Jones Cooked By Hoang; Chip Counts from Table 9
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Noomis Jones raised to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by Syd Masters in the hijack. Action folded around to Tan Hoang, who three-bet to 27,000. Jones then four-bet all in over the top of Hoang, prompting a fold from Masters. Hoang looked back at his cards to make sure he had what he thought he did and quickly announced a call, tabling his hand immediately thereafter.
Noomis Jones: 
Tan Hoang: 
Hoang had Jones covered by a bit and was way out in front with the opportunity at a huge knockout. The flop came 
to give Hoang top set and secure the knockout as the turn 
and river 
sealed the deal, sending Jones to the rail and making Hoang one of the two largest stacks in the room as the penultimate level of play looks to come to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
433,000 | 173,000 |
|
213,000 | 4,000 |
|
194,000 | 20,000 |
|
158,000 | 76,500 |
|
142,000 | 49,000 |
|
133,000 | 500 |
|
125,000 | 59,500 |
|
119,000 | -10,000 |
|
64,000 | -12,000 |
|
Busted |
and Frei made a continuation-bet of 27,000. Wilkie called.
and called a bet of 40,000 from Wilkie. The river then came 
and Frei check-called another 40,000 from Wilkie.
for an ace on top of the board's pair of kings, having turned a flush draw and failed to complete. Frei then showed 
, running into Hoang's 
and not improving to become the 20th place finisher on Day 1a.
, giving Keeline a sweat at counterfeiting Goldstein's pair of deuces after the turn brought a pair of fives. However, Goldstein both held and improved to a flush along the way and now finds himself with over 20 big blinds in his stack.
, leaving Jensen in still need of hitting an ace or king. Unfortunately for him, the turn 
gave Beauprez a full house and left Jensen drawing dead as the river 
and Nguyen found himself eliminated from the tournament while Gutierrez and Wilkie chopped his and Ertl's investments into the pot.
and Nguyen checked. Frei made a continuation-bet of another 16,000 and Nguyen check-raised all in. Frei instantly called.
, giving him one more card to sweat. The river then fell 
and Frei's stack was counted out to be 70,500. Nguyen paid him off leaving himself just 1,500 behind as Frei now finds himself with a comfortable stack as play moves into the final two hours of the evening.
