Harder Plays Executioner
Christian Harder has been fairly quiet throughout the day. He has maintained a solid stack, but was never involved in any big hands really before the money bubble. However, that has quickly changed, as he knocked out players on back to back hands.
In the first hand, Harder raised it up under the gun, and Carl Restifo was the lone caller in the small blind. The flop came down all hearts, 
, and Restifo announced all in for about 100,000. Harder instantly called, and when the cards were tabled, it was clear why he called so quickly.
Harder: 
Restifo: 
Harder had flopped the second nuts, and Restifo would need runner runner to survive the hand. However, when the 
hit the turn, he was drawing dead. The meaningless river came the 
, and Harder took the hand down.
On the next hand, Kenneth Stacy moved all in for his last 15,000. Gregory Burns made the call, as did Harder in the big blind. The flop came 
, and Burns fired out 25,000. Harder clicked it back to 62,000, and Burns elected to fold his hand. The cards were table, and again, Harder was well out in front.
Harder: 
Stacy: 
Harder would again just need to fade runner runner, and when the 
hit the turn, Harder had the hand secured. The 
on the river gave him an unnecessary full house, and when the dust settled on the two hands, Harder had jumped all the way up to 350,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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350,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
of Sai Wang. The board rolled out 
to give Wang quads, and Finne goes out in 42nd place.
, Ashkenazi's kings had held to knock out Liberta in 41st and take a big chunk from Matthews's stack as well.
into an opponent's 
versus the 
. The 
, but unfortunately for him ran into an opponent waking up with 
flop was called by Norman Michalek. Houchins held 
. He could actually still catch a running nine and ten for a straight, but the turn and river were the 
. Houchins let out a sarcastic chuckle when he saw the queen hit the river, before wishing the table good luck, and heading to the payout desk.
and failing to improve when the board came 
