Adam Findlay shoved his last 23,000 in preflop with the and Matt Cafarella called with the . The jack-high board spelled the end of Findlay's run, just a few spots shy of a payday.
With the elimination of Travell Thomas in 17th place (pocket kings cracked by deuces), we're on the official money bubble. Play will be hand-for-hand until the next elimination.
Scott Hosbach opened to 11,500 from middle position and action folded around to Blake Napierala in the big blind. He announced all in for just over 100,000, and Hosbach quickly called.
Napierala:
Hosbach:
Hosbach took control quickly as the flop gave him a pair of aces, and the and completed the board. Hosbach now owns a sizable chip lead over the rest of the field.
Louis Hawkins was all in preflop with pocket queens but ran into D.J. MacKinnon's pocket kings. Hawkins was unable to improve and made his way to the cashier to collect his $1,047 payday.
After losing most of his stack to Adam Foster (ace-queen to kings on a queen-high flop), Matt Cafarella got the rest in preflop with the against Scott Hosbach's . Cafarella had decent odds at a chopped pot but Hosbach's eight kicker played on the board.
Maurice Sessum moved all in from under the gun for around 60,000. Action folded to Rob Bourkney in the big blind and he snap-called.
Sessum:
Bourkney:
The board gave both players a full house, but Bourkey's queens full of kings were best. Sessum hit the rail, leaving 11 players left eyeing the final table.