We caught Tony Dunst just before he exited the Amazon room and he was able to tell us how he busted.
According to him, he moved all in under the gun for 15,000. Eric Hicks in the seat next to him then moved all in over the top for 175,000. When the cards were exposed Dunst was holding against Hicks . Dunst did not catch up and was eliminated from the tournament.
We didn't see the hand, but one of our photographers did see some action between Charles Sylvestre and Erick Lindgren. We went to ask Sylvestre what happened and he informed us that he opened to 2,800. Lindgren moved all in for about 20,000 according to him and he made the call with . Lindgren was holding but a on the flop sealed the deal. Sylvestre is now close to breaching to 300,000 chip mark.
Preflop, Justin Young raised to 2600. Another player moved all in for 13,500 and action folded back around to Young, who didn't think too long before making the call.
Young was holding the against the other player's . The board ran out giving Young a pair of aces and the win. With that hand he has nearly 80,000 chips.
We just took a walk by Charles Sylvestre's table, which now includes Erick Lindgren, and it appears that Sylvestre has managed to add another 100,000 to his already impressive stack. He's currently sitting on 253,800 chips and he is by far the chip leader in the room.
Last year's champion, Ashkan Razavi is still in the field and with a decent sized stack. He's seated at a table with Amanda Musumeci who came runner up to him in the same event. The two are bound to butt heads again and we'll be keeping a close eye on their table.