As the clock was being paused for the final sixteen re-draw, Tommy Hang got involved in a pot with Daniel Ospina.
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Ospina detailed us the hand that saw him start with / before catching the on fourth. Hang ended up making aces-up, and when Ospina filled-up, he sent Hang to the rail in 16th place for a $26,350 payday.
Frankie O'Dell was all in from the small blind with three other players in the hand on the flop. Michael Binger checked, Kyle Loman bet and Shawn Buchanan raised. Action skipped over O'Dell as he was all in and Binger folded. Loman made the call.
The turn was the and Loman checked. Buchanan bet and Loman folded. Buchana showed the to go against O'Dell's .
John Monnette was just eliminated on a hand of Stud-8 by Fabrice Soulier. Monnette's two pair of fours and deuces fell to Soulier's aces and sixes.
Monnette won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet earlier this year in Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix. That win earned Monnette $278,144 and put his career lifetime earnings over one million dollars. For this finish, Monnette scored $21,905.
Picking up the action on fourth street, Chau Giang checked, Max Pescatori bet and Giang called. On fifth street, the same action occurred before both players checked on sixth street. On seventh, Giang bet and Pescatori folded.
Speaking to Ram Vaswani, he detailed to us how he managed to eliminate the short-stacked Tom McCormick.
McCormick held a pair of aces, while Vaswani held a pair and a straight draw. Vaswani would be the one that improved as he made a runner-runner full house on sixth and seventh street to eliminate McCormick in 19th place.