Tad Jurgens raised to 3,000 under the gun, and the next player to act, Daniel Nicewander, raised to 8,000. Action folded back to Jurgens, and he moved all in for 13,500. Nicewander called, and both stood pat. Nicewander had a nine low, but Jurgens secured the double up with a pat number two. He's jumped all the way to 31,000 since dinner. Nicewander is going to need some help soon with the 6,000 he has left.
Table 367
Seat 1: Tommy Hang
Seat 2: Thomas Ricketts
Seat 3: Tad Jurgens
Seat 4: Daniel Nicewander
Seat 5: Yan Chen
Seat 6: Chino Rheem
Seat 7: Bryan Micon
Table 368
Seat 1: Steve Rassi
Seat 2: Keith Lehr
Seat 3: Sean Snyder
Seat 4: Chris Bjorin
Seat 5: James Bord
Seat 6: Derric Haynie
Seat 7: Todd Bui
Table 369
Seat 1: Chris Viox
Seat 2: Erik Seidel
Seat 3: JC Tran
Seat 4: Scott Seiver
Seat 5: Nick Binger
Seat 6: Alexander Kravchenko
Seat 7: Mike Wattel
With the action folding round to Erik Seidel in the small blind, he moved all in and Ari Dinov made the call for his tournament life from the big blind.
Both players stood pat with Seidel tabling his to best Dinov's .
With Dinov hitting the rail in 22nd place, Seidel creeps up to over 25,000 in chips.
Tommy Hang raised to 3,000 on the button, and Tad Jurgens moved all in from the big blind for just 3,200 more. Hang called, and Jurgens stood pat. Hang tanked for a minute about what to do, eventually deciding to draw one. Jurgens revealed . Hang was drawing to a . When he saw Hang's hand, Jurgens got out of his seat and prepared to leave. But Hang flipped over a , and Jurgens doubled up to 14,200. Hang, on the other hand, is on the ropes with 5,200.
David 'Chino' Rheem opened to 3,200 from under the gun and Peter Gelencser moved all in for roughly 25,000.
Rheem made the call and stood pat with his while Gelencser drew one to his .
Unfortunately for the Event #7: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Champion, he would only find a and consequently make his way to the rail in 23rd place for a $2,943 payday.
Chino Rheem made it 2,400 to go on the button, and both blinds called him. Peter Gelencser and Yan Chen both took two, and Chino switched out one. Peter checked after the draw, and Chen bet 7,000. Chino called, and after Gelencser folded, Chen turned up . Chino couldn't beat that. Chen moved up to 71,000 with the nice pot. Rheem still has 104,000.
Tad Jurgens opened to 3,800, and Alex Kravchenko raised to 16,000. A call would have put Jurgens all in. He hemmed and hawed and couldn't decide what to do. He took so long, he finally called the clock on himself. As the minute ticked down, he decided he wasn't quite ready to go home yet. Jurgens folded, leaving himself about 10,000.