It came down to one last card for Hugo Perez. He was all in against Eric Bolinder's pocket sixes with . There was no help for Perez after the flop or the turn. His tournament could only be saved by a river ace or ten, and that's exactly what he got. The river fell to save a double-up for Perezz. He still is very short-stacked with 130,000, but it's better than being out of the tournament.
The next hand it was Bolinder's turn to be all in, with against Sanghyon Cheong's . Bolinder caught a king on the turn to preserve his own tournament.
Earlier we mentioned that there's never really a bad time to be dealt pocket kings -- unless one of your opponent's has pocket aces. That's what happened to Nicholas Davies on his final hand. He shoved his kings into Ryan Snickles' aces and did not get any help from a jack-high board. Davies busted; Snickles now has 350,000.
After crippling Blake Slade, Mikhail Lakhitov delivered the finishing blow from the big blind.
Slade shoved all in from the small blind and Lakhitov called. Lakhitov had , a favorite over Slade's . The board came and Slade was eliminated in 31st place.
After that Lakhitov's table broke. When he moved to his new table, Carter Phillips asked Lakhitov if he knocked out Slade. Lakhitov nodded and Phillips just smiled.
Bryan "the Icon" Micon made a final table last year in the $1,500 HORSE event. He was looking for another final table in this event but fell a few tables short. Conrad Monica limped into the pot in front of Micon, who shoved . Monica snap-called with pocket jacks, a very, very bad spot for Micon. The board did not bail him out; he finished in 29th place.
It was a tale of two big hands at Conrad Monica's and Jordan Morgan's table. Monica opened pre-flop with and was raised by Ray Henson's . Monica moved all in (naturally). Henson had to think a moment before calling.
"Hold up," said Monica upon seeing Henson's hand. His kings did indeed hold up, , to double Monica to 490,000. Henson dropped to 100,000.
On a nearby table, the action was much the same between Jordan Morgan, with pocket aces, and Craig Bergeron with pocket queens. Perhaps the only difference was that Morgan did not ask for his hand to hold up, and it didn't. A queen spiked on the turn to give Bergeron the pot and eliminated Morgan from the tournament.
David Diaz is back to more than 400,000 chips, and they've come at the expense of Michael Meyers. Meyers raised pre-flop with Diaz calling in position, then made a continuation-bet of 31,500 on a flop of . Again Diaz called.
The bet from Meyers got bigger, to 33,000, when the turn fell . Meyers called yet again, taking the two players to the river. Meyers moved his whole stack in with an unimproved ace; Diaz called all in with a king-high straight, .
Meyers is down to 170,000 after that mis-timed bluff.
Blake Slade has not won himself many fans in the room today with his brash, loud style of table talk. No doubt several of the players in his vicinity were thrilled to see him take a huge beat in a recent pot against Mikhail Lakhitov. Slade checked dark on the turn , then check-raised all in after Lakhitov bet 25,000. Lakhitov made a double-fist-pump-snap-call.
"Do you have a set?" Slade asked. Lakhitov did not -- he had for the nuts.
"Oh my God! I have aces up," said Slade. Slade opened top and bottom pair, . The river did not give him a full house. He's been crippled to about 50,000 chips.
A few hands later Lakhitov knocked out Lee Childs when Lakhitov's pocket queens held strong against Childs' . Lakhitov know has about 600,000.
In this post you will see Dorlan Schick go from chip leader to 34th place finisher in two hands.
Dorlan Schick and Daniel Johnson built up a big pot preflop and got it all in on a flop. Johnson showed for a set of tens to Schick's pair of queens. A hits on the river giving Schick trip queens, but it also gives Johnson the full house.
Schick is left with 144,000 and Johnson moves up to 523,000.
Schick wouldn't hold on to his stack for much longer. A couple of hands later he moved all in and was called by Blake Slade. Slade showed and Schick reluctantly turned over his hand, showing . Slade had a hunch that Schick was making a move. He was right.
No card on the board helped Schick and he was eliminated in 34th place. Slade is up to 328,000.
In rapid succession Carter Phillips eliminated two of his opponents. First he got all of Stuart [Removed:293]'s chips in the middle with a dominating hand, tabling to [Removed:293]'s . Neither player improved and so [Removed:293] was retired.
The very next hand Mark Seif moved in with against Phillips' pocket fours. The board developed by the turn, giving Seif fifteen outs heading to the river. He bricked them all with the .
Winning those back-to-back pots increased Phillips' count to 315,000.
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. There was no help for Perez after the 
flop or the 
turn. His tournament could only be saved by a river ace or ten, and that's exactly what he got. The river fell 
to save a double-up for Perezz. He still is very short-stacked with 130,000, but it's better than being out of the tournament.
against Sanghyon Cheong's 
. Bolinder caught a king on the turn to preserve his own tournament.
, a favorite over Slade's 
and Slade was eliminated in 31st place.
, to double Monica to 490,000. Henson dropped to 100,000.
. Again Diaz called.
river. Meyers moved his whole stack in with an unimproved ace; Diaz called all in with a king-high straight, 
.
did not give him a full house. He's been crippled to about 50,000 chips.
. Lakhitov know has about 600,000.
. Slade had a hunch that Schick was making a move. He was right.
against Phillips' pocket fours. The board developed 