped right on fourth street, and JJ Liu said, "You're so lucky!" from across the table.
The river was a blank , and Young has been eliminated in sick two-out fashion.
Michael Fong was knocked down to just 12,000 lonely chips after running his into the of Julie Farkas. The money went in when a king turned on fourth street, and Farkis' aces held to double her up to 85,000.
On the next hand, Fong got his remainder in preflop with , and he needed to fade the of James Dempsey. He could not. The board ran , and Flushy's full house knocks off Fong in 38th place.
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. Christian Harder was first to act, and he led out with a bet of 7,100. Adam Sherman made the smooth call, and the turn brought the 
. Charder bet again, 12,000 this time, and Sherman went ahead and moved all in for 47,300.
. It was a good call; Sherman turned up 
, drawing slim to his gutshot. The river 
sealed his exit, knocking him out in 45th place and vaulting Harder all the way up to 160,000.
will be the last of Cimpan's day. He's out, and we have 41 players remaining.
.
, and the table checked to Haraden. He bet 10,000, drawing a check-raise all in to 31,500 from Chanthabouasy. Krouner ducked out of the way, but Montgomery made the call to see another card.
, he did just that, drawing the stacks of the three players closer to even.
, and Young was in a good spot to notch an easy double.
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