Kevin McTigue expressd confidence during the recent break despite his short stack, telling us to meet him at the final table.
Leon Motola had other ideas though, after flopping a pair with his . McTigue was drawing to a straight with , but the board produced bricks to send him home with a 17th place finish.
He reached his goal and then some, but ultimately Rosengarten was eliminated in 15th place.
Rosengarten's last hand came when he flopped the nut flush draw with in the hole. Miguel Borrero put him at risk with and the board bricked off on the turn () and river ().
Leon Motola was heard calling for a six to hit the board, and while we missed the action ourselves, Jinwei Wang informed us that his had held up over Motola's .
Motola finished in 14th place here tonight, while Wang chipped up to more than the average stack.
After seeing the flop fall Andrew Zhu tapped the table and Matt Chin checked behind. The turn came and Zhu fired out for 100,000, before calling Chin's raise to 350,000.
The river card was the and Zhu bet 400,000 into Chin, who held only 420,000 behind.
Chin counted out the bet and sized Zhu up from across the table, before finally announcing "I think you missed the flush draw" and making the call.
"I have an ace," responded Zhu, telling him Chin the bad news with authority in his voice. Indeed, Zhu's was the winner when Chin's bluff-catcher turned out to be an outkicked .
The 10 players still left with chips have reconvened at the final table, and a full table draw will be forthcoming shortly.
Bob Gilbert began the final table as the short stack, and soon enough his last eight big blinds went into the middle on a preflop shove.
Ivan Polanco quickly made the call after the table folded around to him, and his had Gilbert's dominated.
The final board ran out and Gilbert could not find a five, leaving him to offer his former opponents a "good game" before heading over to the payout desk to collect next month's rent money.
Alabsi just scored a huge double through Miguel Borrero - backing up a boast he made moments earlier.
Borrero had chided Alabsi for an unspecified action, with the winner of Event 8 retorting "it doesn't matter anyway, I'm getting all your chips soon!"
Sure enough, after Borrero made an opening raise to 80,000 Alabsi sprung his trap, moving all in for 274,000 more. Borrero called off most of his stack with just - admitting after the hand that his opponent's bluster had goaded him into the decision - only to see Alabsi roll over like a man who speaks the truth.
The final run out of sent Alabsi the pot, as he backed up an earlier boast in style with the bullets.
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. McTigue was drawing to a straight with 
in the hole. Miguel Borrero put him at risk with 
and the board bricked off on the turn (
) and river (
).
.
.
held up for the ace-high win even after Thompson flopped a four-flush to nine outs to his arsenal.
, and James Boyle quickly called with 
to put him at risk.
Andrew Zhu tapped the table and Matt Chin checked behind. The turn came 
and Zhu fired out for 100,000, before calling Chin's raise to 350,000.
and Zhu bet 400,000 into Chin, who held only 420,000 behind.
was the winner when Chin's bluff-catcher turned out to be an outkicked 
dominated.
- admitting after the hand that his opponent's bluster had goaded him into the decision - only to see Alabsi roll over 
sent Alabsi the pot, as he backed up an earlier boast in style with the bullets.