Todd Saffron could not sustain the hot start he got here in this flight and has now said goodbye after a relatively bad beat.
He got his chips in holding on a flop against James Miller's and looked good to double before the turn was revealed, giving Miller two pair. The river was no help to Saffron and he exited the room as Miller climbed the counts.
A short stacked Joe Ciffa told his table he was planning to shove blind the very next hand. Nicholas Goetz didn't get the memo and raised it up in front of him.
Ciffa shoved and had to ask.
"Didn't you hear I said I was shoving blind?" he asked.
"No," ansewred Goetz. "I guess in that case I call."
It was Goetz' versus Ciffa's and Goetz held on an run out.
Jimmy Thomson has it up close to 100,000 now after a fortunate river card saved his day.
When one opponent limped in from early position, Thomson raised it up. She then jammed in with and he called with .
A queen in the window and a king on the turn made Thomson's opponent two pair, but a six on the river gave him a set, the knockout and a free ride up near the top of the chip counts.
Larry Carney, who has been dying to get into the PokerNews Live Updates blog all day, just found a way to get there.
He woke up with aces in the big blind after Jason Nablo raised and a third player pushed in for 17,500 with nines. Carney snap-called, Nablo folded and the aces held to shoot Carney up the leader board.
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on a 
flop against James Miller's 
and looked good to double before the 
turn was revealed, giving Miller two pair. The 
river was no help to Saffron and he exited the room as Miller climbed the counts.
versus Ciffa's 
and Goetz held on an 
run out.
flop for a little over 10,000 and Jason Nablo made what appeared to make a crying call with 
for top pair.
river to climb the counts and send Davis home early.
and he called with 
