After a flop of , Rick Ellerman moves all in under the gun for 40,000, Varahram Vardjavand folds, Brandon Adams calls, and Chau folds. Ellerman shows , and Adams shows .
The last two cards are , and Brandon Adams wins the pot with an eight-high straight.
Rick Ellerman is eliminated in 21st place, earning $16,001.
Varahram Vardjavand was all in preflop against Van Marcus. The players showed:
Vardjavand:
Marcus:
The board comes giving Vardjavand a straight and doubling him to 122,000. Marcus is down to 175,000 chips. Not too long ago, Vardjavand was down his last 11,000 chips and has made quite the comeback.
David Ulliott is all in preflop against Erick Lindgren. The players show:
Lindgren:
Ulliott:
The flop comes giving Lindgren the nut straight. The turn and river bring and Ulliott fails improve. Ulliott is eliminated in 22nd place earning $16,001.
Varahram Vardjavand was crippled just a short while ago, but he has battled back and caught cards when he needed to. In the most recent hand, he raises under the gun to 42,000, and everyone folds. Vardjavand adds even more chips to his stack, and he now has about 76,000.
Julian Gardner raises from the cutoff to 42,000, Van Marcus moves all in, and Gardner calls with . Marcus shows , and he'll need to win this hand to stay alive.
The board comes , and Marcus wins the pot with his pocket kings to double up in chips.
Brandon Adams is all in against Varahram Vardjavand, with a pocket pair of queens against Vardjavand's pocket kings. There's a queen on the river to give Adams the victory with a set, and Vardjavand jumps up from the table in frustration.
Adams doubles up to about 260,000, while Vardjavand is crippled down to 11,000.
The next hand, Vardjavand doubles up through Van Marcus to about 28,000.