Over on table 700, Gina Bacon has just knocked out two players in a row. The first to depart was Stephen Jarrett, who battled with a short stack for quite some time and had last been spotted with around 10 big blinds. He got it in with out of the big blind and Bacon had the from under the gun.
The board came and Jarrett missed out on his flush draw and one overcard.
Exactly one hand later, Tommy Vinas pushed from under the gun with the and Bacon called in the big blind with . The board ran out and the six on the turn saw Vinas also join the rail.
Moments later, Jimmy Tran was left empty-handed to bust in 29th place.
The field has been reduced to the last 26 and it was Seth Brown who had his pocket aces cracked. Bill Klein looked him up with and found a queen on the flop of a board . The remaining hopefuls will now redraw to the last three tables, as one other player had busted on a different table at the same time.
Randall Chamberlain open-shoved his last 130,000 in from middle position. A few spots down, Kam Low shoved all in over the top of that. Everyone else folded and the two headed to a showdown.
Low:
Chamberlain:
The board ran out . That gave Chamberlain a flush draw, but he couldn't complete it and he hit the rail in 26th place, taking home $20,890 for his run here in Event #31.
Down to just 85,000, Raafat Thomas moved all in from the button and Jeff Martin asked for a count, then called in the big blind.
Thomas:
Martin:
The flop of left Thomas in desperate shape and he was drawing dead as soon as the hit on the turn. Martin even made a full house thanks to the river and Thomas headed to the payout desk to collect $20,890 for his efforts.
Frank Maggio defended his big blind and check-called a bet on the flop. On the turn, Maggio check-called another bet worth 250,000 before he shoved the on the river. Lillge asked for a count and his shove was for 630,000 in total.
Lillge folded and Maggio chipped up without showdown.
Jeff Martin had a bluff gone wrong and dropped to just 100,000 before doubling up right after. His fortune didn't last long, as he just bowed out against dominating chip leader Dan Heimiller.
Heimiller pushed from the small blind for effectively 300,000, as that's what Martin had left, and he was quickly called.
Martin:
Heimiller:
The flop of improved Heimiller and he stayed in the lead after the turn and river to eliminate Martin in 23rd place for $20,890.