Siddharth Karia had only 1,400 in chips when he moved all in from middle position.
Massoud Eskandari made the call from the button.
Siddharth Karia: 2♣2♦
Massoud Eskandari: A♠9♣
The runout of 10♦K♥6♣A♦3♠ turned an ace to send Karia to the rail.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
With the board laid out and reading A♣J♠K♦8♥, Kyle Swan checked from early position to Kurt Fitzgerald in the cutoff, who bet out for 1,200. Swan called.
The river saw the 2♠ drop, and again Swan checked, and this time Fitzgerald bet out for 3,600. Swan didn't think too long and made the call, but instantly mucked his cards when he saw Fitzgerald table A♦A♠ for a flopped set of bullets.
Action was picked up with three players all in preflop, all holding premium pocket pairs. Vladas Tamasauskas was in an early position and at risk, Jason Blodgett was in the cutoff, having both opponents covered, and Steven Tooley was on the button and also at risk.
Steven Tooley: J♥J♣
Vladas Tamasauskas: K♥K♣
Jason Blodgett: A♠A♦
Blodgett was in the ideal situation to accumulate three times his starting stack, and things looked good on the Q♥8♥9♠ flop. Blodgett winced ever so slightly as he saw the K♦ fall on the turn as he went from a huge favorite to a huge underdog. The river 4♠ was of no help, and Tamasauskas scored a huge pot in the early goings.
Jianwei Lin shoved all in from middle position, and Craig Coultas, in the hijack, made the call.
Jianwei Lin: A♣Q♦
Craig Coultas: J♣J♥
The runout of 2♦5♥3♥K♥8♠ missed Lin and Coultas' jacks held for the knockout.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Joseph Pfluger raised to 600 from under the gun and was called by Julia Heaney in middle position and Samuel Decaro in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a 8♦7♠6♥ flop, action checked to Heaney who bet 600 and was called by both opponents.
All three players checked on the 3♣ turn card.
The river was the 10♠, Decaro bet 800, Pfluger folded, and Heaney called. Decaro tabled 10♥9♦, good for a straight and the winning hand.
Action folded around to Martin Perez on the button, who raised to 200 only to be three-bet to 700 by Adam Agaev in the small blind. Christoph Koechy called from the big blind, and Perez folded.
The dealer laid out the flop of Q♠K♦8♠ and the action went check-check. The 9♦ came on the turn, and Agaev checked to Koechy, who bet out for 2,200. Agaev raised to 7,700, and Koechy moved all in for near-starting stack. Agaev snap-called, and it was he who was at risk, although he was way ahead with a set of eights.
Adam Agaev: 8♥8♣
Christoph Koechy: Q♥K♣
No help for Koechy on the 3♠ river, and he was left with less than a bowl of rice to play with.
Nan Zhang earned the dubious distinctions of being the first person eliminated from the tournament and the first to buy back into the singe reentry event.
"Can't believe a guy called me with jack-ten," said Nan Zhang, who had ace-king.
The guy is Ronald Jackson, who was pleased to see his jack-ten crush the runout of J♠3♥3♣3♠10♣.
"Hey, it's 20-minute levels," the Texas native said chuckling. ""And they were suited."
Many familiar faces have been spotted in the field of Event #100
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