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Is exactly what Soi Nguyen said a few minutes after an opponent five bet shoved jacks into him.
Nguyen had 
and it held to push him up among the leaders with over 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
A few of these players are doing OK the rest, as one of them put it, are “Grinding.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
200,000
181,900
|
181,900 |
|
||
|
130,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
60,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
50,000
11,400
|
11,400 |
|
45,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
41,000
-79,000
|
-79,000 |
|
21,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Josh Pollock opened to 6,500 from early position and only the big blind came along as the dealer spread a 
flop. Both players checked as the 
landed on the turn and the big blind bet out 4,000.
Pollock called as both players checked the 
on the river.
The big blind tabled his 
, but it would be Pollock's 
that would see him scoop the pot to move to roughly 265,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Dan O'Brien managed to get one short stack all in and his 
was slightly ahead of that opponent's 
.
A jack on the flop changed all that, but all you Dan O'Brien fans need not worry. He hit a six on fifth street to make a set and bust the shorty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Govert Metaal opened for 6,500 and got one caller in the small blind.
The flop was 
and they both checked. The turn card was the 
and Metaal faced a bet of 7,000. He made the call to go to the river which was the 
. Another bet of 8,000 this time from the small blind and Metaal flicked out the calling chips. He couldn’t beat 
though and lost the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Simon Trumper shipped his short stack in with 
and got looked up by an even shorter player with .
There was an ace on the flop, but an eight on the river and Trumper busted his opponent to move up and out of the danger zone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
52,400
|
52,400 |
Matt Vengrin decided 
was a good hand to go with.
Lucky for him he got it in against a player with and found the 
more than favorable.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
315,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
265,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
180,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
155,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
150,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
145,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
142,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
110,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
110,000
87,700
|
87,700 |
|
95,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
18,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
The final eight tables left in Amazon Purple are now moving out.
The entire Monster Stack field will now be playing in Pavilion exclusively, bringing everyone together in the same room for the first time.