Jean-Nicolas Fortin recently busted a player to prompt the full re-draw of the final 27 players.
Fortin had 
and was racing with his opponent's 
. The board ran 
and Fortin was able to score the knockout. Players are now moving to a different corner of the purple section of the Amazon room for the final three tables.
We caught up with the action when the board read 
to see Adam Geyer check over to his opponent. Geyer's opponent fired 8,000 and Geyer took a while before flat calling.
The river was the 
and Geyer checked once more. His opponent checked it back and Geyer tabled 
for aces full. Geyer's opponent mucked and and Geyer took down the pot. He's now sitting on about 78,000.
Blake Purvis opened with a pot-sized raise and it rolled around to Jean-Nicolas Fortin who three-bet to an unknown amount from the big blind. Puvis instantly moved all in for 28,200 and the hands were turned up.
Puvis: 
Fortin: 
"Give me a jack!" yelled Purvis.
The flop did not oblige as it brought 
. The turn, however, was kinder to Purvis, as it brought the 
.
"There it is!" he yelled.
The river brought the to finish off the board and Purvis was able to double up to about 60,000 in chips.
Giving us an average stack of 83,000.
As we approached table 443 we saw Eric Crain and Christopher Paasch involved in a pot from the blinds. 
on the table and Paasch check-called 5,500 from the small blind. The 
on the turn made Paasch check-call another 15,000. The river brought out the 
and Paasch thought for about a minute before announcing that he needed a maximum of thirty seconds more. "I don't like to waste the table's time" he said. He then checked and folded as Crain bet out 40,000. Paasch showed his 
for a flopped double gutshot and flushdraw which bricked. "Where is the ?" asked Crain while he flashed his 
.
Eric Crain opened the cutoff to 5,000 and Jason Mercier contemplated his options on the button. He made it 15,300 to go after some thinking and instantly called when Crain potted allin. Mercier had good reason to do so with 
while Crain went to battle with .
The flop was rather save for Mercier with 
. The 
on the turn brought Crain a lot of outs though. The 
on the river wasn't one of the cards he needed and Mercier doubled.
We just saw Johannes Strassman leave the tournament area. We missed his bust out unfortunately. He's now collecting $4,189 for his 32nd place.
Robert Corcione is back at 180,000 after busting a player at his table. Corcione opened under-the-gun plus one and the big blind was the only non believer. The big blind check-called a 4,000 bet on 
and the dealer burned and turned: 
. The big blind now led out for pot (17,000) and Corcione made the call. The river was the 
and the big blind went all in for 11,500. Corcione made the call and showed his 
. The big blind had for a rivered two pair but that hand went straight to the muck.
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