On his first hand back from break — the table's second hand — David Chiu got almost his whole stack in.
The pot began with Elior Sion raising under the gun, and Stephen Chidwick three-bet from the button. Chiu cold-called from his small blid, Sion flatted, and off they went three ways.
The flop brought , and Chidwick made his continuation bet. Chiu check-raised, Sion folded, and now Chidwick was the one doing the flatting.
Chiu fired right back out on the turn, but now Chidwick took pause and raised with an eye to Chiu's remaining stack. Chiu called there, then check-called one last bet on the river. It left him with just a scant few remaining orange chips.
On the first hand back from break, all the players were seated except for David Chiu. He was the big blind, which constituted a little less than 10% of his stack, and ended up sacrificing it as he didn't return to the tournament until the start of the next hand.
Robby Rasmussen completed with the only to have Ylon Schwartz raise with the . Rasmussen made the call and proceeded to check-call bets on every street.
David Chiu and Ylon Schwartz each put three bets in on third street, and we picked up the action as things got serious on fourth.
Chiu: (x-x) / / (x)
Schwartz: (x-x) / / (x)
Schwartz check-called a bet on fourth street, then led with the bet on fifth. Chiu raised that fifth-street bet, leaving just 1,000 chips behind. Schwartz put him in, and Chiu revealed in the hole. Schwartz had an inferior pair of eights as he turned over . The on Chiu's river gave him the flush and the pot, and he's found the double that he needed so badly.
Ylon Schwartz completed with the and was raised by David Rogers, who was showing the . The two raised back and forth until Rogers was all in for 146,000 total, and he was in bad shape.
Rogers: / /
Schwartz: / /
While Rogers caught a little help on the turn, he would receive no more as the board ran out dry. Schwartz's kings held up to take down the pot, dispatching Rogers in sixth place for $40,169.
Elior Sion brought it in with a , and he called the completion from David Chiu and his .
Sion: (x-x) / / (x)
Chiu: (x-x) / / (x)
Chiu bet his lead on fourth, Sion did the same on fifth, then Chiu again on sixth. Chiu checked dark going to seventh, and Sion squeezed and checked, too.
Chiu revealed to make his jack-low, but he was second best. Sior rolled over for the winning ten-low.
Moments later, Sion took another Razz pot from Chiu, and the two men are going in opposite directions right now.
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, and Chidwick made his continuation bet. Chiu check-raised, Sion folded, and now Chidwick was the one doing the flatting.
turn, but now Chidwick took pause and raised with an eye to Chiu's remaining stack. Chiu called there, then check-called one last bet on the 
river. It left him with just a scant few remaining orange chips.
(flush)
(seven-four low)
flop and the 
turn. On the 
river, though, he led out with a bet of his own, and Rasmussen called him down.
only to have Ylon Schwartz raise with the 
. Rasmussen made the call and proceeded to check-call bets on every street.
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/ (x)
/ (x)
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, and he called the completion from David Chiu and his 
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to make his jack-low, but he was second best. Sior rolled over 
