The action folded around to Simon Lam on the button who went all in with and Dan Gannon, the small blind, went all in right behind him holding . The big blind got out of the way and the board came . The deuces of Gannon held up to eliminate Lam in 20th place.
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Erick Lindgren has been pretty short for the last few levels of play, but he's recently found a couple double ups that have put him back in the thick of it.
On the first hand, Tuan Vu shoved on Lindgren from the small blind. Lindgren called from the big.
Lindgren:
Vu:
The flop came giving Vu a pair and the lead, but that didn't last long as the came on the turn, stealing back the lead for Lindgren. The river was a safe and Lindgren doubled for the first time.
On the second hand Jonathan Taylor made a raise to 20,000 from middle position. Lindgren moved all in on the button and was snap called by Taylor.
Lindgren:
Taylor:
"Let me know when you get there," said Blake Bohn who was seated right next to Lindgren.
And Lindgren did in fact get there on the flop. The turn was the and the river was the , both safe cards for Lindgren and he scooped the pot for his second double up.
Owen Crow is on a roller coaster ride. First he was crippled, but now he's just doubled back up to a respectable stack. Here's what happened:
Preflop, Hunter Frey opened to 21,000 from under the gun. Owen Crowe one seat over made a raise to 57,000. Action folded back to Frey who made a fourth bet to 83,000. With action back on Crowe, he moved all in for more than 400,000. Frey quickly called.
Frey:
Crowe:
"Oops," was all Crowe could muster after seeing the hands.
The board ran out and Crow was left with less than 10 big blinds.
A few hands land, Russell Crane opened to 20,000 from the hijack seat. He was called by Crowe in the big blind. On the flop, Crowe moved all in, he was quickly called by Crane.
Crane:
Crowe:
Crowe had flopped the nuts and he only had to dodge a few chop outs, which he did on the turn and river.
We missed the hand but Hiren Patel was able to inform us of the action when Alan Keating was eliminated.
According to Patel he opened holding the . He was called by a player on the button and Keating in the big blind. The flop fell and Patel lead out. He was only called by Keating in the big blind.
The turn card was a blank Patel informed us and action went check check.
The river card was the and Keating checked. Patel said he jammed and was quickly called. Patel was holding the nuts and there was nothing Keating could show to beat him. He was sent to the rail in 21st place.
Our last woman standing moved her chips in the middle with and was called by Russell Crane holding . The board came and Crane's jacks held up eliminating Zawacki in 22nd place.
The chips were in the middle between Greg Jennings with and Hunter Frey holding. Frey took the lead when the flop was dealt. Jennings needed a queen or running clubs to stay alive and found neither when the turn and river came. Jennings was eliminated in 23rd place.
Darrin Oremba raised to 25,000 from middle position. Action folded to Hiren Patel who made a reraise to 73,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Oremba who moved all in for 52,000 more. Patel made the quick call.
Oremba:
Patel:
The flop removed all traces of a sweat when it fell , giving Patel almost an unbeatable hand. The turn was the and that was it as it left Oremba drawing dead. The customary river card was the and that was all she wrote for Darrin Oremba who was sent to the payout desk.
John Compton moved all in from the hijack holding and was called by Owen Crowe, the big blind, with . Crowe found a king on the flop and Compton couldn't find any help on the turn and river. Compton was eliminated in 25th place.