Pushing and Shoving
Trevor Saunders is one of the shorter stacks but is holding onto his tournament life with a firm grip presently, successfully getting two shoves through on the button in two consecutive orbits to tread water.
"I'm calling anyone else but you Trev," joked Huss Hassan from the small blind after Saunder's second shove.
Over on the feature table Steven Zhou and Duy Doc Vu got into some pre-flop chip stack flexing, but nothing came of it, though Vu was able to pick up some free chips without showdown.
It was Vu the man first to act, limping for 60,000 from early position, with Anish Kumar making the call from the cutoff before Zhou squeezed to 430,000 from the big blind. Vu asked Zhou how much more he was playing - around 2.8 million - before sliding out a four-bet to 950,000 in total.
Kumar mucked but has much recovered from losing out to that flush earlier that saw Zhou crack his pocket aces and Kumar has spun his stack back up to 1.8 million.
With the action back on Zhou, he tanked for an ice age before eventually deciding to let it go and Vu raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000 | -260,000 |
|
3,600,000 | -100,000 |
|
2,800,000 | -1,120,000 |
|
1,800,000 | 1,300,000 |
|
650,000 | -5,000 |