For a while at Table 433 it appeared as though Ayman Qutami would be the next to leave us, his stack having become depleted down under 10,000.
But five-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro's stack had gotten low as well, and soon enough he was up out of his chair, watching as his was failed to improve against Hans Minocha's when the board came . Having made the pay jump, Lisandro earned $4,912 for his 30th-place finish.
The tourney's short stack Ayman Qutami has been all in a couple of times early on, surviving both. In the latter instance, he was all in by the turn against Steven Werdehoff with the board showing . Werdehoff had for sixes, a gutshot, and a diamond draw while Qutami had turned a straight with . The river was the , and Qutami survived.
With the flop reading , Joep van den Bijgaart and Ayman Qutami capped the action, leaving Qutami with less than one big bet left behind. He got the rest of it in on the turn, and he was trailing heading to the river:
Qutami:
van den Bijgaart:
Qutami needed a nine, but the river provided no help and he hit the rail in 29th place.
Down to 16,200, Steven Werdehoff raised from the cutoff and got a single caller in Hans Minocha in the big blind. The flop came and Minocha checked. Werdehoff bet, then Minocha tossed out few too many orange chips — it appeared he intended to call, but had raised — and Werdehoff called.
The turn brought the and Minocha went ahead and bet. Werdehoff raised with what he had left, and Minocha called. Werdehoff had and needed help versus Minocha's . But the river brought the , sending Werdehoff to the cashier's desk with a 28th-place ticket.
With the board reading , Zach Clark and Ronnie Bardah had a raising war until the action was capped at five bets. Clark put in the final raise, and Bardah snapped it off.
"I wish I could re-raise," said Bardah. "I have quads."
Sure enough, Bardah tabled his and began raking in a giant pile of chips. Clark was left with just 15,000 and is suddenly on life support.
We didn't catch the action, but we know that Ryan D'Angelo was sent packing after losing a hand to Marco Johnson. D'Angelo takes home $4,912 for 27th place.
Michael Reed has also been eliminated, leaving us with 25 players.