Brian Hawkins opened to 42,000 with the button and the action folded to James "mig.com" Mackey who announced all in from the big blind. Hawkins thought for a moment before calling, and the hands were opened.
Hawkins:
Mackey:
The flop gave Mackey a pair of sevens, but he still needed to dodge paint. He did so when the turn and river came , respectively, eliminating Hawkins from the tournament.
Mackey is up to about a million chips while Hawkins will have to settle with $24,107 for 22nd place.
With the board reading , three players moved all in including Davor Lanini, Sam Capra and Michael Karman. The cards were opened:
Lanini:
Capra:
Kamran:
Lanini was drawing thin and the on the turn officially eliminated him from the tournament. Kamran could double through with one of the two remaining sevens on the river however and lightning indeed struck in the form of the .
Lanini collected his things and headed to the door while Kamran's rail exploded. Kamran is now up to 800,000 chips while Capra slipped to just 420,000.
Further getting lucky and not getting unlucky for Sam Capra as Adam Sanders got the last of his chips in with pocket kings, only for Capra to wake up with aces. There were no outdraws in evidence on the board, and the cold-decked Sanders exited with a gentlemanly, "Nice playing with you guys." as Capra and his railers celebrated.
Table 308
Seat 1: Sam Capra
Seat 2: Michael Abdoulah
Seat 3: Hungcheng Hung
Seat 4: Viet Vo
Seat 5: Adam Sanders
Seat 6: Michael Kamran
Seat 7: Davor Lanini
Seat 8: Mike Wattel
Seat 9: Dan Shak
Table 309
Seat 1: Jonathan Duhamel
Seat 2: Joseph Curcio
Seat 3: Bryan Porter
Seat 4: Jon Turner
Seat 5: Mike Watson
Seat 6: Scott Lipshutz
Seat 7: Brian Hawkins
Seat 8: Ali Alawadhi
Seat 9: James Mackey
Table 310
Seat 1: Vladimir Kochelaevskiy
Seat 2: Tomer Berda
Seat 3: Jean Larosiliere
Seat 4: Salvatore Bonavena
Seat 5: Alfonso Amendola
Seat 6: Craig Marquis
Seat 7: Kevin O'Connell
Seat 8: Peter Walsworth
Seat 9: Christian Jeppsson
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board, and the cold-decked Sanders exited with a gentlemanly, "Nice playing with you guys." as Capra and his railers celebrated.
