One player shoved all in from the under the gun, putting his last 75,000 at risk, and the action folded around to James Boyle.
The self-proclaimed "lighthouse keeper at the WSOP" casually flicked out three of the red T25000 tournament chips to make the call, putting his short-stacked opponent at risk with .
"This is my favorite hand..." said the all-in player as he tabled .
Unfortunately for him the board didn't play favorites and the final runout came , leaving him with an outkicked top pair and shipping the small pot to Boyle.
There was a raise to 40,000, Brian Rosengarten three-bet to 90,000, and a very short-stacked player cold-called all-in for 85,000 in the blinds. The original raiser called as well.
The flop came , the original raiser check-folded to a bet of 100,000, and the hands were opened.
Rosengarten:
Opponent:
Evidently the player called all-in blind, knowing the odds she was receiving to double. She was drawing dead when the turn was the , and hit the exit when the completed the board.
On an adjacent table, John Hall was eliminated with unknown action.
The board read by the turn and a pot containing 230,000 was being contested.
Andrew Zhu shoved for his last 222,000 and Boyle tanked for more than two minutes, cutting out the calling chips and sizing Zhu up in the next seat over.
Finally, Boyle uncapped his cards and rechecked them, before sliding them to the dealer.
"Show the punt!" demanded a boisterous Emad Alabsi. "Show the punt!"
Zhu sat still as a stone for ten seconds, looking back at his hand once or twice before finally showing the in response.
With the loquacious and lively Emad Alabsi to his direct left, the stoic and silent Andrew Zhu seems to have been inspired by his neighbor's insistent exhortations.
"Jammin' ... and I hope you like jammin' too," has been Alabsi's refrain for the last few levels, and Zhu has taken the hint.
In two hands during the last level we watched Zhu shove his stack in before the flop, open-jamming for between 20-25 big blinds and collecting the blinds and antes.
The last instance saw action fold around to Alabsi in the big blind, after an under the gun push from Zhu.
"You smile at me I'm calling you down," warned Alabsi as he peeked down at his hand. "Snap calling."
Finally, after a few moments had passed, with Zhu flashing a small smile in Alabsi's direction, the latter laid his hand down. Zhu tabled his without hesitating, and Alabsi stated the obvious by saying the hand would have been a coin flip.
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.
![[user253757]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
.
.
, leaving him with an outkicked top pair and shipping the small pot to Boyle.
, the original raiser check-folded to a bet of 100,000, and the hands were opened.
, and hit the exit when the 
completed the board.
in response.
without hesitating, and Alabsi stated the obvious by saying the hand would have been a coin flip.
. McTigue was drawing to a straight with 
