Paul Spitzberg has been absolutely on fire in the last few hours, as he has just knocked out Scott Powrie minutes after busting Ramdin. We missed the preflop action, but we know that on a flop of , Spitzberg shoved all in, putting Powrie to a decision for all his chips. He made the call holding , and was well behind the of Spitzberg. Powrie would need an eight to survive, but it never came, as the board completed and . With that KO, Spitzberg added another 200,000 to his already monster stack.
James Breslin's tournament is over thanks to running into the pocket queens of Ryan Franklin. Breslin open-shopped for 157,000 with pocket eights, Franklin called with the ladies, the ladies held and Breslin busted.
Victor Ramdin got the rest of his money in preflop holding , and he was up against the of Paul Spitzberg. Ramdin was looking to pair one of his high cards, but the board ran dry for him, coming . Ramdin nodded his head, wished everyone good luck, and headed to the payout desk.
Meanwhile, that pot means that Spitzgerg is the first player to crack the million chip moark of this tournament.
Jacob Schindler opened the preflop betting round with a raise to 25,000 from the hijack. Victor Ramdin called in the cutoff and Scott Powrie squeezed to what looked like 72,000. Schindler shoved, Ramdin folded and Powrie called.
Sam Stein's tournament has ended abruptly after a clash with Joon YI did not go as planned.
Stein was all in with pocket tens and Ji held the . A jack on the board improved Ji to the best hand and left Stein to head to the cashier to pick up 23rd place money, or $12,618 to you and I.
Corey Harrison opened the betting with a raise to 20,000 from middle position and Zimnan Ziyard called in the hijack. The flop saw Harrison check-call a 14,000 bet from Ziyard, but when Harrison checked the turn Ziyard checked behind.
The river was the , which put a straight onto the board and Harrison checked. Ziyard paused for a few moments before moving all in and Harrison snap-called.
The entire table erupted into laughter at Ziyard's attempt to buy the pot, with some commenting that you have to try your luck sometimes in poker. Ziyard certainly did that.
Action folded around to Jarred Solomon in the small blind, and he moved all in for his last 125,000. Arshin Gamini was in the big blind, and he tanked for about a minute before dropping chips in the middle for the call.
Gamini:
Solomon:
The board stayed cleaned for Gamini, running down , and he collected the knockout, upping his stack to 830,000.
, Spitzberg shoved all in, putting Powrie to a decision for all his chips. He made the call holding 
of Spitzberg. Powrie would need an eight to survive, but it never came, as the board completed 
and 
. With that KO, Spitzberg added another 200,000 to his already monster stack.
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of Paul Spitzberg. Ramdin was looking to pair one of his high cards, but the board ran dry for him, coming 
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. A jack on the board improved Ji to the best hand and left Stein to head to the cashier to pick up 23rd place money, or $12,618 to you and I.
, which put a straight onto the board and Harrison checked. Ziyard paused for a few moments before moving all in and Harrison snap-called.
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board kept them in front. Schindler's stack was then cut in half.
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