David Hengen raised to 42,000 in middle position and action folded around to Kevin Calenzo in the small blind. He moved all in for 109,000 total and Jennifer Parrish got out of the way. Hengen stacked out the 67,000 needed to call and slid them in the middle.
Hengen:
Calenzo:
The flop was to give Hengen some added help as well as a back door flush draw. The turn was a harmless and the river locked up the hand for Calenzo.
Hengen is still in great shape despite the loss and is still the chip leader.
Luis Reyes opened for 38,000 and Thang Nguyen called from the button. The flop came and Reyes bet 65,000. Nguyen studied Reyes and shoved all in. Reyes made the call and the hands were tabled.
Reyes:
Nguyen:
Reyes needed help to suckout on Nguyen's set, but he whiffed when the board completed .
Jennifer Parrish has been below four big blinds for almost an hour. She doubled up a couple of times but never seemed to crack a maneuverable stack.
She announced that with 13,000 she was probably going all in dark. After Kevin Calenzo raised to 26,000 she was forced to look, but did commit her chips. David Hengen made the call from the small blind and two players were in the pot to take a shot to knock out Parrish.
The board ran out and both players with action checked down the whole way. Parrish flipped over but came in last. Hengen had but it was the of Calenzo that won it on the river.
Kevin Calenzo was eliminated by Khang Luu but the damage was done by Jacob Bazely one hand prior. Calenzo and Bazely had an all in preflop showdown with Bazely holding pocket queens and Calenzo held . The board ran Calenzo was left with only 8,000.
Calenzo threw it all in on the button and Luu's pocket nines ended his deep tournament run.
Aaron Massey opened for 31,000 on the button and Thang Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came and Nguyen check-called 36,000. Both players checked the turn and the fell on the river. After Nguyen checked Massey bet out 45,000. Nguyen called, then mucked when Massey turned over .
We caught the action on a flop contested between Thang Nguyen, in the small blind position, and Aaron Massey in the cutoff position.
Nguyen checked to Massey and he bet 38,000. After some thought, Nguyen announced that he was all in. Massey immediately called and tabled his hand, . Nguyen flipped over and was in a lot of trouble. The turn and river were the and which doubled Massey up.
Nguyen was crippled, but did earn some back the next hand when he pushed and stole the antes and blinds. Massey, on the other hand, is the first player to cross the one million chip mark.
to give Hengen some added help as well as a back door flush draw. The turn was a harmless 
and the 
river locked up the hand for Calenzo.
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and both players with action checked down the whole way. Parrish flipped over 
but came in last. Hengen had 
but it was the 
of Calenzo that won it on the river.
. The board ran 
and Nguyen check-called 36,000. Both players checked the 
turn and the 
fell on the river. After Nguyen checked Massey bet out 45,000. Nguyen called, then mucked when Massey turned over 
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and Lee's pair held, sending Karim to cashier's cage one spot short of the final table.
