We found a three-way flop at the outer table, but one bet was once again enough to end things. David Baker opened from early position for 420,000 and as called by Matt Affleck (on the button) and Duy Le (in the big blind). Action checked to Affleck on a queen-high flopo, . His bet of 825,000 ended the hand.
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Action folded to Hasan Habib and he moved in for 1.675 million. Everyone folded and Habib showed the .
Habib has only been shoving, and rightfully so, as he's been between 8 and 15 big blinds more most of the day.
We're still here and the internet in the Amazon Room is (for now) still working. But since the re-draw, action at the outer table has been minimal to non-existent. Most pots are going to the first raiser.
Soi Nguyen opened to 490,000 and action folded to Brandon Steven in the big blind. He three-bet to 1.59 million and Nguyen made the call, creating a pot over three million chips.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn brought the and both players checked again. The river completed the board with the and Steven fired 1.15 million. Nuyen made the call.
Steven held the , but Nguyen had a pair, the . Nguyen won the pot and took a chunk from Steven's stack.
The first fifteen minutes at the outer table have been very sparse of action. It finally took David Baker and Duy Le to get the action rolling. Le opened his button to 505,000 and was called by Baker from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, . Baker also checked the turn, inducing a bet of 1,000,000 from Le. Baker then check-raised all in and took down the pot.
Action folded over to Michael Mizrachi in the hijack seat and he raised to 485,000. Scott Clements moved in on the button for 4.905 million. Matthew Jarvis was in the big blind and reshoved all in to put the pressure back on Mizrachi. He thought for a little bit and then folded his hand, leaving the other two heads up with Clements' tournament life on the line.
Clements held the and was dominated by the of Jarvis. Clements would need to come from behind if he wanted to stay alive here in the Main Event.
The flop didn't provide much help for Clements when the fell. The turn was the and Clements still needed some lady love in order to stay alive.
The river completed the board with the and that was it. Clements was eliminated in 18th place. He'll add this deep run and $396,967 to his powerful resume which consists of nearly $4.4 million in live tournament winnings.
John Racener raised to 460,000 and was called by Matthew Jarvis. The flop came down and Racener fired 585,000. Jarvis made the call and the fell on the river. Racener checked and Jarvis fired 1.075 million. Racener thought and then folded, giving Jarvis the pot.
Jack Effel got back on the mic before play resumed.
"Welcome back, welcome back. Thanks for your assistance with the re-draw although a lot of people got in the way. When we do our next re-draw at ten players we're going to clear the room. Remember, the players come first."
Effel was referring what can only be referred to as the "organized chaos" that took place during the re-draw.
"With that said, we're situated. 18 players remaining. We're playing down to the November Nine!" This comment was met with strong applause.
"I wish all you guys the best of luck. There's 1:31:38 remaining until the dinner break. Dealers, shuffle up and deal."
Seat 1: Soi Nguyen
Seat 2: Michael Mizrachi
Seat 3: Hasan Habib
Seat 4: Scott Clements
Seat 5: John Racener
Seat 6: Matthew Jarvis
Seat 7: Jason Senti
Seat 8: Brandon Steven
Seat 9: Benjamin Statz
Seat 1: Adam Levy
Seat 2: Jonathan Duhamel
Seat 3: Matt Affleck
Seat 4: John Dolan
Seat 5: Duy Le
Seat 6: Pascal LeFrancois
Seat 7: David Baker
Seat 8: Joseph Cheong
Seat 9: Fillipo Candio