Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The remaining players are all in the money, and they are now taking a well deserved 15 minute break.
Kenna James opened the action in middle position by raising to 11,000. It folded around to Shawn Daniels in the small blind, and he moved all in for 63,500. It folded back around to James, and let out a laugh while counting out his chips. He was tanking for about a minute, laughing occasionaly and saying a few words here and there. Daniels then asked "Are you just nitrolling me with 10's or something." Eventually, James slammed down the call, and Daniels was right on.
Daniels:
James:
Daniels would need to survive a race to avoid being the bubble boy, but the flop was a disaster, coming down . Daniels would now need runner runner, and he caught one card on the turn, the . However, the river was the , and James collected the bounty, while Daniels is the last player to walk away empty handed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenna James | 140,000 | 30,500 |
Shawn Daniels
|
Busted |
"All in!" "Call!" We heard these words within a matter of a second over at Soi Nguyen's table so we went over to see what was happening. We saw that on a , Anthon Quercio was all in holding . However, he was behind the of Soi Nguyen. Quercio was looking for a jack or a five on the turn, but the came. A six would also work now, but the river was the .
Quercio was eliminated, and with the elimination of Ben Mintz shortly after, we are now on the exact money bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Soi Nguyen | 330,000 | 5,000 |
Anthony Quercio | Busted | |
Ben Mintz | Busted |
Action folded around to Loni Harwood on the button, and she moved all in for 51,500. Arthur Hahn folded in the small blind, and Soi Nguyen asked for a count. He eventually made the call, and we were off to the races.
Nguyen:
Harwood:
The flop was action packed, coming down . Harwood paired her ace, but she would have to dodge a two or a club. The turn brought the , and even though it gave Harwood trips, it didn't change much, except that the would be no good for Nguyen. The river was the , and Harwood got a key double up three eliminations from the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Soi Nguyen | 325,000 | -65,000 |
Loni Harwood
|
105,000 | -78,500 |
Matthew Kursar was eliminated in 37th place moments ago by Randall. After he was knocked out, he asked the floor where he should go to collected his money. The problem is, only 33 players are making money today. When the floor told him they weren't in the money, Kursar said "oh shit!" and walked away shaking his head.
When the table heard this, they wondered if he would have made the same play had he know they weren't in the money. Regardless, we are now down to the final four tables, and 3 players from the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Kursar | Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Things haven't been going Lynda Tran's way so far. Our chip leader coming into today has lost every pot she is entered, and she is now sweating the money bubble as one of the short stacks with 105,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lynda Tran | 105,000 | -226,000 |
We missed the hand that did it, but table mate Shawn Daniels gave us the cliff notes. David Randall raised it up, and Casey Stewart three bet it. Randall moved all in with , and Stewart made the call with . The board ran all low cards, and Randall collected the bounty, and upped his stack to over 500,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Randall | 520,000 | 190,000 |
Casey Stewart | Busted |
We walked into the middle of a huge pot developing between Soi Nguyen and Kwinsee Tran. The board had been completed, running out . There was already at least 60,000 in the middle, and Nguyen bet out 35,000. Tran spent about 90 seconds in the tank before flashing the and mucking his hand.
Nguyen showed a before mucking his other card, and after that pot, he is our new chip leader at 390,000. Meanwhile, Tran drops to 140,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Soi Nguyen | 390,000 | 92,000 |
Kwinsee Tran
|
140,000 | -40,000 |