We had been playing with 19 players for about 90 minutes now, but we have finally lost a player to get us down to our final two tables. The unfortunate player was Jen-Yue Chiang, who raised pot under the gun to 35,000, leaving himself just 6,000 behind. Action folded around to Thom Werthmann in the small blind, and he made the call. The big blind folded, and Chiang and Werthmann got the last 6,000 in dark. The flop came down , and the two revealed their cards.
Werthmann:
Chiang:
"Could I be in worse shape?" is all that Chiang could say when he saw the cards. He would need runner runner to survive, so of course he hit his gin card on the turn, the . Chiang could now catch a ten or a five to win the pot, but the hit the river. Werthmann collected the pot, upping his stack to 190,000.
The remaining 18 players are redrawing at the moment. We will get you a seating chart and updated chip counts asap.
The players are back in their seats, and we are ready to get back underway. We will play two more levels, or until we reach a final table. Whichever comes first.
As you can see from our recent posts, there have been a lot of double ups and no bustouts as of late.
Here's one more:
Thom Werthmann called an under-the-gun raise to 16,000 from early position and action folded around to John Eames, who raised pot to 49,000 even. The original raiser folded and Werthmann decided to flat.
The flop came and Eames snap-shoved his remaining stack of about 20,000 in. Werthmann quickly called.
Werthmann:
Eames:
The turn and river kept Eames in the lead with a pair of aces and he doubled to 120,000.
We just can't seem to get down to the final two tables over here, as there have been four or five double ups within the last few minutes. The latest benefactor was Tommy Vedes, who got his money in preflop with . Unfortunately for Vedes, he was dominated by the of Jack Ellwood. Vedes was well behind before the flop, but he was well out in front after, when it came . Ellwood would need to catch a queen or runner runner to take the pot back, but the on the turn and the on the river provided no help.
Vedes is back up to 160,000, while Ellwood drops to 100,000.
Brant Hale raised it up to 16,000 in middle position, and found two callers: Thom Werthmann on the button, and Jen-Yue Chiang in the big blind. The flop came down , and Chian checked to Hale, who fired out 22,000. Werthmann tanked for about 30 seconds before assembling a raise of 65,000, and sliding it into the middle. Chiang quickly got out of the way, and Hale rechecked his hole cards before moving all in for about 88,000. Werthman made the call, and the cards were tabled.
Hale:
Werthmann:
Hale had flopped top two pair, but still needed to dodge a ton of outs to double up, as any heart or queen would do him in. The on the turn was safe for Hale, as was the on the river. Hale is up to 180,000 after the hand, while Werthmann drops to 100,000.
We caught up with the action on a board, where Bryan Pellegrino was in a heads-up pot with Justin Gardenhire. Both players checked the turn for a river card, which brought a . Gardenhire fired a 61,000 bet and Pellegrino tanked. After some time, Pellegrino verbally announced a call and Gardenshire said, "You win. Nice hand," before mucking his hand. Pellegrino revealed for queens and tens and scooped the pot.
Pellegrino is still our chip leader with 470,000. Gardenshire has slipped to 90,000.
, and the two revealed their cards.
. Chiang could now catch a ten or a five to win the pot, but the 
hit the river. Werthmann collected the pot, upping his stack to 190,000.
and Eames snap-shoved his remaining stack of about 20,000 in. Werthmann quickly called.
turn and 
river kept Eames in the lead with a pair of aces and he doubled to 120,000.
of Jack Ellwood. Vedes was well behind before the flop, but he was well out in front after, when it came 
. Ellwood would need to catch a queen or runner runner to take the pot back, but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river provided no help.
and Mackey doubled to 200,000.
on the turn was safe for Hale, as was the 
