Break!
The five players remaining are off on a 10-minute break with the end of Level 28 upon them.
The five players remaining are off on a 10-minute break with the end of Level 28 upon them.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hamid Feiz |
2,180,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Shaun Burnett |
2,010,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Derek Dempster |
1,680,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
Rich Alsup |
1,240,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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Ric Cacho |
1,090,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Hamid Feiz made it 200,000 from the cutoff and Rich Alsup shoved the small blind.
Feiz called with and was miles ahead of Alsup's .
The flop changed little, making them both aces up. The turn was a brick, but the river was a miracle for Alsup, making him a boat and doubling him up through Feiz.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rich Alsup |
2,700,000
1,460,000
|
1,460,000 |
|
||
Hamid Feiz |
1,200,000
-980,000
|
-980,000 |
After some technical difficulties, play resumes with 15 minutes remaining in Level 29.
Chip leader Rich Alsup has spent the last 15 minutes on a heater, opening liberally and three-betting regularly on the way up and over the 3 million chip mark and building on his lead without much in the way of showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rich Alsup |
3,300,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Hamid Feiz shipped the button for 450,000 and Shaun Burnett looked him up from the small blind with .
Feiz' was dominated and Burnett held on the run out to eliminate him in fifth.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Burnett |
1,300,000
-710,000
|
-710,000 |
Hamid Feiz | Busted |
Derek Dempster made it 250,000 from the button and Shaun Burnett shipped it in from the big blind for 1.5 million.
After a minute in the tank, Dempster called with the , putting Burnett at risk with the .
Sevens held on a board and Burnett bowed out fourth.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Derek Dempster |
3,200,000
1,520,000
|
1,520,000 |
Shaun Burnett | Busted |
Ric Cacho shoved the button for just 375,000 and Rich Alsup made the call.
Derek Dempster then made it 1 million and Alsup let it go.
Cacho:
Dempster:
Depmster's lead got bigger on the flop and held through the turn and river to send Cacho packing third.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Derek Dempster |
4,900,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
Rich Alsup | 3,300,000 | |
|
||
Ric Cacho | Busted |