Roland Reparejo and John Pearson clash preflop as the two shortest stacks on the secondary table. It was a classic race with the for Pearson and the for Reparejo. The flop wasn't thrilling yet but the turn let Reparejo cheer. "No two please," he said. A three would have delivered a straight as well but instead, the was a blank and Pearson is now really short.
Cameron Tullis raised to 18,000 on the button and then folded when Antonio Bonilla moved all in one seat over. In the very next hand, it was Bonilla who raised the button to 17,000 and then folded against the all in of the small blind.
Kevin Chiem announced "call" on the button but tossed in 16,000 chips, he had to take back 8,000 and limped. The small blind folded and Tullis checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked down the board until the river. Tullis bet 16,000 and Chiem folded.
It folded round to Antonio Bonilla in the small who moved all in. Marcin Sobczak in the big blind quickly made the call which certainly seemed to alarm Bonilla who had the smaller stack and flipped over . He had reason to be alarmed as Sobczak had .
The final board read . No ace to the rescue and after a quick first bump with Cameron Tullis, Bonilla went to pick up his winnings.
Aaron Henderson raised to 18,000 from under-the-gun and Brian Wong pushed all in right behind him for 57,500. The action folded back around to Henderson, who, after a brief moment of thought, said "let's gamble" and made the call with . Wong turned over the .
The flop was and Henderson found a new card to root for as he was searching for a jack or two runners. The board ran out however and Wong is still alive with the much needed double.
We have six players below average and in they are all waiting for one of their contenders to make the next move right now. Roland Reparejo won a pot with a 50,000 bet on the flop to get slightly above the danger zone and Cameron Tullis won the blinds and ante with an all in from early position. Break shortly with updated chip counts.
Just before the break, Jay Graunstadt shoved all in from middle position for 53,500 and John Taylor called from the big blind with . Graunstadt needed to hold to stay alive, but the flop proved it is never easy as the gave Taylor an open-ended straight draw.
The turn paired Taylor and now he just needed to fade an ace to eliminate Graunstadt. The on the river completed Taylor's straight and Graunstadt was sent packing.
Ultimately it would be Aaron Henderson who ran out of chips. He got the remainder of his stack in with the and Roland Reparejo who had him dominated with the .
"No four please," Reparejo said. After the flop he changed his mind and didn't want to see a three or eight. Neither the turn nor the river saw Henderson improve and we are down to ten players.
During the break the 500 chips will get removed from play and then we move all to one table. Once another player busts, the official final table will be set.
for Pearson and the 
for Reparejo. The 
flop wasn't thrilling yet but the 
turn let Reparejo cheer. "No two please," he said. A three would have delivered a straight as well but instead, the 
was a blank and Pearson is now really short.
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but he ran into the 
and Pearson wished the table good luck as he took his leave.
board until the river. Tullis bet 16,000 and Chiem folded.
. He had reason to be alarmed as Sobczak had 
.
and Roland Reparejo who had him dominated with the 
flop he changed his mind and didn't want to see a three or eight. Neither the 
river saw Henderson improve and we are down to ten players.
