Blake Napierala jammed 700,000 over an Eric Thibodeau raise and Thibodeau said those fateful words so many have before.
"I don't think I can fold this one."
This one was jacks, and he didn't. Napierala had kings and they held on a board of blanks. Thibodeau was left with scraps and his fate was sealed a few hands later unceremoniously.
Kevin Wright open shoved all in early for 575,000 and Matt Marcinkiewicz came over the top to isolate. It worked and Wright was flipping for his tournament life with big slick versus Marcinkiewicz' nines.
was the last board Wright will see in this event. He missed. He's out 9th earning almost eleven buy-ins.
Matt Brunskole opened and Tim Glab called on the button. Matt Marcinkiewicz defended his blind and they went three ways to a flop.
It checked to the turn and then it checked to Glab. He made it 150,000 and only Brunskole called. The river brought the and Brunskole effectively shoved, putting Glab all in.
Glab tanked, called, and mucked when he saw Brunskole turn over .
Lue Huang made it 130,000 and Blake Napierala bumped it to 300,000. Huang flatted and they went heads up to a flop.
Huang checked, Napierala made it 250,000 and Huang check-raised to 465,000. Napierala four-bet shoved for over a million more and Huang called with the .
Napierala had two queens. Huang cruised to the win in the biggest pot of the tournament so far with the turn and river missing Napierala.
Now Huang has four million in chips, a massive lead and Napierala is out.
Halfway through Level 28 and Matt Brunskole has moved into the lead through a series of aggressive plays.
Lue Huang is right behind him, but on a one-million chip downswing. Leo Kaplin is now the shortest of the five, holding 1.5 million, which is still around 18 big blinds.
Jason Nablo recently mentioned they might all get close to second-place money if they chop now. Crickets.
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versus Eric Thibodeau's 
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flop over a Jason Nablo bet.
and was miles ahead of Visbisky's 
. Bricks on the turn and river sealed the deal and Visbisky goes out 11th.
was the last board Wright will see in this event. He missed. He's out 9th earning almost eleven buy-ins.
, but Huang had the dominating 
. Big slick held on a 
board that missed both.
flop.
turn and then it checked to Glab. He made it 150,000 and only Brunskole called. The river brought the 
and Brunskole effectively shoved, putting Glab all in.
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flop.
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turn and 
river missing Napierala.