A short-stacked Ben Reason moved all in under the gun for 290,000 and received a call from Kasra Khodayarkhani to his left. One by one the rest of the field folded and the cards were turned up.
Reason:
Khodayarkhani:
Reason was in big trouble with his ten kicker and was already getting out of his seat as the dealer started to run out the flop. The turn have Reason some more chop outs, but the river wouldn't help him.
Reason, who finished fifth in the Foxwoods Main Event and will be playing in the National Championship on Wednesday, was sent home in 17th place.
We didn't catch the action until the turn when the board read . There was around 170,000 already in the pot when Robert "Uncle Crunk" Panitch moved all in for roughly 400,000, which Joseph Hebert called.
Panitch showed the for a wheel draw, while Hebert was ahead with the . Panitch could win with either a five or an ace, but it wasn't in the cards as the river blanked.
Joseph Hebert opened to 50,000 in middle position, Tzu Yen moved all in for 320,000 from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Herbert, who called.
Herbert:
Yen:
Herbert's sixes held as the board rolled out , and Yen was eliminated in 15th Place.
Dan Schmiech and Ben Mintz were heads up on a flop of . Schmiech led out for 100,000, and Mintz made the call.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Schmiech tossed out another 250,000, prompting Mintz to shoot him a confused look. The New Orleans native made the call, then quickly mucked when Schmiech showed for the nut flush.
AJ Atiqi shoved all in for 234,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way to Shahiriar Assareh, who called off for 224,000 in the big blind.
Assareh:
Atiqi:
"That's not how I want to go out," Atiqi said. The good news is it's not how he'd go out as he had 10,000 more in chips. The bad news is that's all he was left with after the board ran out .
Atiqi was all in from the big blind the very next hand and managed to quadruple up, but he was eliminated a short time later by Robert Cheung.
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flop. The 
turn have Reason some more chop outs, but the 
river wouldn't help him.
for a wheel draw, while Hebert was ahead with the 
. Panitch could win with either a five or an ace, but it wasn't in the cards as the river blanked.
, and Yen was eliminated in 15th Place.
. Schmiech led out for 100,000, and Mintz made the call.
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