Bryan Campanello and Khoa Nguyen would square off in an all in pre-flop confrontation with Campanello holding and Nguyen . Campanello would be eliminated in 21st place when the board ran out . The bracelet winner quietly said "nice hand" as Nguyen shook his hand.
Nguyen moved to 3.75 million chips with that knock out.
It was folded to Sean Hansen in the small blind and he moved all in with . It was bad timing as Khoa Nguyen and his big stack woke up with in the big blind. The board would not improve Hansen's hand and he was eliminated in 20th place, collecting $19,051 for his play.
Nguyen continues to surge as he now has 4.3 million in chips.
We arrived in time to see Rodeen Talebi all in and at risk for 820,000 before the flop against Sebastian Tejada.
Talebi:
Tejada:
The board fell down , ensuring that Talebi's pocket kings would hold as the best hand. He scored the double up and now has about 1.7 million in chips. Tejada, on other hand, has dropped to 210,000.
Jason Helder put out a raise to 85,000 and action trickled around to Sebastian Tejada on the button. He moved all in over the top for his last 220,000. Action came to Kong Li in the big blind who flatted the three-bet. Helder folded and the hands were turned over.
Tejada:
Li:
The board came down , allowing Li to score the elimination with his set of aces. Tejada's elimination prompted a total redraw to the final two tables. A seating chart and full chip counts will be posted momentarily.
The board read and a sizable pot was already sitting in the middle when we found Vasile Fabian and Joseph Cheong heads up. Fabian was first to act and led at the middle for 500,000. Cheong replied by shipping all in over the top for 1.185 million. Fabian called and the cards were tabled.
Cheong:
Fabian:
The board finished with the , securing Cheong a double up with his flopped set of eights. Fabian's stack was knocked down to 500,000 while Cheong now sits right around three million.
Joseph Cheong opened to 120,000 and Jason Helder three-bet to 240,000. Vasile Fabian moved all in for approximately 350,000. Cheong got out of the way and Helder made the call. Fabian held and was ahead of the that Helder had. The board ran out and Fabian's two pair would be more than enough to secure him the double up.