Action folded to Lorenzo Bosforo on the button, and he made it 43,000 to go. Soi Nguyen was in the small blind, and he put in a three bet to 111,000. Lynda Tran let go from the big blind, and Bosforo made the call.
The flop came down , and Nguyen assembled a c-bet of 111,000, and stuck it in. Bosforo normally takes a long time for his decision, but this time, he only took about 15 seconds to move all in. Nguyen asked for a count, and the total was 569,000. Nguyen shuffled his chips, and tanked for about 45 seconds before sliding his hand towards the dealer.
Nguyen maintains his chip lead at 1.659 million despite the hit, while Bosforo jumps up to 946,000.
The first fifteen minutes of this level have gone by pretty slowly. We had some shortish stacks to start the day, but now, Jonathan Chehanske is the only player who is under 30 big blinds.
Erik Roussakis opened from under the gun to 35,000, and it folded around to Jonathan Chehanske. He moved all in for his last 123,000, and Lorenzo Bosforo was next to act. He tanked for about 90 seconds, clearly thinking with a big hand. Eventually, he folded.
Soi Nguyen was next in the small blind, and he let out a chuckle when he looked at his cards. He tanked for about a minute himself before folding, and Roussakis said "let's gamble" and called.
Roussakis:
Chehanske:
Roussakis was drawing very live, but the flop nailed Chehanske, coming . Chehanske sat back down in his seat, but the on the turn made him sweat a bit. Roussakis could now catch an eight for a straight, but the river was the .
Chehanske doubles to 260,000 after that hand, while Roussakis drops back below one million.
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There has been a good amount of three betting so far at the final table, but we have yet to see a four bet. That is until just now, and it came from the last woman standing: Lynda Tran.
Tran opened it up under the gun to 35,000, and she was called by Edmund Liu and Lorenzo Bosforo. Action folded around to Soi Nguyen in the big blind, and he got raising chips out. He put in a bet of 121,000, and it was back on Tran. She didn't take long to cut out a stack of yellow T25,000 chips, and she made it 300,000 to go. Liu and Bosforo quickly folded, and Nguyen took only about 10 seconds to fold himself.
Tran has now joined the million chip club, with 1.033 million.
The eliminations are coming fast here at Rincon! Just a few hands after David Randall busted in 8th, we lost James Czarnecki in 7th. Action started with Soi Nguyen raising to 35,000. It folded to Czarnecki, and he moved all in for 166,000. Everyone else folded, and Nguyen asked for a count. Once he got the official total, he made the call.
Nguyen:
Czarnecki:
It was a dream flop for Nguyen, coming . Czarnecki was already shaking hands with the players, even though he could still catch runner runner to survive. Someone on the rail shouted for a deuce, and the dealer obliged, putting the on the turn. Czarnecki could catch a miracle if a three came on the river, but it was the .
Nguyen strengthens his chip lead with that hand, as he is now up to 1.866 million.
, and Nguyen assembled a c-bet of 111,000, and stuck it in. Bosforo normally takes a long time for his decision, but this time, he only took about 15 seconds to move all in. Nguyen asked for a count, and the total was 569,000. Nguyen shuffled his chips, and tanked for about 45 seconds before sliding his hand towards the dealer.
. Chehanske sat back down in his seat, but the 
on the turn made him sweat a bit. Roussakis could now catch an eight for a straight, but the river was the 
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but your opponent plays, then you watch him play in real-time hoping he loses because every dollar he loses is a dollar you win!
. Czarnecki was already shaking hands with the players, even though he could still catch runner runner to survive. Someone on the rail shouted for a deuce, and the dealer obliged, putting the 
on the turn. Czarnecki could catch a miracle if a three came on the river, but it was the 
.