Thomas Reynolds raised to 35,000 from middle position and Ryan Smith moved all in for 170,000 on the button. Reynolds tanked for a minute and eventually called.
Smith was at risk and miles ahead with , up against the of Reynolds.
The flop came and Reynolds immediately pulled ahead with a pair of aces. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Smith to the rail in 16th place while pocketing $11,445 for his deep run.
Joep Raemaekers opened the pot with a raise to 33,000 from early position. James Hughes was on the button and three-bet to 88,000. Hilton Givens was in the big blind and shipped all in for 210,000. Raemaekers folded and Hughes made the call.
Hilton Givens:
James Hughes:
The board ran out and Givens was unable to come from behind, thus being eliminated in 17th place.
Benoit Lam happily pushed all in for his remaining 178,000 from early position. Lam was playing with his cards and had a big grin on his face while the action was folded to Li Fu on the button who made the call. It was a race scenario as Lam tabled and Fu showed .
The board ran out and Fu was victorious with her pocket queens, eliminating Lam in 18th place.
Following the quick eliminations of Dakota Burnett and Katie Swift in 20th and 19th places, respectively, the final two tables have come together, and Chris Johnson still leads with a healthy stack of 1,430,000. Eric Blair and Chad Layne have both built their stacks up to just over a million in chips also.
Michael Gathy raised to 32,000 from middle position, and Ryan 'Rybo' Smith moved all in for 73,000 from the small blind. Gathy called.
Smith was at risk with , up against Gathy's . The flop came , giving Gathy trip tens. It was looking grim for Smith, but the turn was the and Smith immediately perked up, making a full house. He just had to dodge the fourth ten in the deck, and he did when the hit the river.
Smith doubled through and has some chips to work with after coming in to the day last in chips.
There was around 115,000 in the pot with the board reading and Li Fu made a bet of 76,000 from the small blind. Joep Raemaekers was in the big blind position and called to see the land on the river.
Fu checked and Raemaekers thought for a moment before putting together a bet of 118,000. Fu quickly folded and Raemaekers added to his stack early in the day.
On a board reading with about 45,000 in the pot, Allan Bieler managed to get his stack of 216,000 all in over top of a bet from Shaun Davis, and was called.
Bieler was at risk and tabled for a straight draw, and Davis showed for top pair. Both players had a heart in their hands, with Bieler holding the better flush draw.
The turn was the , completing Bieler's straight. He cheered, but when the hit the river he threw his hands up in disappointment. Until the dealer pushed the pot to him, he clearly thought he had lost.
When he realized he won, he sat back down and raked in the pot. Another player at the table pointed out, "You were ahead on the turn and just improved on the river!"
, up against the 
of Reynolds.
and Reynolds immediately pulled ahead with a pair of aces. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending Smith to the rail in 16th place while pocketing $11,445 for his deep run.
and Givens was unable to come from behind, thus being eliminated in 17th place.
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and Fu was victorious with her pocket queens, eliminating Lam in 18th place.
, up against Gathy's 
. The flop came 
hit the river. 
for a straight draw, and Davis showed 
, completing Bieler's straight. He cheered, but when the 
