We caught up with the action just as Michael Carroll went all-in for 1,100 from middle position. The player in the small blind raised to 2,200 and the big blind folded. Carroll stood out of his seat like he was ready to leave, apparently having lost a majority of his chips a few hands earlier.
Carroll was in excellent shape, though, with his against his opponent's . The board came safely for Carroll and he doubled.
Carroll was down to just 200 chips before making his small comeback to just under 3,000. We'll be keeping an eye on him to see if the old adage, "A chip and a chair," holds true today.
"What you doing to your hair?" our PokerNews field reporter asked Layne Flack.
"Just felt like growing out. Trying to relive the teenage years. You know it gets to a bad length and you gotta get through it. I've been golfing everyday and wearing a hat, so I push it up and it kinda looks like a mullet!" laughed Flack.
The hair may take Flack back a few years, but it seems like his poker skills haven't taken much of a step back as he sits with roughly 82,000 in chips.
We caught the last hand of what has been an incredible rush of cards for Young Phan. After three-betting to 5,000 from late position, Phan picked up a caller in Jessica Bruens, who was under-the-gun.
The dealer laid down a flop of and with nearly 20,000 already in the pot, Bruens checked it to Phan, who tapped the table as well.
The turn brought the and this time Bruens decided to push her entire stack into the pot. Phan snap-called and Bruens said, "You probably got me," while tabling the . Indeed, Phan did have her. He flipped up his .
River:
Phan eliminated Bruens from the tournament and added another tower of chips to his growing stack. As his table dispersed for a 20-minute break, Phan's fellow players remarked on his amazing run of cards. Apparently, the former WSOP Circuit winner and tournament veteran picked up pocket aces three times in the last few orbits, as well as winning with ace-king.
The Vietnamese pro stood up from the table for his break while reminding his fellow players who he was, saying, "You know me, this Young Phan."
Joseph Kuether opened with a raise from the button before Dan Shak three-bet to 4,000 from the small blind.
Kuether came along to see a flop fall with Shak continuing for 4,000. Kuether called, and when the landed on the turn, he moved all in for 30,000 over Shak's bet of 9,500. Shak made the call and the cards were placed on their backs.
Kuether:
Shak:
With Kuether in the lead with his top and bottom pair, the on the river would see Shak snatch a chop from his secondary ace.
. The board came safely for Carroll and he doubled.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
was enough to see Jones forced to the rail several places shy of the money.
board with Amar Tiwari making the call from middle position as the 
landed on the river.
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and with nearly 20,000 already in the pot, Bruens checked it to Phan, who tapped the table as well.
and this time Bruens decided to push her entire stack into the pot. Phan snap-called and Bruens said, "You probably got me," while tabling the 
flop fall with Shak continuing for 4,000. Kuether called, and when the 
board was checked through to see Carroll's 
bested by the small blind's 
to force him to the rail.