Cantu Doubles Up Silverman
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
With the board reading 
Brandon Cantu bet 18,000. Steven Silverman reraised to 48,000. This put Cantu into the tank. After about two minutes of thinking, Cantu finally moved all in. Silverman instantly called and showed 
for a turned straight.
Cantu angrily turned over his 
for two pair.
The river was the 
and Cantu was forced to ship over chips to Silverman.
"Jesus Christ," Cantu said after the hand as the dealer was counting out stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
125,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
||
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, and Naydenov turned over 
. It was a coin-flip situation, but when the flop fell 
, Naydenov took a big lead, and Drinan would need either an 8 or running straight cards. He received neither on the turn and river, and has been eliminated from the tournament. Naydenov will now play Mandeep Narang heads-up to see who will advance from their table.
Silverman check raised Cantu to 23,500 with 
and caught a few outs with the 
eliminating Cantu from the tournament.
. Cliff Josephy called with 
.
on the river was not one of those outs and O'Brien picked up a little breathing room but Josephy still has a monster chip lead.
flop, Narang checked and Naydenov bet 9,000. Narang quickly check-raised all-in for 111,500. Naydenov thought for a minute, then called with 
. The flop changed matters, though, coming 
. Darner held 
against Sammartino's 
. The river though wasn't one of Sammartino's outs, it was the 
wasn't able to catch up to Silverstein's 
for a second double.
