There were a slew of bets out in front of Brian Hastings and Thayer Rasmussen when we got to the table. The board had completed , and Rasmussen checked to Hastings, who fired one more bet. Rasmussen didn't look thrilled when he made the call, and he mucked after Hastings rolled over for trip threes. Rasmussen mucked, dropping him to 10,000, while Hastings has taken the chip lead, sitting on 91,000.
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When the completed the board on the river, Bord bet his last 2,000 and Leah called. Bord tabled the for the nuts, and it was good as Leah was second best with the flopped set.
Meanwhile, Marco Oliveira, Zimnan Ziyard, Gaurav Kalro and Chris Swan have all been eliminated from the tournament.
Gavin Griffin was all in after a series of bets preflop, and he got calls from three players. The flop came down , and Donald Yucius fired out. Both Christine Antoniuk and James Manning called, and the same happened on the turn. The river was the , and Yucius quickly fired one more time. This time, Antoniuk got out of the way, but Manning called, saying "Merry Christmas" as he did it.
Yucius rolled over for the nut low and aces up, and Manning mucked. Once the side pot was shipped to Yucius, Griffin tabled for a rivered full house, which was good enough to take half of the main pot. Despite hitting that four outer, Griffin is still short with just 7,500.
Leah checked, Hua bet and two calls followed. Leah then checked for a second time on the turn, Hua bet and Brummel folded. Leah opted to call the bet and then led out with one of his own when the completed the board on the river. Hua made the call but mucked when Leah tabled the for a straight and a low.
, and Rasmussen checked to Hastings, who fired one more bet. Rasmussen didn't look thrilled when he made the call, and he mucked after Hastings rolled over 
for trip threes. Rasmussen mucked, dropping him to 10,000, while Hastings has taken the chip lead, sitting on 91,000.
board when 
completed the board on the river, Bord bet his last 2,000 and Leah called. Bord tabled the 
for the nuts, and it was good as Leah was second best with the 
flopped set.
, and Donald Yucius fired out. Both Christine Antoniuk and James Manning called, and the same happened on the 
turn. The river was the 
, and Yucius quickly fired one more time. This time, Antoniuk got out of the way, but Manning called, saying "Merry Christmas" as he did it.
for the nut low and aces up, and Manning mucked. Once the side pot was shipped to Yucius, Griffin tabled 
for a rivered full house, which was good enough to take half of the main pot. Despite hitting that four outer, Griffin is still short with just 7,500.
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completed the board on the river. Hua made the call but mucked when Leah tabled the 
