Action folded around to Lorenzo Bosforo, and he raised to 33,000. David Randall was next to act, and he moved all in for about 360,000. Everyone else got out of the way, and it was back to Bosforo. He paused for a few moments before announcing call.
Randall:
Bosforo:
It was a tough slowroll for Randall, made worse by the fact that his suits were both dominated. The flop came down , and Bosforo was still in front. The turn brought the , and Randall was looking for a red nine. The river was a tease, as it was the , and when the stacks were counted, Bosforo had Randall covered.
Bosforo is up to 900,000 after that hand, while Randall is out in 8th place. It's not all bad news for him though. He did take the lead in the points race here at Rincon, but he will lose that lead if Jonathan Chehanske outlasts one more player.
Action started with David Randall raising it up to 32,000 in middle position. It folded around to Erik Roussakis on the button, and he reraised to 75,000. Ted Jivkov was in the big blind, and he moved all in for 183,000! It got back to Randall, and he clearly had a tough decision to make. After about two minutes in the tank, Randall released his hand, and Roussakis instantly called.
Jivkov:
Roussakis:
It was the ultimate cooler for Jivkov, as his kings were dominated by the only hand that could beat him. The board ran down , and Roussakis scored the knock out, moving over one million in the process.
Edmund Liu raised under the gun to 28,000, and Lorenzo Bosforo made the call in late position. Soi Nguyen also called, and the three saw a flop of . Liu checked to Bosforo who fired out, and Nguyen folded. Liu grabbed enough yellow T25,000 chips to put Bosforo all in, and he quickly called!
Bosforo:
Liu:
Bosforo was ahead with his kings and a flush draw, but he would still need to dodge an ace or a queen from Liu. The turn brought the , and the river came the , giving Bosforo the hand.
Bosforo scored the double up to 520,000, while Liu drops to 1.2 million.
Jonathan Chehanske raised it up to 28,000, and David Randall three bet it to 82,000. Soi Nguyen was on the button, and he made the call. Chehanske got out of the way, and they went heads up to a flop of .
Randall didn't slow down, firing out 140,000, but Nguyen wasn't going anywhere. He made the call, and the turn brought the . Randall tanked for about 30 seconds before checking, and it only took Nguyen about 15 seconds to put out a bet of 230,000.
This bet represented half of Randall's stack, and it only took him a few moments to release his hand. With that hand, Nguyen is our new chip leader with 1.6 million, while Randall is down to 434,000.
Ted Jivkov came into today as the short stack, and he folded all his hands in the first orbit. However, he took a stand on the last hand, moving all in for 157,000. No one had a hand to battle him with, and he took down the crucial blinds and antes.
We have just had our first showdown of the final table, and it went to Jonathan Chehanske. He raised it up to 28,000 in middle position, and Edmund Liu was the lone caller in the big blind.
The flop came , and Liu checked to Chehanske, who fired out 30,000. Liu made the call, and the turn brought the. This slowed both players down as they checked, and the river was the . Liu checked, and Chehanske figured it was safe to fire out a value bet of 45,000. Liu made the call, and Chehanske rolled over for a pair of kings.
It was good enough to beat Liu, and Chehanske took the pot to get back up over 400,000.
On the second hand of the final table, action folded around to Jonathan Chehanske in the hijack, and he raised to 35,000. David Randall called from the button, and it was on Soi Nguyen in the small blind. He elected to raise it up to 92,000, and both Chehanske and Randall quickly got out of the way.