Alex Foxen shoved from the button, and Qinghai Pan called with his stack of 640,000, putting his tournament life at risk.
Qinghai Pan: A♣9♠
Alex Foxen: K♣8♣
The board ran out 4♥9♦A♦5♣7♣, giving Pan top two pair to double through Foxen.
Alex Foxen shoved from the button, and Qinghai Pan called with his stack of 640,000, putting his tournament life at risk.
Qinghai Pan: A♣9♠
Alex Foxen: K♣8♣
The board ran out 4♥9♦A♦5♣7♣, giving Pan top two pair to double through Foxen.
Jeremy Ausmus limped in from the small blind with K♥6♥, Alex Foxen raised to 195,000 from the big blind with 8♥3♠. and Ausmus mucked.
Level: 20
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Alex Foxen opened to 120,000 from the button with Q♥J♥, and Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 500,000 from the big blind with A♥2♠. Foxen shoved, covering Ausmus who had 2,060,000 to start the hand, and Ausmus folded.
Jeremy Ausmus opened to 130,000 from the button with 8♠8♥, and Alex Foxen three-bet to 425,000 from the small blind with A♠8♦. Ausmus shoved for 1,790,000, and Foxen mucked.
Level: 19
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Alex Foxen opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Aram Zobian called from the small blind, leaving 60,000 behind.
The flop came 8♠7♦A♣. Zobian checked, Foxen bet, and Zobian called with his last 60,000.
Aram Zobian: K♠7♣
Alex Foxen: J♦2♦
Zobian was a big favorite with bottom pair, while Foxen was drawing to a jack or running diamonds. The 4♠ turn was clean for Zobian, but the J♥ river brought in a higher pair for Foxen, ending Zobian's run in fourth place.
Qinghai Pan raised to 225,000 from the small blind, @ara
shoved for 1,045,000 from the big blind and Pan, who had 835,000 to start the hand, called.
Qinghai Pan: J♠J♣
Aram Zobian: A♣10♥
The board ran out 8♠K♣6♠8♥4♠, keeping Pan's jacks in front for the double, leaving Zobian with three big blinds.
Aram Zobian limped in from the small blind with A♠10♦, and Jeremy Ausmus checked from the big blind with Q♦8♦
The flop came 8♠2♥7♣. Zobian checked, Ausmus bet 50,000, and Zobian called.
Ausmus continued for 225,000 when checked to on the 6♣ turn and Zobian mucked.
Michael Berk raised to 335,000 from under the gun, leaving 25,000 behind. Aram Zobian called from the cutoff.
Action checked through on the flop and turn on the 9♦2♦3♥10♣K♠ runout. Berk checked the river, Zobian bet, and Berk called with his last chip.
Berk had ace-high with A♥Q♠, while Zobian had rivered top pair with K♥J♥, sending Berk to the rail.