After some preflop raising and reraising, Allen Cunningham was all in for a total of 38,000 against Qushqua Morad. The players show:
Cunningham:
Morad:
The flop comes giving both players trip jacks. The turn comes giving Cunningham a flush. The river was which was no help to either player and Cunningham's flush holds. He now has 88,000 in chips.
Rick Ellerman is all in preflop with against Varahram Vardjavand's . The board comes , and Ellerman rivers trip eights to stay alive and double up in chips.
Andreas Krause was just eliminated by Dan Harmetz in 25th place, earning $16,001. Harmetz caught an ace on the river to make the better hand, and Krause was so upset that he slapped his hands and slowly started walking away from the tournament area. The tournament director had to chase him down to make sure he picked up his money.
Here are the seating assignments for final three tables:
TABLE 62
1. Jorge Arias
2. Brad Berman
3. Len Ashby
4. Dan Harmetz
5. Birinder 'Sonny' Nijran
6. Andreas Krause
7. David 'Devilfish' Ulliott
8. Hilbert Shirey
9. Michael Binger
TABLE 67
1. Julian Gardner
2. Van Marcus
3. Alan Smurfit
4. Brandon Adams
5. Chau Giang
6. Rick Ellerman
7. Vrahram Vardjavand
8. Robert Fellner
9. Eughan O'Dea
TABLE 68
1. Chris Bjorin
2. Ralph Perry
3. Warren Wooldridge
4. Erick Lindgren
5. Jacky Chitwood
6. Allen Cunningham
7. Qushqua Morad
8. David Williams
9. Rodeen Talebi
Mike Sexton was all in preflop against Qushqar Morad. The players show:
Sexton:
Morad:
The flop and turn come and Sexton's aces are still good. The river brought giving Morad a full house, making Sexton the player eliminated on the bubble.