Isaac Haxton will have to wait another day for a shot at reaching his second final table of the summer, as he was recently eliminated from play, the result of the following hand:
The under the gun (UTG) player limped, as did a second unknown in late position before action folded around to Haxton in the big blind who raised to 1,600. Both limpers called and the trio saw a flop.
Haxton then moved his last 700 into the middle and received action from both opponents. The action went check, check when the fell on the turn, but when the came on the river, the UTG player fired a 4,000 bullet, which went uncalled.
At the showdown, the UTG player tabled for the nuts and Haxton mucked his hand before quietly exiting the tournament area.
- 99 Players remain
- Almost 8 full levels have been played
- Play will end for the night after 10 levels.
- The average chip stack is 55,000
- The money will be reached at 36 players.
- The current chip leader appears to be Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy with 166,000.
Jesper Hougaard and Tony G got it all in on a flop; Jesper with , which was good for the nut straight, and Tony with -- good for top two pair and a gutshot straight draw.
The fell on the turn giving Tony a couple more outs to make a full house, but the river blanked () and Tony was eliminated from the event.