Dale Beaudoin raised it up to 40,000, and Calen McNeil three bet it. Beaudoin got the last of his stack in, and McNeil called.
McNeil:
Beaudoin:
Beaudoin was in rough shape going to the flop, which was . They were both splitting the low, and McNeil was still ahead for the high. The board completed and , giving McNeil 3/4 the pot, and leaving Beaudoin with less then one big bet.
Dao Bac raised it up in early position, and he got calls from Calen McNeil, Todd Brunson, and Dale Beaudoin. The flop came , and Beaudoin led right out. Everyone called, and the turn brought the . It was checked to McNeil, who fired out. Everyone called again, and the river was the , meaning there would be no low hand. It checked to McNeil, who fired out one more bet. One by one, each player looked at their cards, shook their hand, and folded them, shipping all the chips to McNeil.
The biggest development from this pot is that our start of day chip leader Dale Beaudoin is now very short stack, with just over 100,000 left.
Jason Rivkin started the day second in chips, but we just saw him lose all but 3,000 of his chips in a huge hand against Calen McNeil. The latter raised from under the gun, and Rivkin three bet it. McNeil then put the fourth bet in, and Rivkin called.
The flop came down , and McNeil fired out. Rivkin called, and the same occurred when the hit the turn. The river was the , and McNeil put out one more big bet. Rivkin stood up out of his chair, and starting counting his chips. He had exactly 43,000 left, so this was for virtually all of his chips. He spent about two minutes in the tank, trying to figure out what McNeil could four bet with preflop that hit that hand. Eventually, he tossed in the call, and McNeil showed for the nuts. Rivkin shook his head, and mucked his hand, leaving him with less then a small blind.
Two hands later, he committed the final 3,000 with . He was up against the of Dao Bac. The flop came . The turn was another , and Rivkin was drawing dead.
The players are now on a 10 minute break to move to the unofficial final table. We will get everyone's chip count on break.
We found Stephen Chidwick firing a bet on the turn with the board reading . Can Kim Hua made the call from the button, and the river was a . Chidwick bet once more, and Hua tanked for about a minute before calling.
Chidwick:
Hua:
Both had an ace-four for low, but Chidwick's aces were best for high, and Hua only got back a quarter of the pot.
We were watching a big hand brewing between John Monnette and Won Goag that ended up in a chop when we saw the players standing up at the other table. We went over to look, and saw that Kevin Zhang was all in preflop against Dale Beaudoin. We were only able to catch the board and Beaudoin's hand, but the board ran down , and Beaudoing had a full house, holding . The only part of Zhang's hand we were able to write down was that he had the case ace in his hand, which unfortunately for him, was no good. With one more elimination, we will have our unofficial final table.
We were unfortunately unable to catch the bustout, but we did see a hand involved Sumanth Reddy that knocked him down to about four big bets just before he busted. Tony Ma raised it up, and Reddy made the call next to act. Dale Beaudoin and Can Kim Hua called from the blinds, and the flop came down . It was checked to Reddy, who fired out. Ma was the only player who didn't call, and from there, the on the turn and the on the river were checked down. Hua showed for just a pair of jacks, and amazingly, that was good enough to scoop the pot.
Stephen Chidwick limped in from the small blind, and Todd Brunson raised in the big blind. Chidwick called, and the flop came . Chidwick check called a bet from Brunson, and the turn brought the . Both players checked, and the river brought the . Chidwick fired out a bet, and Brunson tossed in the call.
"Quads," Chidwick said as he showed in his hand. Brunson tapped the felt with his cards, and sent them to the muck.
We found Joe Ford firing a bet into Matthew Kelly on a board of . Kelly made the call, and the river came . Both players checked, and Kelly turned over for kings and deuces that got counterfeited on the river. Ford's took the pot.
A few hands later, Kelly got it all in against Calen McNeil.
McNeil:
Ford:
The board ran out , and Kelly couldn't beat the aces once again.