Jason Lester has just been eliminated in 19th place to see the final 18 players redraw for their seat. Lester was left with a tiny stack when he rumbled with Tyler Patterson just a short while ago and never managed to recover from there.
We will have a final 18 table draw posted very soon.
The first elimination after our table redraw has occurred within just a few minutes. It all started when Jesse Wilke opened up the pot to 35,000. David Pham was in the small blind and he three bet to 80,000. Wilke then instantly went all in and Pham called just as quickly.
Pham's was in good shape against Wilke's , but when the flop hit the felt, Wilke took the lead. However, the turn had other ideas, giving Pham the flush and by the time the meaningless rolled off on the river, Wilke was making his way out the door in 18th place.
Folded to Dung Nguyen in the hijack, he opened up the pot to 44,000. Jeffery Manza called on his direct left and a flop hit the felt. Nguyen checked here and then slowly called Manza's bet of 48,000.
On the turn, Nguyen again checked and this time Manza bet 71,000. It didn't take long for Nguyen's cards to find the muck as Manza raked in the small pot.
Theo Tran opened up the action to 50,000 from the hijack and the play was sent around to Bahman Jahanguiri in the big blind. He shoved all in for 483,000 and Jahanguiri looked sick as he contemplated the call.
"Do you want me to call?" asked Tran. "I don't even want me to call."
Time ticked on and Jahanguiri still hadn't decided to to do. Eventually he asked the floor if he could say his hand out loud and told his opponent he had ace-jack. After some more time, he made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
Jahanguiri:
Tran:
Tran seemingly made a good decision, but was then on his feet taking deep breaths as the board gave Jahanguiri the double up and left Tran with a pittance of the stack he once had.
The hand in which Zachary Korik doubled up started when Dung Nguyen opened the pot to 43,000. Korik then three-bet shoved for 366,000 and Nguyen called.