In the last hand before the break, Michael Cooper had raised from the small blind/button against his heads-up opponent, Emil Gunnarsson, and Gunnsarsson had shoved all in over the top. Cooper went deep into the tank.
"This reminds me of one from a couple of years ago," he said. Finally amid much anguish he made the call. "Aces?" he said worriedly, but Gunnarsson flipped over . Cooper energetically turned over . The board ran out , and Cooper's hand held up.
It took the dealer several minutes to count out the stacks, and as it happened Gunnarsson still had a few hundred left. Even though the break had begun, the pair went ahead and played one more hand. Gunnarsson had , Cooper , and when the board brought a five Cooper was through to tomorrow's final.
JC Tran had Kyle Brossia all in preflop for his last 60,000 chips at Table 361 and the hands looked like this:
Showdown
Tran:
Brossia:
Tran stole the lead when the flop fell , and after the turn and rive came , respectively Brossia hit the rail. Thanks to the fortuitous flop, Tran is now up to 150,000 chips.
Jeff Kimber committed his last 50,000 chips preflop and Jeffrey King had him at risk. Kimber was slightly ahead with to King's , but the flop gave King a myriad of outs.
The on the turn was one of King's outs, and after the bricked on the river he recorded the knockout. Kimber headed to the cage to pick up his winnings, and King now sits with 338,000 chips.
Dustin Dirksen and Sam El-Sayed are now heads-up over at Table 363. Just now came a hand in which Dirksen started with the button and raised to 6,000. El-Sayed raised to 26,000, Dirksen moved all in and El-Sayed called.
Showdown
Dirksen:
El-Sayed:
The board ran and El-Sayed's threes held doubling him to 214,000 chips.
. Cooper energetically turned over 
. The board ran out 
, and Cooper's hand held up.
, Cooper 
, and when the board brought a five Cooper was through to tomorrow's final.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and El-Sayed check-called 12,000 from Dirksen.
and El-Sayed check-called another bet from Dirksen - this one was worth 25,000.
on the turn and El-Sayed said, "Ten."
.
, and after the turn and rive came 
, 
respectively Brossia hit the rail. Thanks to the fortuitous flop, Tran is now up to 150,000 chips.
to King's 
bricked on the river he recorded the knockout. Kimber headed to the cage to pick up his winnings, and King now sits with 338,000 chips.
