Aweida and Rule Out; Wu and Reinbold In
Level 5
: 300/500, 500 ante
"Alternate seat on Table 9!" was overheard from the dealer as Sammy Aweida found himself becoming the second player eliminated in the day. According to tablemates Jason Welch and Vincent Griboski, Aweida got his stack of around 16,000 in preflop over a few limpers and saw Griboski give him action behind.
Sammy Aweida: 
Vincent GriboskI: 
Aweida, who earned his seat via a top-five finish in the CPC Points Leader Board, was unable to hit a three outer on the runout and was knocked out as a result. Sherman Wu then took the vacant seat, becoming the 27th player to enter the tournament.
Moments later, Steven Rule was eliminated on Table 8 as well, with Zachary Reinbold filling his seat to take the field up to 28.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
39,400 | 3,200 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
. Michael Giardina bet 20,000 in the small blind and Ben Keeline thought for a bit before folding in the big blind. Eddy Konarske then called in middle position and Steve Rule also found a call on the button for a three-way showdown.
and Giardina announced a straight as he turned over 
, but both were bested by the 
of Konarske, whose nuts earned him the pot to take him up to a six-figure stack.
, where action checked to Wahdan and he bet 2,600. Rule folded and then Giardina announced a call. Saltz called behind as well, taking action three handed to the river 
where another bet was not put in before the hand went to showdown.
for trip threes and neither player could top it, earning him the pot after his pair of opponents mucked.
. Luckily for him, the river fell 
and Keeline checked to Konarske, who continuation-bet 3,000. Wahdan folded and Rule called, sending action back to Keeline, who check-raised to 9,400. Konarske came over the top, three-bet jamming for 20,300 and got a fold from Rule after some deliberation. Keeline then thought for a few moments himself and put out chips to call.
and river 
to secure the double.
