Narinder Khasria opened to 18,000 in middle position, and the table folded around to the blinds. In the big, Paul Hails shoved his last 105,000 into the middle, and Khasria made the call with his monster stack to put Hails in danger.
Showdown
Khasria:
Hails:
It was a flip of the coin for Hails' tournament life, and the dealer would run out a clean board for his pair. It came , holding the jacks and giving Hails the double. He's back to 224,000.
Hayden Fortini raised from middle position to 18,000. Shaun Walker reraised from the next seat to 51,000. Action then folded to Seneca Easley in the small blind and he reraised to 200,000 straight. Everyone folded back to Walker and he also gave it up.
We've combined down to one last table of ten players, and they're taking a short break to fill out a bit of paperwork before we get rolling again. We'll be right back with the draw and the chip counts.
From middle position, Jason Wheeler raised to 19,000. Hayden Fortini reraised to 46,000 from the button and then action folded back to Wheeler. He moved all in for 213,000 and Fortini called.
Fortini:
Wheeler:
The flop, turn and river ran through and Wheeler was eliminated in 11th place.
From under the gun, Seneca Easley raised to 25,000. Lori Nunes called from the next seat and the flop came down . Easley checked and Nunes jammed all in for 118,000. Easley thought about it and then folded the . Nunes won the pot.
On the flop of , Michael Simon bet 10,000 and Patrick Karschamroon called to see the fall on the turn. Simon bet 25,000 and Karschamroon called again to see the on the river. Simon checked and Karschamroon bet 75,000. Simon folded and Karschamroon won the pot.
On a flop, Chris Ruby and Seneca Easley got it all in to put about 700,000 chips in the middle. Easley was working with , but he was in a bad spot as Ruby had woken up with to leave Easley two cards from the exit.
The turn was a , no help for the king-jack, but the river brought salvation. Easley managed to pull a third off the deck on the final card, coming from behind to snatch that huge pot. When Ruby counted his stack down, he was left with just 11,000 lonely chips, while 700,000 of them were pushed to Easley's corner.
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, holding the jacks and giving Hails the double. He's back to 224,000.
river, and it went check-check again. Fortini showed up 
for two pair with the ace, and Easley's cards hit the muck.
and Wheeler was eliminated in 11th place.
. Easley checked and Nunes jammed all in for 118,000. Easley thought about it and then folded the 
, Michael Simon bet 10,000 and Patrick Karschamroon called to see the 
, trying to overcome Seneca Easley's 
to stay afloat.
(doh!) 
flop, Chris Ruby and Seneca Easley got it all in to put about 700,000 chips in the middle. Easley was working with 
, no help for the king-jack, but the river brought salvation. Easley managed to pull a third