Way back during the first level today, Pedro Fernandez was down to just 16,000 chips — at the time exactly one big blind — when there were still about 200 players remaining.
Fernandez managed to climb out of that hole and build a stack over the rest of the day, even pushing up over 1 million at one point. Alas the comeback as reached an end here in the last half-hour of Level 25, and Fernandez has finally been eliminated.
Fernandez's final hand began with him pushing all in from middle position for 380,000, then watching as Steven Watts called his raise from the cutoff seat. It then folded to Erkut Yilmaz in the big blind who very quickly announced he was reraising all in, and Watts folded his hand instantly.
Fernandez had , but Yilmaz had woken up with . The flop was no good for Fernandez, although the did provide some hope. But fifth street was the , meaning Fernandez couldn't come from behind in the hand, although he did succeed in making a tremendous comeback here on Day 5 to finish inside the top 75.
Age Spets moved all in for 185,000 from early position, Noah Schwartz called on the button, and Jason Mann called in the big blind. Schwartz and Mann both checked on a flop of , and the turn was the . Mann checked, Schwartz fired out 250,000, and Mann folded.
Spets:
Schwartz:
The bricked off on the river, and Spets was eliminated. Schwartz is back up to 3.5 million chips.
Steven Watts started the hand by opening to 100,000 from under the gun plus one. The action then folded around to Cary Marshall in the big blind, who tanked over his decision.
“If I’m going to do anything, it’s going to be all in. I can’t just call,” said Marshall.
Another minute passed, before Marshall moved all in for just over 500,000, and was snap called.
Watts:
Marshall:
Both players stood up from their chairs, and shook each other’s hands. Screams of “eight” and “ace or jack,” were coming from the rail, before the dealer showed the .
Marshall would need a jack or ace on the turn or river to double up. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t to be as the and completed the board.
James Alexander raised to 80,000 in middle position, Yann Dion called in late position, Bryan Pellegrino called in the cutoff, and Josh Pollock defended his big blind. All four players checked on a flop of , and the turn was the . Pollock moved all in, and only Dion called.
Pollock:
Dion:
Pollock needed a three, eight, or six to survive, and but the river brought the . He hit the rail, while Dion is up to 2.36 million chips.
In the next-to-the-last hand of the night, Keanu Tabali opened with a button-raise, then it folded to Umang Dattani in the big blind. The pair had planned earlier in the evening to order beers during the final half-hour of play, but only Tabali did, with Dattani perhaps being more preoccupied with wanting to preserve and/or improve upon his below average stack.
Dattani checked his cards, then announced he was all in, and Tabali thought just a few seconds before letting his hand go. "Show!" he said, and Dattani just grinned. "Give me my money, I ain't showing nothing!" he said with a laugh.
Benjamin Pollak was then the one doing the open-shoving from late position on the night's final hand, but again there were no callers, and both Dattani and Pollak will be returning for tomorrow's Day 6.
In the last hand of the night, Gaetano Preite opened to 100,000 from under the gun plus one, and was called by Jay Farber in late position. The option then fell on Donald Depew, who moved all in for his last 605,000 from the button. Preite paused for a moment before folding, before a short wait saw Farber make the call.
Depew:
Farber:
Depew was in great shape to double up heading into day six, but was out flopped. The saw Farber take the lead with two pair, and when the and didn’t help, Depew was eliminated from the tournament.
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