Before his seat could get warm, Glenn Uchibori moved his remaining 40,000 all in preflop. Jake Solis looked down and saw before quickly calling. Uchibori made his stand with .
The flop was not help to Uchibori as it came . The turn wasn't beneficial either as it evolved as the . Needing to catch a ten, Uchibori saw his tournament end as the appeared. Jake Solis is up to 218,000 after the hand.
Here's how the final two tables look after the redraw, which took place just before players left for dinner:
(Table 1)
Seat 1: Emilio Porcalla
Seat 2: Rick Troendly
Seat 3: Tay Nguyen
Seat 4: Chris Ferguson
Seat 5: Preston Derden
Seat 6: Travis Erdman
Seat 7: Scott Clements
Seat 8: Bill Bostick
Seat 9: Mike McClain
(Table 2)
Seat 1: Jake Solis
Seat 2: Michael Cooper
Seat 3: James "Drew" Marks
Seat 4: Michael Binger
Seat 5: Glenn Uchibori
Seat 6: Ty Stewart
Seat 7: Chris Dombrowski
Seat 8: Allen Kessler
Seat 9: Jason Sanders
The 18 remaining players have returned to the tournament area and play has recommenced. All players are in the money now, and the worst anyone can do is finish with $7,042.
The tournament clock has been reset to the beginning of Level 15, with blinds at 1,500/3,000.
Chris Dombrowski opened the pot with a min-raise from under the gun and the action folded all the way around the table to Kathy Liebert in the big blind, who just called.
The flop came and Liebert open-shoved all in for a total of 5,100. Dombrowski insta-called and turned over the for middle pair; Liebert tabled two red nines and was drawing slim.
When the fell on the turn, one of Liebert's outs was stolen, as the would've given Dombrowski a club flush. Liebert was forced to sweat the river for a solid two minutes due to the "action-for-action" rule in place here at Tahoe, as Scott Clements was all in over on table three and Mike McClain took ages considering a call, but eventually folded.
The senior tournament staff member finally gave the dealer the green light to expose the river and it was the . No miracle for Liebert and she found herself out in 19th place, earning the unwanted title of bubble girl.
Ty Stewart doubled through Rick Troendly after moving all in on a flop of . Stewart risked his last 10,300 with , while Troendly held . The turn and river both brought blanks. Stewart is up to 37,000 after the hand.
Allen Kessler bumped the action to 8,500 from the cutoff and was called by Tay Nguyen on the button. After a flop of , both players checked around. The turn came the and after a check, Nguyen took the opportunity to bet 10,000, which Kessler insta-called. The river produced the and was checked down. Kessler quickly flipped up his and saw Nguyen muck.
Counts after the hand:
Kessler - 168,000
Nguyen - 111,000
We picked this hand up on the turn as Rick Troendly made it 23,000 to go, with a nice pot in the middle already. Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler studied the board as it read: , then made to call. A river of prompted another bet from Troendly as he put out 15,000. It was enough for Kessler to fold, as Troendly showed .
The blinds have just gone up and the players should have left for dinner break by now. However, the tournament staff has decided to make them play down to 18, so that no one has to come back from dinner just to play and receive no money. Thus, we march on.