Action was caught with Kenny Hsiung betting on the sixth and seventh street. Thomas Taylor snap-called on the last bet with but it was not enough to beat for Hsiung, who made a full house.
Kevin Macphee / - folded on seventh street
Valentin Vornicu //
Paul Holder //
Paul Holder's small stack was in the middle of the table on the fourth street, with both Kevin Macphee and Valentin Vornicu who checked the fifth and sixth street.
On the last street, Vornicu bet and Macphee folded.
Vornicu just showed for a set and with Holder couldn't beat that.
He ended his tournament with a 29th-place finish for $3,018.
Action was picked up on fourth street, Alex Livingston bet and was called by Jorgio Castro. On fifth street, Livingtson bet again and Castro raised to put himself at risk, Livingston called.
Livingston had only a pair of deuces heading the the river, so Castro needed to pair any of his cards to stay alive. He slowly peeled the river card which was the to pair his three and barely pip the deuces to remain in the hunt.
Philip Hayes had no that many chips to play his last hand in this event, almost 20,000.
With a pocket nine in his first three cards, he finally was not favorite against a pocket Jacks for Andy Bloch.
Bloch even improved his hand in a full house, after hitting in the last four cards.
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Jason Evans: // folded on seventh street
Philip Hayes: /
Jason Gola: /
There was a large pot brewing on seventh street with Jason Gola having raised a bet. Philip Hayes called and Jason Evans folded after some thought.
Gola tabled the jack-high straight. Hayes had a straight of his own, but it was merely seven-high as he became the victim of another brutal cooler to wound his stack even more.
Tom Schneider had a few chips left, and they were early involved in this hand.
Everything went too fast to get all the cards, but it was possible to quickly understand that Schneider took a bad beat, holding two pairs of kings and eights against just a pocket queens for Edward Sass.
On seventh street, Sass hit a third Queen to make trips and exclaimed, "Yes!" while eliminating Schneider in 33rd place.
Action was picked up on fifth street, Oxana Cummings bet with a pair of eights showing and Philip Hayes called. Sixth street gave Cummings trip eights. She bet 20,000 and despite the trips showing, Hayes raised to 40,000. Cummings thought for a while before calling.
Cummings checked as seventh street was being dealt. Hayes bet 20,000 and Cummings raised to 40,000. This gave Hayes pause for a few moments before he called.
Cummings tabeled the goods with the for quad eights. Hayes flashed a ten for trip tens, She celebrated her big pot as she got some cheers from her daughter watching on the rail, supporting the last woman standing in the event.