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Joe Awada flopped a strong draw but couldn't get any of his draw-filling cards to fall on the later streets. He got his short stack in with 
against 
. Awada had plenty of options on a flop of 
, but it was his opponent who improved on both streets with the 
. Awada's sole pair of nines was no good against his opponents two pair, aces and nines. Awada is out.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Jason Somerville just took down a couple of pots which have seen his chip stack climb to 630,000.
In the first hand he was in the hijack and was facing a raise to 10,000 when he made it 26,500 to go, getting the call.
The flop came down 
and Somerville bet 32,500 after getting checked to, with his opponent making the call. Both players checked the 
on the turn.
The river was the 
and Somerville was checked to once more, this time betting 38,000. His opponent called and could not have liked seeing Somerville's 
which had pulled ahead of his 
.
In the next hand Somerville was in the small blind and called a raise to 8,000. Both players checked the 
flop. Somerville bet 8,000 on the turn when it came 
, getting the call. When he bet 28,500 on the 
river, Somerville's opponent folded.
When we arrived at the table the flop spread 
and Tony Dunst fired a 35,000-chip bet. His opponent called and saw a hit the felt on the turn.
The river card was a and Tony moved all in for about 190,000 chips.
His opponent tank-folded and Dunst is now up to 565,000 chips.
Jamie Robbins opened from the cutoff to 11,000, and the button three-bet to 36,000. Robbins shoved on him, and the player called all in with his last 139,000. You've got to have a monster to call all in at this stage of the game, and Robbins knew his 
were iffy at best. His opponent turned over and held his breath. The board fell 
, dropping Robbins to 200,000. "I would have taken a six," he said, wishing they'd both played the board for a chop.
Catching the action on a flop of 
, Praz Bansi moved all in over his opponent's 33,500-chip bet.
His opponent made the call for his tournament life tabling his 
for a flush draw. Fortunately for Bansi, he had his opponent dominated with his , and once the landed on the turn, followed by the on the river, Bansi collected another scalp to move to 635,000 in chips.
Jonathan Karamalikis had a bit of good fortune when a short stack moved in for 78,000 preflop with and Karamalikis called with 
.
The board could not have been nicer for Karamalikis as he flopped a pair and rivered a flush - 
- and increased his stack to 185,000. The unhappy chappy with the pocket queens hit the rail, cruelly close to the money.
Lauren Kling opened to 10,000 from middle position only to have Shannon Shorr three-bet to 28,000 next to act.
With the action back on a very calm Kling, she made it 60,000 to go to put Shorr in the tank. After a couple of minutes, Shorr made the call to see a flop fall.
Kling checked, as did Shorr, to see the land on the turn and Kling check once again. Shorr went deep into the tank for three minutes before sliding out a bet of 75,000 to produce an insta-fold from Kling.
Shorr collected the pot to move to 460,500 as Kling slips to 185,000 in chips.
Despite being on death watch, David Chiu is fighting back and just won a pot to edge back up to 115,000. We joined the action on the 
flop, Chiu leading out for 17,000 and receiving one caller. On the turn, Chiu fired 30,000, and despite being requesting a count, his opponent relinquished his hand.
David Chiu opened for 10,500 in the cutoff and Theo Jorgensen called on the button. They saw a 
flop which Chiu checked. Jorgensen bet 25,000 and Chiu folded 
face up.
Chiu is down to a rather precarious 90,000 or so. Jorgensen meanwhile looks to be our chip leader on around 1.28 million.
