The table folded around to the blinds, and Jeremy McLaughlin took his stand. The
was plenty good enough to get his last 339,000 into the middle, but it was a case of unfortunate timing as Matthew O'Brien woke up with the dominating
.
Both men flopped their pairs on the
, reducing McLaughlin's clean outs to just one. The turn was the
and the river the
, though, a pair of blanks.
That's another man down, and it's Jeremy McLaughlin who's fallen in 15th place. He'll climb the pay ladder up one more run to $13,980, a decent consolation for three days' work.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,580,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
Busted |


flop. "Or a nine!" he added enthusiastically. The turn
gave him another four outs to chop, but it was not meant to be. The river
was the proverbial brick, and the queens hold to give Ilich the knockout.
looking for the knockout.
, and Ilich continued out with 59,000 more. Farrell made a raise to 147,000, but Ilich was having none of it. He shoved in, and Farrell could not call. He folded with almost half his chips committed to the pot, and he's left with about 260,000 now with which to mount a comeback.
, and Parsons called another 55,000 from Wakil. The chip leader got another 140,000 in on the
turn and 280,000 after the
river, and Parsons called him all the way down. We'd only get to see one of the two hands; Jamil's
had him poised for a double.
, and the kicker plays to give Itkin the chip boost. He's just shy of 400,000 now, while Valerstein takes another little step backwards.
, sticking his last 292,000 into the middle on an open-shove. All the way around in the big blind, Jim Harnden looked down at