Anh Nguyen just won a nice pot with a flush against Brian Haveson's straight. Haveson slammed his cards down on the table in frustration, while Nguyen just smiled and called himself a "cockroach" -- presumably because he refuses to die. Here are the current chip counts:
Raye Puckett raises from the button/small blind to 12,000, and Gerald Rhoads calls. The flop comes , Rhoads checks, Puckett bets 6,000, and Rhoads calls. The turn card is the , Puckett checks, Rhoads bets 12,000, Puckett raises to 24,000, Rhoads reraises to 36,000, Puckett reraises to 48,000 ... and soon Rhoads is all in.
Rhoads shows for two pair, jacks and fours, and Puckett shows for a set of fours. Rhoads needs to catch a jack on the river (two outs) to survive with a higher full house.
The river card is the , and Raye Pucket wins the pot -- and the table -- with a set of fours.
Gerald Rhoads is eliminated in 11th place, earning $6,634.
Raye Puckett advances to tonight's final table, scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm PDT.
After a flop of , Anh Nguyen is all in with for an open-ended striaght draw against Brian Haveson's for a pair of fours.
Brian Haveson - 222,000
Anh Nguyen - 48,000
The next hand, Nguyen raises from the button/small blind to 12,000, Haveson reraises to 18,000, and Nguyen calls. The flop comes , Haveson bets 6,000, and Nguyen calls. The turn card is the , Haveson bets 12,000, Nguyen moves all in for 24,000, and Haveson calls with . Nguyen shows for a pair of eights, and he is behind and drawing to two outs on the river to survive.
The river card is -- the ! Nguyen rivers a full house, eights full of fours, to survive and double up to 96,000 in chips.
Brian Haveson - 174,000
Anh Nguyen - 96,000
As you can see, Anh Nguyen is right back in this match.
With the board showing on the turn, Bryan Spadaro bets 12,000, Andy Ward raises to 24,000, and Spadaro calls all in with for a pair of queens. But Ward shows for the queen-high straight. Spadaro needs a jack on the river to chop the pot and survive, but the last card is the .
Bryan Spadaro is eliminated in 11th place, earning $6,634.
Andy Ward advances to tonight's final table, scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm PDT.
With the limits at 6,000-12,000, high chip swings should be expected. Victor Ramdin has reversed positions at Table 8, and now has a 100,000-chip lead.
With the board showing on the turn, Andy Ward checks, Bryan Spadaro bets 12,000, and Ward calls. The river card is the , Ward checks, Spadaro bets 12,000, and Ward calls. Spadaro shows for a pair of deuces, and Ward shows for ace high.
Spadaro takes the pot, and he has already bounced back from his post-break low.