Christopher Ellis, from Las Vegas, NV shoved all in from middle position for 15,200 chips. The big blind, Diana Zhao, from Los Angeles, CA called after tanking for a minute.
Ellis flipped up and Zhao showed .
The flop came , giving Ellis trip tens. It just kept getting better for Ellis when the came on the turn, giving him a full house. The river came out and Ellis sits with 30,400 in front of him.
A severely short-stacked David Dalton went all in from the button for his last 7,000 and was called by Donald Michael in the big blind. Dalton's was a coin flip to win against Michael's . The board came , ending Dalton's deep run.
Jordan Dhooghe raised from early-middle position to 4,500 before Daniel Quach announced a re-raise all in from the big blind for his remaining 14,400. Dhooghe decided to put Quach at risk and was surprised to find that his was well ahead of the of Quach.
The flop was unfriendly to our chip leader though as it rolled off . The turn and river brought no help to Dhooghe and Quach doubled up.
The very next hand, action folded around to Quach in the small blind and he decided to limp. The two players saw a flop. Quach check called a bet of 4,000 from his opponent before both players checked the turn. The river was the and Quach bet 5,000 and his opponent called. Quach flopped the Jack high strait and has now turned his 14,400 stack into 44,000 chips.
Action folded around to Michael Thomas in the cutoff who shoved all in for his last 11,300. Next to act was Joshua McBroom on the button, and he thought for a minute before shoving all in over the top. The blinds got out of the way and the two players flipped up their cards.
Thomas:
McBroom:
McBroom was in a dominating position, and the hand was virtually over when the flop came . The turn and river provided no miracles for Thomas, coming and , and Thomas was eliminated from the tournament.
As our two Day 1 chip leaders fall back to the pack, Alex Alashkar has emerged as the clear chip leader right now. He currently sits with over 130,000 chips.
We caught up with the action while the cards were being turned up after a preflop all in. Rodney Morrison was at risk for his tournament life after being all in with . Frank Magliarditi made the call with and the board ran out and dashed Morrison's hopes of capturing this event's bracelet.
Kenneth Stratton raised to 5,000 from the hijack and Adam Falk re-raised all in for his last 13,300 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Stratton thought it over before making the call. Falk was in dominating position with his against Stratton's . The flop made Falk an overwhelming favorite. The came on the turn and river was too little too late for Stratton, who doubled Falk up to about 30,000. The blow wasn't too devestating for Stratton, who still sits with around 75,000.
John Pack made it 5,500 from middle position and was raised to 15,500 by our current chip leader, Alex Alashkar, from the small blind. Pack made the call and we were off to see a flop.
The flop fell and Alashkar led out for 20,000. John Pack announced he was all in and Alashkar jumped up and yelled "Call!" almost before Pack could finish his words. Alashkar tabled the for trip tens, which was dominating the of Pack. The turn and river came and respectively and Alashkar's stack grows even further.
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