Shamus
Keven Stammen raised to 61,000 from late position, then Bahador Ahmadi reraised to 162,000 from the cutoff. Angel Guillen then made it 400,000 total from the big blind.
Both Stammen and Ahmadi gave it up, and Guillen moves up to 1.65 million.
Shamus
Matthew Lynn - 8th Place
Keven Stammen opened with a raise to 61,000 on the button, and Bahador Ahmadi called from the small blind. Then Matthew Lynn reraised all in from the big blind for 286,000 more. Stammen folded, and Ahmadi thought about it for thirty seconds or so before making the call.
Ahmadi
Lynn
The flop came , and Ahmadi took the lead. The turn was the , so Lynn needed an ace or ten to survive. But the river was the , and Lynn was eliminated in 8th.
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Gregg Merkow - 9th Place
Keven Stammen raised to 61,000, and Gregg Merkow called behind him. The flop came . Stammen led for 101,000, Merkow raised, Stammen reraised all in, and Merkow called.
Stammen
Merkow
Merkow was searching for a seven to save him. But the landed on the turn, giving Stammen a set and making the on the river inconsequential. Merkow is out in 9th, and Stammen is our new chip leader with 2.02 million.
Shamus
Matthew Lynn was at it again, this time raising to 51,000 before the flop from under the gun. It folded back around to Bahador Ahmadi who called from the big blind.
The flop came , and both checked. The turn was the . This time Ahmadi led out for 60,000, and Lynn folded.
Chip leader Ahmadi has about 1.785 million, while Lynn is now the short stack at the table with 360,000.
Shamus
Matthew Lynn pushed all in for 377,000 from middle position and it folded around to Antoine Berube in the big blind.
Berube tanked for a while, and while he thought about it his vocal, French-speaking cheering section offered encouragement from the rail. Finally he let it go. Berube and Keven Stammen (sitting to Berube's left) shared a chuckle regarding Berube's supporters.
Two hands later, Lynn shoved all in before the flop and again claimed the blinds and antes.
Shamus
Bahador Ahmadi just opened with a raise to 62,000 from the hijack seat, then Oktay Altinbas reraised all in for 488,000 from the big blind. Ahmadi said no thank you.
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Garrett Beckman - 10th Place
Garrett Beckman raised all in from early position for 303,000, Shawn Glines reraised all in for 751,000 behind him, and the rest folded.
Beckman showed and Glines . The board came , and Beckman is out in 10th. Glines now climbs up to 1.1 million.
Shamus
The first hand back from the break saw six players limp to see a flop of , and when Torrey Reily led out, all the others folded. Reily now has about 560,000.