Earlier today Haxton's pocket Fours cracked Chad Batista's pocket Aces, and he just sucked out on the river again to stay alive. After Haxton raised to 45,000, Batista raised to 115K. Haxton moved in and Batista called with . Haxton turned over pocket Sevens and needed to win the race to stay in the tournament.
The flop gave Batista a pair and a straight draw as well, and when the fell on the turn Haxton was dead to a Seven. And then, on the river, Haxton spiked the . He turned around and pumped his fist in celebration as he had once again doubled up through Batista.
After Shawn Hatten raised to 50K from the cutoff, Morgan moved in for his last 152K with . Hatten's trailed and fell further behind after the flop. The on the turn gave Hatten a flush draw, but the river brought the and Morgan doubled through.
And at the very last moment. After Hatten raised to 50,000 under the gun, Graves moved all-in for 219K total. Hatten called and showed pocket Tens, while Graves held . After the board came , Graves was one card away from elimination when the spiked on the river to save him. He's now up to 475,000 while Hatten has slipped to 635K.
It seems like Hatten has been involved in every hand lately, and the latest he played was the last for Jordan Morgan. From the cutoff Hatten raised to 50,000 and Morgan moved all-in from the big blind for 250K more. Hatten called and showed , while Morgan held . The flop paired both players, but the on the turn and on the river didn't help Morgan and he was eliminated in 12th place.
From the cutoff Michael Graves raised to 60,000 and Bolotin called from the big blind. The flop came and Bolotin moved in for his last 136K. Graves called with pocket Sevens, while Bolotin held . The on the turn and on the river didn't help Bolotin and his night is at an end.
And then there are sick bluffs. With the board reading , Thierry Cazels led out for 80K after Shawn Luman checked, only to have Luman raise him to 250,000. Cazels called that bet, and when the fell on the river Luman checked once again. Any king would make the nut straight, and Cazels waved his hands forward and said, "All-in."
Luman didn't call instantly, instead he checked his cards several times mulling the situation over. He finally shook his head and tossed his cards in the muck . . . and Cazels flipped over the for bottom pair.
After bluffing his way to a big pot just a few minutes ago, Thierry Cazals lost a lot of chips when Michael Graves called a 200,000 bet on the river with the board showing . Cazals turned over and Graves turned over to take the pot.
And then some. Michael Graves raised to 60K from the cutoff and Shawn Hatten raised to 200,000. From the big blind Arnold Spee moved all-in for 347,000 and, after Graves got out of the way, Hatten called.
Spee held to Hatten's , and when Hatten didn't catch an Ace Spee doubled up to 750,000.
Theo Tran raised to 65,000 and Ali Alawadhi moved all-in for 193,000 total. Issac Haxton called, and that left Tran with a tough decision. He gave it some thought before mucking A-J.
Good fold, it turned out, as Haxton held to Alawadhi's . The board ran out and Alawadhi was eliminated in 10th place, setting the roster for tomorrow's final table.