James St. Hilaire limped into the pot under the gun, and Marvin Rettenmaier popped it up to 3,600 from the button. When it came back to St. Hilaire, he snuck in another raise to 13,600, but the action was far from over. Rettenmaier spent a long, long while in the tank before making another raise -- 24,500 straight. St. Hilaire still wanted to play for more, raising it back up to 39,900 after some time in his own think tank. Rettenmaier shoved all in over the top on a six-bet, and St. Hilaire quickly called all in for his last 90,300. Who's got 'em?
Showdown
St. Hilaire:
Rettenmaier:
It was St. Hilaire with the rockets, and he was poised for the big double. There was no funny stuff on the board, and our start-of-day chip leader takes a big hit. Rettenmaier is all the way back down to 125,000, while St. Hilaire climbs up into the rafters with 184,000.
Eric Baldwin opened for 8,100 from middle position and action folded to Kunimaro Kojo moved all in from the small blind for 51,200. Baldwin called and tabled while Kojo revealed .
Baldwin had Kojo covered and the board ran . Baldwin's kings were cracked and he lost almost all his stack -- sitting on 7,700.
Now that we are in hand for hand play, there will certainly be some long tanks taking place as people decide if their decisions are worth risking going broke on.
We came into this hand where Dmitry Stelmak bet 17,500 into a 45,000 chip pot on a board of . Steven Watts instantly called and Darryll Fish went into the tank. After about three minutes, Fish made the fold and Watts showed to take down the pot. Watts has 165,000 after the hand and is in no risking of busting before the money
Eric Baldwin tweeted that he went out on the exact bubble, but he was actually one spot early in 173rd place. As it turns out, his tweet was correct after all. We've just lost two players during the hand-for-hand round.
First, Jack Jacovou open-shoved 9,200 with from early position. Benjamin Jenkins called him down with , and the board ran out . Jacovou was out, and he was left to sweat the rest of the action to see if he could get paid.
At an adjacent table, the one hand took several minutes to finish up. The rest of the tables were already done playing when Bradley Augsburger three-bet shoved from the big blind. David Hedley had raised to 4,000 from the button, and he took many minutes to ponder before committing his last ~45,000 chips to the pot with a heavy sigh. He turned up , and he was in trouble against the of Augsburger. The board did nothing to save his tournament life, and he too has been eliminated.
With their exits in 172nd and 171st places, Hedley and Jacovou will chop up $5,207, profiting $103.50 apiece.
It's certainly better than losing $2,500 here today...
With the bubble burtsing short stacks are moving all in everywhere. One of these short stacks Kien Tieu moved all in from middle position and was called by Patrick Smith on the button.
Tieu:
Smith:
A board of came out and Kien Tieu was eliminated in the money.
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board, and our start-of-day chip leader takes a big hit. Rettenmaier is all the way back down to 125,000, while St. Hilaire climbs up into the rafters with 184,000.
while Kojo revealed 
.
. Baldwin's kings were cracked and he lost almost all his stack -- sitting on 7,700.
and Baldwin was sent to the rail just short of the money.
. Steven Watts instantly called and Darryll Fish went into the tank. After about three minutes, Fish made the fold and Watts showed 
to take down the pot. Watts has 165,000 after the hand and is in no risking of busting before the money
from early position. Benjamin Jenkins called him down with 
. Jacovou was out, and he was left to sweat the rest of the action to see if he could get paid.
of Augsburger. The 
board did nothing to save his tournament life, and he too has been eliminated.
