Falcon Back in It
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
While Changjo Im has been flying under the radar thus far and appears to be one of the chip leaders, Linh Tran has been steadily grinding up a stack. Celine Lee also bumped her stack to three times of what she started with while Michael Falcon is on bullet number three for Day 1b. Will the third time be a charm?
High Roller champion Peter Plater has not re-entered yet after losing his short stack some time ago and he can do so until the end of level nine and following break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | |
|
120,000 | 35,000 |
|
93,000 | 41,000 |
|
83,000 | 83,000 |
|
Busted |
. A triumphant van Tran Thanh raked in the pot, having just eliminated an opponent. According to players at the table, Thanh got it in after the turn with 
versus 
and spiked the flush on the river to score the knockout.
. The initial raiser continued for 3,000 and that forced one fold before the action was on Edoc, who raised to 8,500. After plenty of consideration, that resulted in a fold and Edoc was shown 
for top pair.
flop and did so again for 4,500 on the 
turn. The 
hit the turn. After the big blind checked for a second time Brunner took a stab for 2,000 and made it three from three, climbing back up to 112,500.
turn nor the 
river improved Edoc and he slipped below the starting stack.
.
landing on the turn.
river completed the hand and the betting.
for a rivered two pair.
. Tran bet 8,000 and Lim took his time before tossing in the chips for the call, which saw Tran roll over 
.
hitting the turn.
