Reggie Pears Eliminated in 18th Place ($10,840)
Stephen Song's incredible rise today has reached its peak, as he's gone from the short stack with five big blinds to the chip lead following his elimination of Reggie Pears.
David Ong raised to 75,000 in early position and was three-bet by Toan Nguyen in the hijack. Reggie Pears then four-bet all in for 660,000.
Song then went into the tank in the big blind before cold calling.
Ong folded, and after about five minutes in the tank, so did Nguyen, showing 
.
Reggie Pears: 
Stephen Song: 
The flop came 
, changing nothing, but the 
fell on the turn, eliciting a reaction from Nguyen who would have take n the lead in the hand.
Regardless, the 
on the river cinched the hand for Song who crossed the two million chip mark and sent Pears home in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
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|
1,600,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
|
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Busted | |
and Moeinzadeh was eliminated in 19th place.
, giving Jacobson top pair and Beachy an open-ender.
on the turn gave him a few more outs, but the {6d] on the river ended his day in 21st place.
flop gave Miller top pair, O'Donoghue an open-ended straight draw, and Henson a gutshot to Broadway.
turn filled O'Donoghue's straight, leaving Miller drawing dead, and the 
and folded.
with Song drilling a set on the flop to win the hand.
, giving Ong a set and sending him leaping out of his seat.
, bringing no help to Ludlow, who was left with just 50,000 chips.
