One hand later, Chris Bonita got the rest of his chips in. When the table folded around to his button, he open-shoved just over 500,000 into the middle. Mark Sykes folded his small blind, but Jesus Cabrera peeked down at and made the call with his covering stack. Bonita was in trouble, tabling his inferior to put his fate in question.
The dealer would not bail Bonita out, dealing a board of to send him packing. Chris Bonita becomes our fourth-place finisher, then, taking home about $10,000 more than Dave Cubeta before him. His check is for $39,406, a fine consolation for three days of poker.
On the next hand, Matthew Waxman raised to 90,000 from the button, and Chris Bonita three-bet to 210,000 from the small blind, a reraise that represented nearly a third of his stack. Waxman responded by four-bet shoving, and Bonita could not call of his remainder. He mucked, slipping down to 515,000 in the process.
Waxman is up to 3.55 million and well in control of this final table.
It's a good day to be Matthew Waxman. He's just found aces for the second time this orbit, and he's used them to tally his second consecutive knockout. Here's how it went down:
Chris Bonita was the first raiser, opening a can of worms as he made it 95,000 to play from under the gun. Mark Sykes three-bet to 205,000 from the cutoff seat, but there was plenty more action to come. In the small blind, Matthew Waxman four-bet to 400,000, and Dave Cubeta called all in for exactly that much in the big blind. That cleared Bonita and Sykes out of the way, and Cubeta was heads up and at risk. And in bad shape:
Cubeta:
Waxman:
There was no funny stuff on the board, and Cubeta has been eliminated. He'll cash a check for close to 30,000 greenbacks, while Waxman has his sights set on gold. His count of 3.26 million gives him a 2:1 lead over second place.
Mike Summers raised to 90,000 from the hijack seat, and Matthew Waxman three-bet to 155,000 from the button. Summers called the extra bit, and it was heads up to the flop.
When the dealer rolled out , Summers elected to ship his last ~500,000 into the middle. Waxman snap-called, and just like that, a pot of well over 1 million chips was piled in the middle with Summers' tournament life hanging in the balance.
Showdown
Summers: (flush draw)
Waxman: (top set)
The turn did nothing to help Summers' cause, looking for a diamond and a diamond only to stay alive. The river was the right color, but the was the wrong suit. Summers can not catch up to Waxman's aces, ending his day as the 6th-place finisher. The pay bump takes him up over $20,000 in profit for three days of work.
Waxman is now the big leader with 2.74 million chips, nearly 40% of the total in play.
In the hijack position, Mark Sykes came into the pot shoving all in for 690,000 chips. Two seats over, Jesus Cabrera reraised all in himself, and the blinds folded to let the two mix it up for a big pot. Cabrera had Skyes crushed:
Sykes:
Cabrera:
The flop rolled out blanks, coming to put Sykes two cards from the exit.
Turn: ! Not so fast, as they say in the parlance of our times. Sykes finds his two-outer, now just one card from a massive double up. When the safe filled out the board, Cabrera was forced to part with about a third of his stack, slipping back down to 1.58 million. Sykes is hot on his heels now, sitting pretty with 1.47 million after that come-from-behind double.
Under the gun, Jesus Cabrera made it 120,000 to go, and Tam Ly moved all in for about 290,000 across the table. Cabrera wasted no time calling to put Ly at risk, the two men flipping for about 600,000 chips and Ly's tournament life.
Showdown
Cabrera:
Ly:
The flop was a good miss for Ly, adding another nine outs to the flush. The turn was a brick, however, and the river was the wrong shade of black. Unable to get over the hump with his ace-high, Tam Ly has been sent off in 7th place. He'll take home $17,618 for his efforts, a fine consolation prize by our estimation.
Cabrera is now firmly in control of the big stack with 2.36 million sitting in front of him.
There has been a noticeable shortage of action here in the first 20 minutes of the level. Tam Ly has moved all in twice with no call, and that's the most drama we've seen thus far.
With all but two players under 20 big blinds, the action should be coming soon.
The players are on a ten-minute break as tournament officials color up the orange T1,000 chips. With seven players left, the average is now just over 1 million chips.
First in from the button, Tam Ly raised to 75,000, and Dave Cubeta jammed his 233,000 chips into the middle on a three-bet shove from the small blind. Ly instantly called with his covering stack, and Cubeta was in a bad way:
Ly:
Cubeta:
When you're that far behind, a flop looks like a win, and the dealer provided Cubeta with eight outs to hit the winning straight. He didn't have to wait long; the landed right on the turn, and Ly needed to take a lap around the table to cool off. The river was a mere formality, and Cubeta has doubled up to 524,000. Ly is now the dangerously short stack with just 215,000 chips left, about 5.5 big blinds when this level expires.
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and made the call with his covering stack. Bonita was in trouble, tabling his inferior 
to put his fate in question.
to send him packing. Chris Bonita becomes our fourth-place finisher, then, taking home about $10,000 more than Dave Cubeta before him. His check is for $39,406, a fine consolation for three days of poker.
board, and Cubeta has been eliminated. He'll cash a check for close to 30,000 greenbacks, while Waxman has his sights set on gold. His count of 3.26 million gives him a 2:1 lead over second place.
, Summers elected to ship his last ~500,000 into the middle. Waxman snap-called, and just like that, a pot of well over 1 million chips was piled in the middle with Summers' tournament life hanging in the balance.
(flush draw)
did nothing to help Summers' cause, looking for a diamond and a diamond only to stay alive. The river was the right color, but the 
to put Sykes two cards from the exit.
filled out the board, Cabrera was forced to part with about a third of his stack, slipping back down to 1.58 million. Sykes is hot on his heels now, sitting pretty with 1.47 million after that come-from-behind double.
flop was a good miss for Ly, adding another nine outs to the flush. The turn 
was a brick, however, and the 
flop looks like a win, and the dealer provided Cubeta with eight outs to hit the winning straight. He didn't have to wait long; the 
was a mere formality, and Cubeta has doubled up to 524,000. Ly is now the dangerously short stack with just 215,000 chips left, about 5.5 big blinds when this level expires.