Action folded to Thang Nguyen on the button and he moved all in for his last 142,000. Sameer Al Dbhany was next to act and reraised all in over the top. Jacob Bazely folded his big blind and it was Dbhany putting Nguyen at risk of being our 9th place finisher.
Nguyen:
Al Dbhany:
The flop was which gave Nguyen some additional outs. The turn was a blank but the river shipped the pot to Nguyen.
With that hand, Dbhany and Nguyen switch places as the shortest stack and second shortest stack.
From middle position, Jacob Bazely raised to 35,000 and was called by David Hengen in position. THe flop was and Bazely led for 45,000. Hengen made the call.
The turn was the and this time Bazely bet 100,000 before being met with an immediate all in. About 250,000 more to call, Bazely thought for a bit before finally flipping over the and mucking the other card.
Donovan Darland opened for 36,000 from middle position and action passed to Khank Luu and he moved all in for 129,000 from the cutoff. The blinds released and action was back on Darland and he called.
Darland:
Luu:
The board ran and Darland's full house made Luu the first elimination of the day.
From middle position, Jacob Bazely raised to 35,000 and was called by only Mark "Pegasus" Smith on the button.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Bazely led for 40,000 only to be raised to 102,000. The river came down the and Bazely checked. Smith fired 160,000 and Bazely made the call.
Although were not sure what Smith said, it got Bazely to turn over his , the winning hand.
Sameer Al Dbhany limped from middle position, Robert Castoire limped on the button, Mark Smith limped from small blind and Khang Luu checked his option from the big blind.
The flop came and all players checked. The turn came and action checked around again. The river came and Smith put out 60,000. Action folded around and Smith picked up a pot that none of the other players wanted apparently.
First to act, David Hengen raised to 45,000 before Bernard Lee three-bet to 127,000 in the cutoff. Then Sameer Al Dbhany went deep into the tank sitting with the small blind in front of him. Eventually, he threw in his cards, took off his headphones and got up from the table. Hengen folded as well and Lee scooped the pot.
Jacob Bazely opened from early position to 35,000 and action passed all the way around to Thang Nguyen in the big blind and he moved all in. Bazely called and they were off to the showdown.
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which gave Nguyen some additional outs. The turn 
was a blank but the 
river shipped the pot to Nguyen.
and this time Bazely bet 100,000 before being met with an immediate all in. About 250,000 more to call, Bazely thought for a bit before finally flipping over the 
and mucking the other card.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
, the winning hand.
and action checked around again. The river came 
and Smith put out 60,000. Action folded around and Smith picked up a pot that none of the other players wanted apparently.
