Jesse Yaginuma was one of the short stacks in the room just ten minutes ago, but that has changed now as he has picked up some easy chips preflop. In back-to-back hands, Yaginuma has three-bet shoved and seen his opponent's fold both times. The first time was against Henry Lu and the second againtst Tom Alner.
Cary Marshall recently doubled his chip stack, but has now found the rail just a few minutes later. The hand in question saw Marshall and James Mackey take to a flop in a raised pot.
Marshall was first to act on the flop and simply announced an all in. Mackey snapped him off very quickly and tabled his . Marshall held and would need plenty of help to survive.
It was help that would never come as the turn and the river changed nothing, sending Marshall home in 15th place.
Hovan Nguyen was on the button when he shoved his stack all in. Henry Lu then made the call and tabled . Nguyen then turned his over and was just behind.
The board was Nguyen's savior as he managed to chop it up to survive.
Jesse Yaginuma opened for 60,000 from under the gun and Henry Lu raised to 125,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Yaginuma moved all in. Lu called and the hands were tabled.
Lu:
Yaginuma:
The board ran and Yaginuma was eliminated by Lu's flush.