In a battle of the blinds, Kyle Loman got his last ~160,000 into the middle with from the small, and he ran his big(ish) ace right into the bigger of big blind Steve O'Dwyer.
The first four cards off the deck were the , and a frustrated Loman toppled his remaining chips forward, spilling them onto the felt as he turned away from the table. The river failed to save his tournament life, and Loman is out in 22nd place.
O'Dwyer is up to 680,000 with that knockout, and we have 21 players left.
Adam Geyer raised to 23,000 under the gun, and Corey Hochman and Joe Tehan both called in position. That brought the action to Philippe Plouffe, and he shoved all in for 185,000 total. Geyer re-shoved, and that successfully isolated him against Plouffe with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Geyer:
Plouffe:
The flop was money in the bank for Plouffe, and the turn and river secured his double up. Winning that race pushes Plouffe's stack up to 440,000.
Things are not going so well for Adam Geyer. He began play with 803,000 chips today, but that stack has been whittled down to less than half of its former self. Geyer has 385,000 chips left.
From middle position, Taylor von Kriegenbergh opened to 20,000, and Aaron Overton three-bet to 48,000 in postion. When it came back to von Kriegenbergh, he shoved in for about 230,000 total, and Overton's snap-call meant he likely knew he was in trouble.
Showdown
Von Kriegenbergh:
Overton:
The flop was a bit of a start for the at-risk von Kriegenbergh, but he was still drawing to just two outs for his tournament life. The turn was not the five he was looking for, but the river most certainly was. Von Kriegenbergh finds his lucky trips to earn the unlikely double up, pushing his stack back up to 482,000.
Overton is back to 850,000 after having those aces go under.
Chris Tryba opened to 30,000 from the hijack, and Jacobo Fernandez bumped it up to 60,000 straight. Tryba proceeded to shove all in for his last 185,000, and Fernandez made the quick call with . The news was not good for Tryba as he tabled the , drawing slim to stay alive.
The board ran out , and Tryba is unable to catch up. He's run out of chips, too, and that means he'll be escorted to the payout desk to collect 21st-place money. That's $12,000 if you're scoring at home.
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 25,000 from the cutoff seat, and Dan Shak three-bet to 100,000 straight from the small blind. O'Dwyer called, and off they went to the flop.
It came , and Shak shoved all in for O'Dwyer's 435,000 chips effectively. O'Dwyer spent a long soak in the tank before he released his , and Shak flashed his inferior (but pot-winning) , climbing to 895,000.
O'Dwyer is down to 435,000 after dropping that pot.
On his final hand, a battle of the blinds saw Geyer get it in with from the big. The problem with that was that David Stefanski woke up with in the small, and he was five cards from taking Geyer's remaining stack.
The board ran , and Geyer has been eliminated in 20th place.
Mark Stefanski down for 745,000 after that knockout.
Vanessa Selbst limped in from the small blind, and Jean-Philippe Matte knocked the table for a free flop from the big.
On the flop, Selbst led out with a bet of 18,000 that was called, and she slowed down with a check on the turn. When Matte bet 35,000, though, she check-raised to 106,000, and Matte shoved in for just over 300,000 total. Selbst called with her big stack, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Selbst:
Matte:
It was going to be a split pot unless either player paired their kicker, but the river meant they got to take their money back and chop up the antes. On to the next hand.
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from the small, and he ran his big(ish) ace right into the bigger 
of big blind Steve O'Dwyer.
, and a frustrated Loman toppled his remaining chips forward, spilling them onto the felt as he turned away from the table. The river 
failed to save his tournament life, and Loman is out in 22nd place.
flop was money in the bank for Plouffe, and the turn 
and river 
secured his double up. Winning that race pushes Plouffe's stack up to 440,000.
flop was a bit of a start for the at-risk von Kriegenbergh, but he was still drawing to just two outs for his tournament life. The turn 
most certainly was. Von Kriegenbergh finds his lucky trips to earn the unlikely double up, pushing his stack back up to 482,000.
, drawing slim to stay alive.
, and Shak flashed his inferior (but pot-winning) 
, climbing to 895,000.
, and Geyer has been eliminated in 20th place.
