Andy Hwang lost almost all of his chips when he lost a race with against the of Mark Rebuck. Unfortunately for the other players at the table, Hwang seems to have brought a little alligator blood, as he was down to about two blinds but has rebounded.
First, he got all in blind versus blind with against . Hwang made trip queens to survive. Then, he pushed all in for about 1 million with and was called by Rebuck's . A board of meant Hwang had doubled again, and he's now over 2 million with blinds at 80,000-160,000.
Mark Rebuck raised to 300,000, and Andy Hwang made it 790,000 from the small blind. Rebuck called, and the two saw a flop of . Hwang continuation-bet 500,000, and Rebuck tanked for a couple of minutes before folding. Hwang's up to 4,400,000.
Jim Governa called a bet of about 20,000 from an opponent on the end with the board reading . His opponent rolled over for ace-high, while Governa revealed for a better ace-high. Governa has about 125,000 with blinds at 800-1,600.
At the same table, Cotton Snuffer recently jammed with on a board, and his opponent held for quads. Snuffer's down to 25,000.
We didn't see the action, but Emad Alibsi and Nicolas Markatos just got it all in with and , respectively. The board ran out , leaving Markatos' jacks best, and Alibsi was covered. He rapped the table with some force, wishing his tablemates good luck.