Action folded to the button where Naoya Kihara opened with a raise. The player in the small blind reraised. "Uh oh," Kihara said. With action back on Kihara he made it three bets. The small blind called.
The flop came and both players checked to see the on the turn. The small blind bet. Kihara raised leaving just 100 behind. The small blind raised and Kihara called for the rest of his chips.
Kihara:
Small Blind:
"Deuce of hearts," the small blind said. "Scoop!"
And his wishes were answered when the hit the river, giving him a flush and a better low to take down the pot and eliminating Kihara from the tournament.
All of Mike Leah's sweet sweet chips have been dispersed to players at his table, leaving him headed to the rail. Maria Ho has also busted from the event. Meanwhile, Aaron Steury has made a full recovery from his early short stack and John Monnette has built a decent sized chip stack for himself as well.
Richard Bai and James Chen look to have the two biggest stacks in the room at this point. Both have flown under the radar to this point but both have over 60,000 chips and look to be the tournament chip leaders at this point. Aaron Steury, who at one point was all in for his last 1,100 chips has also built himself up to be one of the largest stacks in the room, topping 60,000 chips as players start to round out the last level of the night.