The former seat of Jason Potter who recently busted was replaced by Shaun Deeb. We caught Deeb in a hand where himself in early position, Rob Perelman in the hijack and the player in the cutoff saw a 
flop. Deeb checked to Perelman who bet 3,600 and the cutoff folded. Deeb made the call and then both players checked both the 
turn and 
river. Deeb turned over 
for a pair of nines which were good when Perelman mucked.
While the hand was a good start for Deeb who has a sizeable stack at his new table, sitting to his left is the largest stack at the table and one of the largest in the field in Biagio Morciano. At least Don Nguyen and his big stack are to Deeb’s right but talk about good position for Morciano! We’ll hopefully catch some hands between these players as there could be fireworks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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312,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
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260,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
205,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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|
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32,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
Busted | |
and Bardah fired 2,500. Pantling took a few seconds and then raised to 8,000. Bardah then thought for half a minute more and moved all in for 20,500 total. Pantling quickly folded and Bardah won the pot.
and Jason Alexander checked from the small blind to his lone opponent in early position, who fired 35,000. Alexander fell deep into the tank. After about four minutes of agonized deliberation, Alexander mucked 
flop. Action checked around.
to pair the board. McCormick checked and the big blind fired 3,500. Mercier called. The river was the 
and the big blind fired 5,700. Mercier tanked for a tiny bit and then mucked his hand.
and Bardah fired 2,500 for a continuation bet. Nadal called to see the turn, which was the 
. Both players checked and the dealer placed the 
out on the river. Bardah checked again and Nadal fired 3,600. Bardah gave it a moment's thought, but then folded and dropped back to 23 big blinds.
Paul Pierce checked to his opponent who fired out a bet of 2,500. Pierce made the call and the turn brought the 
. Pierce checked once again and his opponent pushed out 5,400. Pierce quickly made the call.
hit the river and Pierce threw out a bet of 6,000. His opponent inquired how much Pierce had behind and then raised it to 19,100. Pierce tanked for about a minute before mucking his hand.
and Cates bet 3,300. His opponent made it 9,900 to go and Cates let his hand go.
flopped the absolute stone-cold nuts on a 
to eliminate another player's 
. Forrest's table has just broken leaving just three tables remaining in the Pavilion room, one of which features Phil Hellmuth and Dan Shak.