Harrison Beach raised to 4,300 from the button and Brandon Cantu three-bet to 14,400 from the small blind. Beach called and the flop was . Cantu bet 15,000 and Beach called. The turn was the and Cantu led again for 18,000. Beach raised to 38,500 and Cantu thought for a moment before releasing his hand.
Jason Koon started the day with less than 15,000 chips and is now behind stacks worth 108,000.
This week hasn’t been kind to Koon. We heard him chatting with some of his table mates that he fired two bullets at the Bellagio $100,000 rebuy and didn't reach the money, and then bubbled the $25,300 satellite to the Big One for One Drop.
Hopefully, this tournament will see Koon run better. The $405,428 first-place prize may better the week for him.
Paul Dewald has been sent to the rail by the seemingly unstoppable Xiao Peng, who now has 204,000 chips.
Dewald moved all in and Peng called. Dewald flipped over and Peng the . The ladies of Peng were kind to her and they held on a board to bust Dewald in 66th place.
Matthew Reed raised to 3,500 and Jared Jaffee three-bet to 8,200 from the button. The player in the big blind four-bet to 15,000, Reed folded and Jaffee made the call. The flop was and Jaffee's opponent moved all in for 18,800. Jaffee called and tabled versus the of his opponent.
The board completed and the flush was good for a double. Jaffee's big stack barely took a dent, though, as he is still over 300,000.
It has been a roller coaster day for British pro Alex Goulder. At Goulder's highest point he had been up into six figures, but lost set over set for chunks and never fully recovered.
He busted thanks to a three-bet-shove with . The original raised and woke up with the dominant . The flop left Goulder drawing to running cards and he had already stood up from his seat before the turn and river completed the board, confirming his exit.