David Rounick has managed to double up against Michael Blanovsky to move up to more than one million in chips during the first few hands of the unofficial final table.
The action folded to Blanovsky who raised to 48,000 before the flop from late position; David Rounick called from the big blind then checked his option after the dealer spread the flop of . Blanovsky bet 75,000, Rounick shoved for 388,000 more and Blanovsky snap-called.
Rounick:
Blanovsky:
The turn and river ran out , and Blanovsky is down to 1.2 million.
Jacob Toole has been busted over the space of two hands in dramatic fashion to depart in 11th place for $31,219.
Earlier, Toole raised from under the gun to 48,000 before Arkadiy Tsinis snap-shoved for 473,000. Toole called, tabling , but lost the flip against Tsinis' after the board was spread . Down to just 11,000, he moved them into the middle a short time later with , but ran into Pim de Goede's .
Again, Toole couldn't find any help on the board of and with Toole's elimination, we're down to the unofficial final table of 10 players!
The action folded around to Perry Lin who raised to 55,000 from the cutoff before the flop; Jacob Toole folded from the button but Robert Cheung snap-shoved from the small blind. Randolph Lanosga folded his big blind and Lin called, showing down against Cheung's .
Lin had the lead and he stayed there after the board was spread to give him two pair. Cheung now leaves us in 12th place, collecting $31,219 for his endeavors. Lin is now close to two million in chips.
Michael Blanovsky raised from early position with and the action folded to Matthew Lupton who shoved . Blanovsky snap-called and it was off to the races.
Nothing changed after the flop of or the turn of the , but the spiked on the river, much to the displeasure of Lupton, who went off on a massive expletive-ridden rant. As we are required to keep this blog PG-rated, we won't disclose those particular details.
We can tell you however, that Blanovsky is now up to more than 1.56 million in chips.
Christopher Homan has been one of the very quiet players in today's field, but he's just doubled up against Daniel Aldridge to move up to more than 610,000 in chips.
Homan got the last of his money in with , but found himself dominating the of Aldridge. The board ran out and Homan doubled up, leaving Aldridge with 900,000.
The action folded to Robert Aldridge who raised to 45,000 from the cutoff before the flop; Paul Nash re-raised to 95,000 from the big blind and Aldridge tanked for about two minutes before making the call to go heads-up to the flop of .
Nash then led out for 126,000 and Aldridge called before moving all-in after Nash checked to him on the turn of the . Nash mucked his hand and that's the only board we've seen since Melanie Weisner's bust-out. Huzzah!
The remaining 13 players have slowed down to a snail's pace as the action continues here in the Amazon Room. Here's just a small sample of the riveting action.
Earlier on table 284, the action folded around to Daniel Aldridge who raised to 45,000 from the hijack before Matthew Lupton re-raised to 82,000 from the cutoff. After three minutes in the tank, Aldridge four-bet it to 700,000 and with only 340,000, Lupton tanked for almost two minutes before folding his hand.
Meanwhile on table 278, Robert Cheung announced a "straight all-in" from early position, but everyone else laughed before folding to him. Is there a difference between an all-in and a straight all-in?
Then back on the other table, Ryan Laplante raised to 55,000, but all the others elected to fold. "You guys can still read me!" Laplante laughed as he showed .
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. Blanovsky bet 75,000, Rounick shoved for 388,000 more and Blanovsky snap-called.
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and Blanovsky is down to 1.2 million.
, but lost the flip against Tsinis' 
after the board was spread 
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to give him two pair. Cheung now leaves us in 12th place, collecting $31,219 for his endeavors. Lin is now close to two million in chips.
and the action folded to Matthew Lupton who shoved 
spiked on the river, much to the displeasure of Lupton, who went off on a massive expletive-ridden rant. As we are required to keep this blog PG-rated, we won't disclose those particular details.
of Aldridge. The board ran out 
. Nash mucked his hand and that's the only board we've seen since Melanie Weisner's bust-out. Huzzah!
