Moments after doubling up with his queen-five (the very next hand, in fact), Wein looked down at pocket aces and found some significant action. In fact, he got Charles Croft to five-bet shove for about 130,000. Wein had him slightly covered when he called, looking for a near-double up for the second consecutive hand.
Naturally, however, a third king drilled the flop to put Wein in a hole from which only two outs could save him. The turn and river brought a blank apiece though, and Wein's aces are cracked to cripple his stack. He's only got about 6,000 left now, about 270,000 chips less than he'd prefer.
Charles Croft opened the pot to 7,000 from the cutoff seat, and he found calls from both Bill Stradley and Mike Hug in their respective small and big blinds.
Three-handed, they took a flop of , and the blinds checked to the raiser. Croft continued out with 11,500 chips, and Stradley check-raised to 27,000 straight. Hug then called all in for his last ~16,000, and Croft reraised to 61,500. That got him the isolation he was seeking as Stradley got the message and ducked out of the way. With Hug at risk, the cards were on their backs:
Croft:
Hug:
Hug was going to need some help, but none would come. The turn and river were of no use, and his day is done. Croft is closing in on a milestone, up to 295,000 with that pot.
From the cutoff seat, Yigal Hen moved all in for 40,800. The next two players folded before big blind Matt Glantz shrugged and cut the calling chips into the pot with a look of absolute boredom on his face. "I don't have a very good hand," Glantz said, waiting to see his opponent's hand. Cards up, gents:
Hen:
Glantz:
"Oh my gawd, I had you both beat!" someone at the table half-yelled. Anyways, Hen was well behind, but the flop came out to give him another nine diamond outs to the win. The turn and river were not diamonds, but they were good enough to give him half the pot. Hen didn't realize it at first, throwing up his hands and beginning to walk away from the table before he was called back.
"Wow. I was freerolling to a diamond, too!" Hen said when he sat back down.
Glantz just chuckled. "I mean... it's hard to be freerolling when you're a small dog. Not a big dog, but a small one."
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After an early blizzard of eliminations (we lost two full tables in the first level), the action has suddenly hit a bit of a wall. It'd had more than 15 minutes since the last knockout until David Israelite broke that streak.
It was Israelite shoving his last 50,400 chips into the pot with . That's probably good enough to go with unless you run into a monster, and sure enough, Yervand Boyadjian woke up with a couple seats over. Israelite was in grave danger, and he could not find enough help on the board. He's out, and Boyadjian climbs to 240,000 with that elimination.
We have a new chip leader, and her name is Taemee Feuer. It was a raised pot preflop that saw her and Yervand Boyadjian head off to the . A furious betting battle erupted, and it culminated with Feuer getting herself all in and a massive pot of about 440,000 heaped in the middle of the table.
Showdown
Feuer:
Boyadjian:
Feuer had found her third of a kind on that friendly flop, and Boyadjian was drawing slim for the knockout. The on the turn was a good sweat, however, giving him another nine outs to the flush. "Come on, one more heart!" he pleaded. But the dealer was not listening. The river drew a loud, "F**k!" from Boyadjian as he was forced to part with about 90% of his stack. He's left with just 22,000 now, while Feuer's stack of 440,000 puts her well in the lead of this field with under 50 players left.
Yervand Boyadjian is getting the lion's share of our coverage lately as he's been involved in some serious action over the course of the last level. We find him needing to double up now, pushing his ~21,000 into the pot first in from early position. Todd Terry reraised all in from the cutoff seat, isolating himself against Boyadjian with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Boyadjian:
Terry:
The board rolled out a dramatic , and Boyadjian's come-from-behind flush will keep him around here for a bit longer. He's back to about 50,000 now, dropping Terry down under 100,000 for the first time today.
On the turn of a board that showed , Paul Darden got his short stack into the middle with . He was drawing dead; Dany Dalal called with the , and his set of ladies was going to take the remainder of Darden's chips. The river was a mere formality, and Darden has been eliminated.
Khaled Alwan shoved 35,600 chips all in from early position with his suited ace, the . Yigal Hen was in the cutoff seat, and he squeezed out to reraise all in and get himself heads up with a chance for the knockout.
The dealer ran out on board, and Alwan could not catch up. He's out shy of the money, and Hen climbs back to 105,000 after being one card from elimination early in this level.
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, and the blinds checked to the raiser. Croft continued out with 11,500 chips, and Stradley check-raised to 27,000 straight. Hug then called all in for his last ~16,000, and Croft reraised to 61,500. That got him the isolation he was seeking as Stradley got the message and ducked out of the way. With Hug at risk, the cards were on their backs:
and river 
were of no use, and his day is done. Croft is closing in on a milestone, up to 295,000 with that pot.
and river 
. That's probably good enough to go with unless you run into a monster, and sure enough, Yervand Boyadjian woke up with 
board. He's out, and Boyadjian climbs to 240,000 with that elimination.
. A furious betting battle erupted, and it culminated with Feuer getting herself all in and a massive pot of about 440,000 heaped in the middle of the table.
on the turn was a good sweat, however, giving him another nine outs to the flush. "Come on, one more heart!" he pleaded. But the dealer was not listening. The 
, and Boyadjian's come-from-behind flush will keep him around here for a bit longer. He's back to about 50,000 now, dropping Terry down under 100,000 for the first time today.
. He was drawing dead; Dany Dalal called with the 
. Yigal Hen was in the cutoff seat, and he squeezed out 
on board, and Alwan could not catch up. He's out shy of the money, and Hen climbs back to 105,000 after being one card from elimination early in this level.