Anthony Hu began the hand with a raise from early position to 11,000. This led to a call from Tianyi Ma for 11,000 from the small blind. Frank Brannan raised the price when he popped it to 55,000 causing a quick fold from Hu.
Ma deliberated for some time before sticking in his whole stack which was snap called by Brannan.
Tianyi Ma: A♠J♠
Frank Brannan: A♥K♣
The 3♠8♦6♥8♣K♠ did not improve Ma sending him out of the tournament.
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Brian Hastings tournament run is over after he jammed preflop with a short stack from the middle position and was called by Victor Espinal.
Brian Hastings: A♥3♥
Victor Espinal: A♦A♣
Espinal had Hastings in trouble dominating with a pair of aces versus ace high and the board brought no solace to Hastings when it ran out 10♦K♣5♣10♣K♥ to send Hastings packing.
Action folded to Martin Carnero in the cutoff, who moved all in. Tyler Cornell checked his hand in the big blind and announced a call.
Tyler Cornell: A♣K♥
Martin Carnero: A♥9♠
Cornell connected on the 8♦J♦K♣ flop, while the 9♣ left Carnero with a chance to score the knockout. The 8♣ river was a blank, as Cornell earned the double.
Action folded around to the small and big blind of Travis Egbert and Vince Salvatore respectively which led to a shove from Egbert from the small blind putting Salvatore at risk.
Salvatore had been nursing a short 20,000 short stack heading into the hand. The cards were on their backs preflop.
Vince Salvatore: 7♥5♥
Travis Egbert: 9♠5♦
Salvatore gained some hope when he drilled a pair of sevens on the 6♠J♥7♠ flop.
The 2♣ turn kept Salvatore in the lead, however, Egbert spiked the 9♣ river to eliminate Salvatore.