Dennis Phillips has been eliminated and the players at the table were nice enough to give us some details. Phillips held and shoved after the flop came with two clubs. Edward Pham called holding and his top pair held, sending Phillips to the rail.
We got to the table to see Everett Carlton's tournament life on the line before the flop. In front of him was the which was up against his opponent's .
The flop gave Carlton wonderful prospects, as it came . Carlton made one pair on the turn when the hit and two pair on the river with the .
"You played the turn and river very well," commented Bryan Devonshire from across the table with a smile. Carlton flashed a smile back and began stacking his newly found chips.
Action folded around to Vince Procopio on the button who popped it up to 1,700. The small blind folded and Natale Kuey decided to defend from the big blind.
Before the flop fell, Kuey announced a check in the dark. The flop came and Procopio threw out a bet of 2,125. Kuey reached into his stack and counted out a raise, making it 6,000 to go. Procopio sat contemplating for a moment before mucking his hand, showing the to the table. Kuey quietly traded his hand for the pot and stacked his winnings.
A player under the gun opened to 1,500 and action folded around to Kyle Cartwright in the cutoff. He called and the blinds released. The flop came , the UTG player bet 2,300 and Cartwright wasted little time making it 6,700 to go. His opponent thought better of the situation and kicked his cards back to the dealer.
We caught the action to see three hands turned up in the middle. Two players were all in, one holding and one holding . Donovan Darland made the call, having both players covered. Darland held .
The flop gave a glimmer of hope to the players holding ace-king, as it fell . Unfortunately, the turn and river brought no help, and one player was sent to the rail, while Darland's stack has now been reduced to 7,200.
We caught up with the action due to Miguel Borrero's shouts of celebration throughout booming the room. In front of Borrero was his that was all in against an opponent's while another opponent had them both covered and held .
The board fell and when the king fell on the river, Borrero erupted into celebratory yells. He even slapped a disclaimer on the celebration of his tournament life not being over by saying, "I don't mean disrespect, it's just emotion!'
Borrerro was down around 5,000 earlier in the day, but has managed to work it back up and is is now sitting pretty with 78,000.