Blais Sends Lin's Aces On the Fritz
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
In a hand retold to PokerNews by Frank Lin, according to him he three-bet to 335,000 preflop over the 120,000 raise by William Blais.
The flop came 
. Lin bet 305,000, Blais raised all in for about 1,400,000 and Lin called.
Lin had the 
but would need to fade the 
of Blais.
The turn was the 
to keep Lin ahead but the river came the 
to river a straight for Blais and crack the aces of Lin as he was left with crumbs and Blais zoomed toward the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
30,000
-2,270,000
|
-2,270,000 |
versus the 
held by Davis.
and Davis took the lead with a pair of tens. 
and that locked it up for Davis who improved to a broadway straight, which left Yu drawing dead.
and that officially eliminated Yu from the tournament.
to give Lin some hope of a straight but the river was the 
and Mezrich took down the big pot, Lin was eliminated and Blais dropped some from his large stack.
.
and Lemma remained in the lead. 
and changed nothing. 
and that meant that Lemma and his aces took down the pot, which in turn eliminated Nastasa and left Gabay with 760,000 chips. 
. Simeon Spasov bet 335,000 into a pot of roughly the same amount. Joseph Nelligan called after a few moments.
turn however, paired Hutchinson, leaving Ly needing any queen or seven to stay alive. 
and Blais jumped out to the early lead.