Action folded to Giuseppe Pastura in the hijack and he raised to 8,500. The player in the cutoff went all in for just a little bit more and when action folded back to Pastura, he made the easy call.
Pastura tabled 
, leading his opponent's 
. The board rolled out 
to give Pastura the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
We found the aftermath of a hand that caused some commotion here in the Amazon Room. Soi Nguyen was all in and at risk before the flop and was called by another player. Terrence Chan opted to fold pocket queens for his tournament life in this situation. After the hands were turned over and Chan saw that he was ahead of Nguyen's 
and the other player's 
, he walked away from the table.
The flop came 
and Nguyen jumped into the lead.
"It's okay bro," called Nguyen to Chan. "You made the right decision."
Before the words could even finish leaving Nguyen's lips, the peeled off on the river and the entire table let out collective gasps and shrieks that carried through the Amazon Room. Chan, who was on the other side of the tournament at this point, immediately knew what this meant. The completed the board and Nguyen was able to enjoy his double up thanks to his flopped top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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Last time we checked in with Erik Cajelais he had well over the 300,000 mark. This time however, we have seen his stack dwindle a bit.
In one specific instance, we saw Cajelais raise to 8,000 from under the gun. He received a middle position caller and the rest of the table folded. The flop was 
and Cajelais checked. His opponent 13,000 and Cajelais called. Fourth street was the 
and Cajelais checked once again. His opponent pushed out 23,000 and Cajelais quickly mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Each earned $4,174.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michael Aron just took over the chip lead after busting two opponents. Dan Smith had opened the action with a raise to 9,000 in early position and the next player to act shoved for 48,000. Aron was in late position and re-raised all in with the biggest stack of the bunch. The button and blinds folded, Smith called, and the cards were on their backs.
Smith: 
Aron:
Third Player: 
The flop came down 
, keeping Smith in the lead.
"If you are going to bust me, might as well be with quads," said Smith.
The 
turn kept Smith ahead, but the 
hit the river to give Aron tens full of aces to win the pot and up his stack to about 570,000-ish in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
516,600
|
516,600 |
|
Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
270,900
|
270,900 |
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295,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
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165,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
160,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
135,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
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130,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
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75,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
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62,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
A shorter stacked player moved all in before the flop for 51,000 from middle position. It folded to Ted Forrest in the cutoff who riffled chips for a bit before announcing a call. The rest of the table folded and the hands were shown:
Forrest:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Forrest was forced to ship chips across the table to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
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370,000
278,300
|
278,300 |
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300,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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185,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
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155,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
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Each takes home $4,174.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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