25 players entered last night's Event #11: $175 Nightly, producing a $3,000 prize pool. At the end of it, 3 players even-chopped it for $1,000 each with Matthew Faust taking first place and the trophy.
| Place | PLAYER | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Faust | $1,000.00 |
| 2 | Mackenzie Williams | $1,000.00 |
| 3 | Isaac Trumbo | $1,000.00 |
On a heads-up flop of 9♥6♥8♥, Nicholas Burnett bet 15,000 but then Ben Thomas moved all in for 92,000 total.
Burnett thought about it for a few seconds but eventually made the call to put Thomas at risk and tabled A♥J♣ for the nut flush draw, but Thomas already had the flush with K♥J♥.
The board ran out A♦J♦, just adding insult to injury as it gave Burnett a meaningless two-pair and most of his stack was shipped over to Thomas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
35,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
On a heads-up flop of 6♠6♦7♣, Randall Brooks led out for 15,000 but then Sanjeev Vora moved all in for around 45,000 total.
"Well, I guess I'm gonna double you up again," Brooks sighed as he made the call to put Vora at risk.
Sanjeev Vora: 7♠8♦
Randall Brooks: A♦Q♣
Brooks was ahead on the flop with his ace-high, but true to Sanjeev form, the turn smacked down the 5♥ to immediately give him the straight and left Brooks drawing dead. The 3♠ on the river was just a formality and Vora was pushed the pot for the double.
"That's the third time he's done that to him!" Another player laughed, and Vora just smiled as he stacked his new chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
123,000
123,000
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123,000 |
Jason Fitzpatrick moved all in preflop for 42,500 and Gregory Sonnier made the call to put him at risk of elimination.
Fitzpatrick then quickly flips over the goods of A♥A♣, something Sonnier was not excited to see as he tabled A♠J♥.
The board ran out 5♦9♠10♣2♦8♣ for Fitzpatrick's aces to hold and he was awarded the pot for the double.
He then moved all in preflop the next hands and managed to scoop the blinds for a nice pickup.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
The remaining 26 players are now on a short 15-minute break and will return to action shortly. The purple 500-chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000 | |
|
415,000 | |
|
|
293,000 | |
|
|
255,000 | |
|
|
240,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
230,000 | |
|
220,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
On a five-way flop of 10♦J♠7♣, the action checks to Sanjeev Vora who bets 8,000 into the pot of 50,000 and got two folds, but then Bryan Goldman moved all in for 39,000. The action folded back to Vora who reluctantly called to put him at risk and flipped over A♠K♥ for ace-high, but Goldman tabled 8♣9♥ for the nut straight.
Vora could still hit a queen to take it with a bigger straight, but the runout of 6♣A♦ was pure for Goldsmith and he was awarded the pot for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
478,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
The field has now been trimmed down to 19 players remaining, and with 18 bagging, the players are now on the money bubble and hand-for-hand play is now in effect.
On a four-way flop of Q♠J♠8♦, action checked to the preflop raiser, Jonathan Tamayo who then bet 40,000. Jason Daly made the call and then Malou Lowery moved all in for 44,000 total. Tamayo and Daly both tossed out the additional 4,000 and went to the turn J♦, which they checked.
They also checked through the river 4♣. at which point Lowery flipped over 9♥10♥ for a flopped straight and she took down the substantial pot for a triple-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000 | |
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215,000 | |
|
185,000 | |
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After a full level on the bubble, Nathan Gay and Jared Stearns got all of the chips into the middle preflop, with Gay at risk.
Nathan Gay: 7♦7♣
Jared Stearns: Q♠Q♥
The board ran out A♥6♠2♠8♦2♦ for Stearn's queens to hold and Gay was eliminated as the bubble boy of Day 1j.
