We didn't catch the hand until the river, but we saw that David Randall and Edmund Liu were playing a massive pot heads up. There was already about 160,000 in the middle, with the board reading . Randall checked to Liu, who assembled a giant bet of 150,000, and slid it into the middle.
Randall spent about 90 seconds in the tank, before assembling the call, and sliding it into the middle. Liu tabled for a flopped set, and Randall shook his head, said "that was the turn card of the century for you," and mucked his hand.
After that pot, Randall is back down to 400,000, while Liu jumps up to third place on our board, with 710,000.
Soi Nguyen is on a tear at the final two tables, as he eliminated Genaro Favela on the very next hand. We were typing up the previous post as this hand happened, but Nguyen was nice to walk over and give us the details. He told us that he opened the action with , and Favela shoved with .
The flop came down , giving Nguyen an inside straight draw. He got that when a hit the turn, and Favela was eliminated just before the next pay bump.
Brian Bumpas open shoved all in with , and Soi Nguyen made the call with . It was a dream flop for Nguyen, as it came down . The board didn't bring any miracles after that, and Nguyen took in the chips to up his stack to 740,000.
Erik Roussakis raised it up in early position, and Yarron Bender moved all in behind him. It folded around to Roussakis, who made the call with . Bender was out in front with , and it stayed that way on the flop and the turn. However, Roussakis rivered an ace, and he collected the knockout. After that hand, Roussakis is the runaway chip leader with 905,000.
The eliminations are coming rapidly here at Rincon, and we are doing our best to keep up with the action. We are down to the final two tables, and the players have redraw for new seats. We will post a seating chart and new counts as soon as we get one.
. Randall checked to Liu, who assembled a giant bet of 150,000, and slid it into the middle.
for a flopped set, and Randall shook his head, said "that was the turn card of the century for you," and mucked his hand.
, and Favela shoved with 
, giving Nguyen an inside straight draw. He got that when a 
hit the turn, and Favela was eliminated just before the next pay bump.
. It was a dream flop for Nguyen, as it came down 
