Anh Nguyen has gone on a hot streak, and Brian Haveson is getting frustrated. Haveson makes a straight; Nguyen makes a flush. Haveson makes a pair, Nguyen makes two pair. Nothing is going right for Haveson right now.
Brian Haveson raises from the button/small blind to 12,000, and Anh Nguyen calls. The flop comes , Nguyen checks, Haveson bets 6,000 (leaving himself 9,000 behind), and Nguyen thinks for a while before he folds.
Brian Haveson is all in preflop with less than 15,000, and Anh Nguyen calls with . Haveson dominates him with . The board comes , and Haveson doubles to about 29,000 with his jack kicker.
With the board showing on the turn, Brian Haveson says, "Let's get it all in," and tosses his last few chips in the pot. Anh Nguyen calls, showing Q-8 for a pair of eights. Haveson shows Q-3 for a pair of threes, and he needs one of two outs (a three) to survive. The river card is the , and Brian Haveson is eliminated in 11th place, earning $6,634.
Anh Nguyen advances to tonight's final table, scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm PDT.
On a board of , Victor Ramdin's lost to Ishak Noyan's . Ramdin's pocket pair was no match for Noyan's heart flush, and Ramdin drops further in the chip counts.
Ishak Noyan - 215,000
Victor Ramdin - 55,000
This is the final match still in play, as the other seven seats at tonight's final table have already been filled.