A short-stacked Ted Forrest got his remaining 650 in preflop against Jonathan Aguiar on the button and the player in the small blind. With Forrest's tournament life on the line, both active players checked the flop, leading to the on the turn.
The small blind led out, Aguiar raised, and the small blind opted for a three-bet. Aguiar insta-mucked and the small blind showed for trips. It was good as Forrest was drawing dead with . The was put out on the river for good measure as Forrest was eliminated from the tournament, mid-massage we might add. Unfortunately there was no happy ending for Mr. Forrest.
On a board, the small blind bet and David Chiu made the call before asking “tens full?”. His opponent did indeed have and Chiu flashed a before he mucked.
Chad Brown defended his big blind after he was raised from early position. Both players saw a flop of . Seat Two again bet out, and Brown quickly made the call.
Fourth street was a and Seat Two bet out only this time to be raised by Brown.
Seat Two paid to see the last card. A on the river brought no action as both players checked.
Brown
Seat 2
Brown is well below starting stack at this moment.
A short stacked player was all in from the cutoff for 1,300 preflop against Mori Eskandani who was on the button. Eskandani held while his opponent was surprisingly not much of an underdog even though he had . The board rolled out and the player doubled up while Eskandani was still sitting with a healthy 10,300.
We caught up with the action on a flop where Dwyte Pilgrim checked from the small blind. A player from middle position bet and was met with a check-raise from Pilgrim which was called. Pilgrim checked again when the turn came the and just called his opponent’s bet this time. On the river however, Pilgrim led out and received a call. He turned over for top pair, top kicker and the other player mucked.
Just before the level went up, a player raised in early position and was called by Eli Elezra in the small blind and the player in the big. Elezra and the big blind both checked the flop, prompting the early-position player to bet. Elezra woke up with a check-raise, the big blind got of the way, and the original raiser made the call.
When the hit the turn, Elezra bet, his opponent called, and the appeared on the turn. The betting was the same as Elezra showed , which was no good against his opponent's .
Phil Hellmuth is notorious for making late entrances, which is exactly what he has done here today. We recently spotted Hellmuth taking his seat over at Table 309, which is also home to Ted Forrest and Jonathan Aguiar.