Action folded to David Chiu on the button and he put in a raise, which Sanjay Pandya called from the big blind. Pandya proceeded to check-call bets on the flop and turn, but ended up check-folding on the river, dropping to around 65,000 in the process.
On the flip side, Chiu has continued to roll here on Day 3 and is approaching 500K.
Robby Rasmussen completed with a , and Stephen Chidwick called showing a .
Rasmussen: (x-x) /
Chidwick: (x-x) /
Rasmussen bet his lead on fourth, and Chidwick did the same on fifth. On sixth, though, Chidwick surrendered with a check-fold, and he's got just over 100,000 chips left with which to mount another comeback.
We picked up the action on fourth street in a heads-up pot between Allen Cunningham and Stephen Chidwick, two of the short stacks.
Cunningham: (x-x) / / (x)
Chidwick: (x-x) / / (x)
Chidwick called a bet on fourth, then raised on fifth. Cunningham reraised, and Chidwick committed the rest of his chips, rolling over for two pair. Cunningham showed down , and his flush draw had Chidwick sweating.
Cunningham's queen on sixth gave him some more outs to the win, but his seventh street was a blank. Chidwick went ahead and filled up for good measure with the , and he's doubled his way back into this match.
Joining a heads-up pot between Ylon Schwartz and Zimnan Ziyard on fourth street.
Schwartz: (x-x) / / (x)
Ziyard: (x-x) / / (x)
Ziyard bet his lead on fourth, then called a raise from Schwartz. On fifth, Ziyard tried a check-raise, but Schwarz raised right back to three bets. Ziyard called, and Schwartz got his last 24,000 chips in on sixth.
When Ziyard called, Schwartz revealed , having made his flush on the first five.
"You have a flush already?" Ziyard asked. Yep. "Am I drawing dead?" Yep. Ziyard's river was no use, and Schwartz made his seven-card flush with his . He's doubled, and now Ziyard could use one of those for himself.
Allen Cunningham has no intentions of going quietly. He was all in for 34,000 on fourth street with the showing, up against the of Elior Sion.
Cunningham: () / /
Sion: () / / (x)
Cunningham was behind until sixth street where he made trip threes. That was the hand he ended with, and Sion needed to pull a six, eight, or jack to win the pot. His river was a blank, though, and Cunningham has increased from 34,000 up to 119,000 with that win.
Sanjay Pandya just got himself all in and drawing pretty slim against David Rogers. Rogers had a pair and a six-low, and Pandya was on a combo draw. The five relevant cards were , and he needed some help. The river was some help. The dealer blessed him with the , the one-out scoop card. Both halves go to the shorty, and he's found the first double.
It's the end of a long and perilous road for Zimnan Ziyard. He's just been eliminated in 12th place after three days of roller-coaster poker in which he was down under 1 big bet or less several times.
Hold'em:
His final hand began with him open-raising his last 31,000 into the middle under the gun. David Rogers and Ylon Schwartz (big blind) came along with him, and they checked to the river on the board as Ziyard stood up in between them sweating his fate. On the river, Rogers made a bet, and Ziyard figured that might not be good news. When Schwartz folded, Rogers tabled for two pair.
Ziyard rolled over his — good, but second best by the river. He has been eliminated in 12th place, but he received a nice parting compliment from Ylon Schwartz.
"Great player," Schwartz acknowledged. "You'll make a lot of money."
This one's not really "a lot of money" for Ziyard, but the $13,000+ he'll pocket is a respectable consolation prize for his run.