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.
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.
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.
We found Ken Aldridge moving his last 55,000 in before the flop and was called by an opponent who tabled . Aldridge showed and was in need of some help to stay alive in this tournament.
The board came and his opponent was able to drag in the pot, sending Aldridge to the rail.
A short stacked player moved all in from middle position and it folded to Ted Forrest in the small blind. After some thinking Forrest moved all in over the top. Daniel Makowsky, who was sitting in the big blind, went into the tank before also announcing a call.
Short Stack:
Forrest:
Makowsky:
Forrest did a fist pump when he saw that he was ahead but quickly turned sour when the door card was the , giving Makowsky a set. The dealer spread out the flop and the other two cards were the and the , also giving Forrest a set.
"Sorry, sorry," remarked Forrest to Makowsky when he learned that he was in fact in the lead.
The came on fourth street and Makowsky yelled for a nine to come, which would cause all three players to chop the pot. The dealer pounded the table and dealt the river:
The .
"Come on!" exclaimed Forrest as each player reached to bring the chips in front of them back to their respective stacks. Through that river, Forrest was unlucky enough to be denied a big opportunity to add to his stack.
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.
and the other player's 
, he walked away from the table.
completed the board and Nguyen was able to enjoy his double up thanks to his flopped top two pair.
, leading his opponent's 
. The board rolled out 
to give Pastura the pot.
. Aldridge showed 
and was in need of some help to stay alive in this tournament.
and his opponent was able to drag in the pot, sending Aldridge to the rail.
and the 
, also giving Forrest a set.
came on fourth street and Makowsky yelled for a nine to come, which would cause all three players to chop the pot. The dealer pounded the table and dealt the river: