Eric Crain is in total control of his table at the moment, and is throwing his big stack around like a weapon. In a recent hand as he reached for chips his opponent quivered and cried, "Don't do it!" before he raised up to 3,200 saying, "I don't know if I want a hand or not!"
His opponents folded, preferring to stay out of the way rather than clash with the dominant Crain as he collects more blinds and antes to add to his massive stack.
Bill Gazes moved all in on a flop of and received a call. Gazes showed for top set and his opponent showed . Things looked good for Gazes until the on the turn and on the river gave his opponent a runner-runner straight. Gazes is now out the door.
On a flop of , a player in the big blind moved all in against David Pham and Pham made the call. Pham held and his opponent held . The turn of the and the river of the helped neither player and Pham doubled up to 48,500 in chips.
David Pham raised it up to 3,000 from mid-position before the player in the small blind reraised to 8,000. Pham made the call.
They took a flop of and both checked. The turn brought the and the small blind led for 5,000, which Pham called.
The river was the and the small blind checked to Pham who bet 12,100 which was enough to put his opponent all in. The player in the small blind made the call and tabled which was good to collect the pot as Pham tossed his cards into the muck.
Ryan Young has been eliminated after pushing his short stack in with pocket nines but running into pocket jacks. Young couldn't find any help and was eliminated from the tournament.
On a flop of , Eric Crain moved all in against a player on the big blind. His opponent called. Crain held and his opponent held . The turn of the and the river of the helped neither player, and Crain moved up to 210,000.
Eric Sonstegard raised preflop from the cutoff and the player in the big blind moved all in for 19,800. Sonstegard quickly called with but grimaced when his opponent flipped .
The board fell and Sonstegard slips to 7,000 chips.