Jesse Yaginuma was one of the short stacks in the room just ten minutes ago, but that has changed now as he has picked up some easy chips preflop. In back-to-back hands, Yaginuma has three-bet shoved and seen his opponent's fold both times. The first time was against Henry Lu and the second againtst Tom Alner.
Henry Lu moved his short stack all in preflop and John Nelson called. Lu held 
and Nelson held 
.
The board ran 
and Lu has some room to breathe now.
Cary Marshall opened for 55,000 and Neil Channing called from the cutoff. The blinds folded and the flop came 
. Marshall checked, Channing bet 65,000 and Marshall called.
The turn came 
, Marshall checked and Channing bet 115,000. Marshall thought for a moment and then folded.
Folded to Henry Lu in the cutoff, he shoved his tiny stack all in. Mickael Morgousky was on the button on his direct left and shoved his 454,000-chip stack over the top. It was then on John Nelson in the small blind and he shoved his seven-stack figure. The big blind quickly got out of the way and the three players turned their hands over.
Lu: 
Morgousky: 
Nelson: 
When the 
, Lu's set was enough to see him triple up, while Nelson's hand was good enough to eliminate Morgousky in 16th place.
Tom Alner opened for 48,000 and Henry Lu called from the small blind. The flop came 
and Lu check-called 57,000. The turn came 
, Lu checked, Alner bet 111,000 and Lu check-raised to 250,000.
Alner called and the river came 
. Lu announced all in and Alner called.
"Got a jack?" Lu asked.
He nodded and tabled and Lu held 
. Lu was left with just two big blinds after the hand.
From middle position, Michael Judge raised it up to 55,000 and a flurry of cards went into the muck until it was on Neil Channing in the small blind. Channing asked to how much his opponent had and then three-bet to 142,000. It was back on Judge and he tanked for two minutes. He looked pained as he decided what to do, eventually flicking his cards into the muck.
Randy Lew opened for 48,000 and Hovan Nguyen shoved for 220,000 more from the big blind. Lew called and they were off to the showdown.
Lew: 
Nguyen: 
The board ran 
and Nguyen doulbed up.
Cards are back in the air following the break.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The first two levels are in the books and the field is going on break.
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