With one of the shortest stacks in the room entering the final three tables, Norman Smyth made his stand holding , calling off his last 65,000 or so chips after an all in move in front of him.
Another player made the over call, and when both of the bigger stacks tabled and respectively, Smyth knew he was in bad shape.
The flop fell , and when the dropped on the turn, Smyth's tournament was over. He hit the rail in 27th place, and pocketed $12,999 for his deep run in this event.
At the start first level after dinner break, Matt Weber had about 700,000 chips going into the 3000/6000 level. Now he has zero after being on the losing end of several big hands. We were able to catch the hand that ended his tournament.
Action had folded to Weber and he opened 20,000 from middle position. Action folded to Michael Zucchet in the small blind and he raised to 37,000. Dana Castaneda called from the big blind and action was back on Weber. He moved all in for his last, roughly, 190,000. Instantly Zucchet called. Castaneda folded quickly.
"S***," Zucchet said upon seeing the hands.
Zucchet:
Weber:
The flop came down staying safe for Weber to double. The turn was the , still safe. But when the dealer burned and turned up the river Weber shot right out of his chair, launching it several feet back.
He mumbled several expletives about bad players and running bad and grabbed his things, waiting first for a chip count before finding out he was eliminated. He nodded his head, grabbed his payout slip, and walked out the door.
The final 27 players are now redrawing in the blue section of the Amazon room.
We heard Dana Castaneda announce a call and watched her table , before she stood and walked away from the table.
Matt Weber had moved all in for his big stack, and with he was put in an unenviable position after Castaneda snapped him off.
"Give me a sweat at least," pleaded Weber, knowing he would need a miracle overcome the pocket rockets.
When the flop came , Weber got his wish, and he was now drawing to a ten, but the turn () and river () left him lacking.
Castaneda circled the table the whole time, unable to look at the board cards being delivered. When the hand was won, she exhaled in relief, saying "I just don't want to go home." With her huge stack late on Day 2, she most likely won't be going home until tomorrow at the very latest.
In an unknown hand at another table, Jonathan Therme was eliminated by Thomas Hall who is on a massive heater and now owns the second biggest stack in the room.
With the final table in sight, the short stacks left in the field know moves must be made to attain that all important goal, and one of those short stacks just doubled through in a highly advantageous position.
Molissa Farber watched Jason Bigelow move all in for the pressure play, and holding she soon fund herself all in as well. Bigelow tabled the for a crushed ace-high, and the final board ran out to give Farber a dsperately needed double.