Michael Mizrachi just shipped 80,000 chips to Ben Sulsky, after the latter made quads on the river.
Holding , Sulsky's hand connected perfectly with the final board of , and he has regained his footing somewhat after falling into a deep heads-up hole.
Riding a short stack of just 59,000, Ali Eslami just doubled up when his held up over Nguyen's . In a dominant chip position, Nguyen went for the knockout blow holding a substandard hand, but he failed to connect on the flop, and he will have more work to do if he hopes to finish off Eslami.
We arrived at the table to witness the final hand of the match between Phil Galfond and Brock Parker. Parker had and was all in before the flop for his last roughly 70,000 in chips. Galfond held the .
The board ran out and Galfond's ace-high was able to hold as the best hand, securing him a spot in the Sweet Sixteen.
The two latest players to advance to the Sweet Sixteen are Randy Lew and Marc-Andre Ladouceur.
Lew was able to best Fabrizio Gonzalez in his match while Ladouceur felted Sam Trickett over the course of a dramatic heads up match with many chip changes.
With his stack sitting at less than 20 big blinds, Jason Mercier watched Justin Bonomo set him all-in before the flop. Mercier squeezed his cards one by one, and after finding the a pained expression came over his face, but he decided to make the call and hope to hit.
Mercier would need to catch up against Bonomo's , but a flop put him in a deep hole. When a came on the turn, Mercier gained a lifeline in the form of four outs to a straight, but no queens could be found on the river.
Bonomo will return to play his Round of 16 match against Warwick Mirzikinian.
Sam Stein was all in for his last 80,000 before the flop holding and was crushing Davidi Kitai's . The board dropped down and Stein was able to double to 160,000 in chips.
Sean Winter has become the latest player to advance when he was able to defeat Keith Block in their heads up match. Winter will play the winner of the Bryan Pellegrino v. Markus Gonsalves match.
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, Sulsky's hand connected perfectly with the final board of 
, and he has regained his footing somewhat after falling into a deep heads-up hole.
. In a dominant chip position, Nguyen went for the knockout blow holding a substandard hand, but he failed to connect on the 
flop, and he will have more work to do if he hopes to finish off Eslami.
and was all in before the flop for his last roughly 70,000 in chips. Galfond held the 
.
and Galfond's ace-high was able to hold as the best hand, securing him a spot in the Sweet Sixteen.
tabled in front of him and the board reading 
, Sam Stein's flopped nut flush gave him the double against Davidi Katai's 
, but a 
. The board dropped down 
and Stein was able to double to 160,000 in chips.
