John Eames came in for a raise to 32,000, and action folded all the way around to Keanu Tabali in the big blind. Tabali was on the short stack with 16,000 already in the middle, and he cut the chips out for the call, then stared at his remaining stack. After about 30 seconds, he peeked down at his cards, and said "what am I waiting for I'm all in." Eames quickly made the call, and the cards were flipped up.
Tabali: 
Eames: 
Tabali explained "I was just seeing if I should just call blind I didn't even look at my hand until the end." Eames seemed less then enthused by the explanation, but didn't make a big fuss over it. The flop came down 
, keeping Tabali out in front. The turn came the 
, and Tabali was still in the lead, and still looking to dodge a queen. The river was a pain card, but it was the 
, giving Tabali the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
122,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
board ran out sweat-free for Negreanu and he doubled through Eames with a superior full house.
, and Vedes checked to Negreanu, who wasted little time in moving his whole stack in, 232,000 in total. Vedes tanked for about 30 seconds before releasing his hand, giving the pot to Negreanu, who's now second in chips.
, but a 
on the river improved Pellegrino to two-pair, which trumped Tabali's tens and sent him to the rail.
of spades. Unfortunately for Hale, he was dominated by the 
of Bryan Pellegrino. The flop came down 
, giving Hale flush draw outs as well.
, giving Eames a small glimmer of hope if he could catch running diamonds. However, he was drawing dead when the 
, and Jivkov scooped the pot to up his stack to 375,000, while the British rail cleared out of the thunder dome.
turn changed nothing and left Allis drawing to a five and only a five.
, adding an inside straight draw to Hale's outs. The 
, and Hale hit the rail, while Vedes jumped back up to 620,000.
