John Dodson had started the day as the shortest stack, but survived a few all ins and now he was all in with a short stack again. He got called by the button and Kevin Chiem in the big blind.
The two remaining active players checked it down to the river of a board reading , whereupon the button made a bet and Chiem just called with . His opponent had and Chiem’s set won it all.
Dodson had shoved with and was the next player to head to the pay-out cage.
Mindy Ritchie raised all in from the button for 30,000 and Aaron Henderson made the call from the small blind. Ritchie's needed some help against the of Henderson.
The flop of left Henderson ahead, as Ritchie begged for a queen or king. Neither came, however, as the board ran out .
Ritchie is out and Henderson is back to running well.
The rich get richer and simply run well. Luis Gadiana was all in with pocket sixes and got called by chip leader Aaron Henderson, who held the . He spiked the set on the board and that was it.
John Taylor four-bet shoved for 90,000 and got called by Patricia Baker, after the latter had put in a three-bet to 30,000. Baker called immediately and showed , but Taylor had that beat with the . After the board ran out , Taylor cheered for the double up and high fived with Corey Emery who had just walked by.
Brian Wong checked the stack of Sherwin Pilalia in the big blind after the action had folded to his small blind. He then moved all in and Pilalia called off with the . Wong turned over the and immediately shut down all hopes of a comeback for his opponent when the dealer delivered the flop. Both the turn and the river changed nothing at all and we are only one elimination away from another redraw.
Things are getting real as we are down to two tables, but Eric Monson's stack wasn't built to stick around for too long.
Brian Wong raised all in from middle position for 56,000 and Monson pushed his stack all in as well, though it was just a few big blinds. He saw the bad news as Wong flipped over and his needed some serious help.
The board ran out and Monson is out in 18th place.