From the hijack seat, Harsukhpaul Sangha made an opening raise to 56,000. Jason Taus moved all in behind him for about 225,000 total. Just to make things interesting, Kyle Winter called all in for just a few chips less, and Sangha ducked out of the way. Cards up, gentlemen:
Taus:
Winter:
There was a queen right in the window, but it was not at all good news for Taus as the dealer rolled out . The on the turn left him drawing live to four chop outs, but the that rivered was the wrong paint.
Winter has notched his double up over 400,000, and Taus has been left with just 20,000 to start his comeback.
Under the gun, Christopher Giddings open-shoved for 361,000 total. He made it all the way around the table to the big blind, but Jason Young looked down at and made the snap-call to put Giddings at risk. He was in bad shape with .
The dealer would provide no help for the all-in player, dealing a board of . Unable to find an out, Giddings has been eliminated in 19th place.
Jason Taus moved all in for 72,000, and Tom Dwan called to put him at risk for the second time today.
Showdown
Taus:
Dwan:
Taus could see that Giddings was all in on the adjacent table, and he wanted to see the result of that hand before his own. "Don't deal!" he ordered the dealer. When the Giddings hand concluded, it was time to see if Taus could win his flip to stay alive.
Board: ("Yesssss! from Taus)
That's another double up for Taus, and he's worked his 20,000 chips back to about 160,000 now.
With Christopher Gidding's elimination, we are down to our final 18 players, and the field is being redrawn as we speak. We'll be right back with the new table draw and some chip counts for your viewing pleasure.
Table 316
Seat 1: Michael Smith
Seat 2: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 3: Harsukhpaul Sangha
Seat 4: Kyle Winter
Seat 5: Jeremy Fendelet
Seat 6: Nicholas Phillips
Seat 7: Tom Dwan
Seat 8: Austin McCormick
Seat 9: Scott Hamilton
Table 310
Seat 1: Venkatesh Gupta
Seat 2: Jason Young
Seat 3: David Randall
Seat 4: Jason Taus
Seat 5: Eric Ladny
Seat 6: Marvin Rettenmaier
Seat 7: Simon Watt
Seat 8: Alex Bolotin
Seat 9: Kyle Julius
Venkatesh Gupta just had his phone ring as the dealer was pitching cards, and he folded out of turn to go answer it. When he returned, the floor gave him a warning for his actions.
"But it was my boss!" Gupta complained.
The floor man responded, "You won't have to worry if you win this."
Gupta's boss must be following along with our coverage today, because his reply was a simple one: "No, I like my job!"
Under the gun, Venkatesh Gupta made it 53,000 to skate before Jason Taus moved all in for 120,000 total. Venkatesh called when the table folded back around, and he was the third player to have a shot at knocking out Taus.
"I got the skanks," said Taus, rolling over . He was a hefty favorite to stay alive once again as Venkatesh tabled .
And once again, the board ran out favorably for Taus: .
That's his third double since that crippling two-outer, and he's worked himself all the way back to 300,000, just about where he was before that ill-fated hand an hour ago.
We have a pretty limited view of the featured table, but we did just see Jacobo Fernandez stand up and head to the payout desk. A quick check with his eliminator, Michael Smith, gives us the vital details.
He couldn't remember what Fernandez busted with, and we couldn't see the cards on the overhead camera, but Smith knocked him out with pocket jacks. The board ran out king-high, and whatever Fernandez had, it wasn't good enough to overcome two jacks.
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