It is that time, the time when all the short stacks come out from the rock they were hiding under and start moving in. While walking around trying to avoid all the players leaving the field, we noticed Hal Lubarsky at Table 438 with no more chips in front of him waiting for his pay day.
There was a hand going on at the table between Danny Walker and Joseph Schulman. We don't know exactly how the action went, but we do know a board was exposed and Danny Walker was all in and at risk by the likes of Schulman.
Walker:
Schulman:
The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river threw the advantage and the win in Walker's favor. He doubled up.
Joe Camarota and Roy Rice were both eliminated during the hand-for-hand portion of play and will split the 423rd prize, taking home $929 each.
Camarota was all in preflop with the against the chip leader Radwan Khuri and his . The flop came down and gave Khuri the lead. The turn and river kept Khuri in front and eliminated Camarota.
On another table, Keith Williams eliminated Roy Rice in unknown action. No one else was eliminated and the remaining 422 players are now officially in the money.
Overnight chip leader Radwan Khuri raised to 3,100 and Roy Davis reraised to 7,000. Action folded back to Khuri and he made the call to see the flop. Khuri led for 5,500 and Davis raised all in for roughly 30,000. Khuri folded and Davis won the pot.
Larry Landgraf was all in preflop with the . He was up against the for John Peterson. After the board ran out , Landgraf hit a king to double up and stay alive.
Action folded to Robert Goldstein in the small blind and he put in a raise against Michel Abecassis's big blind. Abecassis reraised and Goldstein called to see the flop come down . Goldstein checked and Abecassis fired 4,800. Goldstein gave it up and Abecassis won the pot.
Burt Grenell, Mark Pollard and Gerald Schmehl were all in preflop over on Table 408. Grenell was at risk with the and Pollard was also at risk holding the . Schmehl had them both beat preflop with the .
The flop contained an ace and that was all Schmehl needed to win the hand to eliminate both of his opponents. Grenell and Pollard headed to the rail and, unfortunately, finished short of the money.