In a preflop all-in contest, Elia Ahmadian was the player at risk against Jordan Spurlin and both turned over premium holdings in the following showdown.
Elia Ahmadian:
Jordan Spurlin:
The board ran out and Spurlin prevailed with the top set.
Soon after, Spurlin was eying another knockout when he looked up Corey Hochman after the flop.
Corey Hochman:
Jordan Spurlin:
The turn and river bricked and Hochman doubled with the superior straight.
Following a limp from Nader Younes, and a call from Dylan Linde in the small blind, Stephen Chidwick raised to 25,000, leaving himself a single 1,000 chip behind. Both Younes and Linde called to see a flop of .
Action checked through, with Chidwick preserving that 1,000 chip.
On the turn, Linde led out for 56,000 and Chidwick flicked in his lone yellow chip. Younes folded.
Stephen Chidwick:
Dylan Linde:
While Linde had turned a set, Chidwick had flopped top set, which held up following the river.
"You trapped me", said Linde jokingly as Chidwick dragged the pot.
Three ways to the flop, the action checked to Keith Ferrera and he bet 25,000. Rok Gostisa called and so did Jim Collopy, both of which were in the blinds. The turn was checked and Gostisa bet the river for just 16,000. Collopy was the only caller but mucked when he was shown the by Gostisa.
He is doing fine in the tournament and wears a hoodie with the fitting slogan with "I'm fine."
Stephen Chidwick has been grinding a short stack most of the day, and he's recently been reunited with chip leader Chris Sandrock at his table.
In a recent pot, Sandrock raised to 20,000 from late position, and Chidwick opted to just call from the big blind, leaving himself just 25,000 behind.
The flop came , and Chidwick opted to check. Sandrock quickly bet enough to potentially put Chidwick all-in, but he instead opted to fold and preserve his last few chips.
Brandon Shack-Harris was facing a bet from Isaac Kempton after the runout and took his time before announcing a raise. Kempton then took some time to consider the call but mucked his cards as the chips slid to Shack-Harris.
Michael Wolff raised the button and called a three-bet to 48,000 by Lautaro Guerra in the big blind. The flop fell and Guerra bet 25,000 for Wolff to call. On the turn, Guerra checked and Wolff bet the pot. That had Guerra's remaining stack of more than 110,000 covered and he called it off.
Lautaro Guerra:
Michael Wolff:
Guerra's set and nut flush draw had plenty of outs but he missed them all on the river.
Chip Leader Chris Sandrock has been building his stack all day long, but his latest table change sits him with one of the other large stacks in the room, Nader Younes, who is one of the only other players in the room near one million chips at the moment.