Taylor Paur raised to 16,000 on the button, Jack Duong called in the big blind and the flop came . Duong checked, Paur continued for 18,000 and Duong called. The turn was the , Duong knuckled again and Paur tossed out another 28,000. Duong check-raised all in for 142,000 and Paur snap-folded.
Hand #79: Dylan Linde raised to 17,000 in middle position, Chris Bell called on the button, and the flop came down . Linde continued for 23,000, Bell called in the hijack, and the turn was the . Linde checked, Bell knuckled behind, and the river was the . The two checked again, and Bell took down the pot with .
Hand #80: Phil Galfond raised to 17,000 in middle position, and no one looked him up.
Hand #81: Linde received a walk.
Hand #82: Bell raised in middle position, earning the blinds and antes.
Hand #83: Galfond raised to 18,000 from under the gun, Jack Duong called in middle position, and Narendra Banwari moved all in for 117,000 from the big blind. Galfond quickly folded, and Duong tanked for a well over two minutes before calling, putting Banwari at risk.
Banwari:
Duong:
The flop missed Duong, but the spiked on the turn. The bricked off on the river, and Banwari was eliminated.
Hand #95: Eric Wasserson raised to 17,000 from the hijack seat, Kory Kilpatrick called in the big blind and the flop was . Kilpatrick checked, Wasserson fired out 16,000 and Kilpatrick called. The turn was the , Kilpatrick knuckled again and Wasserson checked behind. The completed the board, Kilpatrick checked a third and final time and Wasserson fired 40,000.
Kilpatrick tank-called and Wasserson won the pot with .
Hand #96: Phil Galfond raised to 17,000 from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #97: Chris Bell raised to 20,000 in middle position and no one called.
Hand #98: Galfond raised to 17,000 in early position and found no callers.
Hand #99: Jack Duong raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, Dyland Linde defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , Linde led out for 37,000, and Duong called. The completed the board, both players checked, and Linde took the pot with for a pair of tens.
We've now played 99 hands with only one elimination.
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Hand #140: Dylan Linde opened to 36,000 in the hijack, Eric Wasserson three-bet to 86,000 in the cutoff, and Linde moved all in for 372,000. Wasserson asked for a count, then sat in agony for 90 seconds or so before calling.
Linde:
Wasserson:
Linde was a huge favorite, but the flop changed all of that. Linde needed one of the two remaining kings on the turn or river to survive, but it wasn't to be as the turn and river came , respectively.
Hand #161: Taylor Paur raised to 32,000 from middle position, and received no callers.
Hand #162: Noah Bronstein moved all in for 181,000 in the cutoff, Eric and Wasserson called out of the small blind.
Bronstein:
Wasserson:
It was a preflop race, and things got very interesting on a flop of . Any spade would give Wasserson a flush, but his ace outs went out the window. The on the turn was a brick, as was the on the river, and Bronstein doubled.
Hand #163: Jack Duong raised to 35,000 from middle position, Michael Stonehill moved all in for 157,000 in the cutoff, and Duong called.
Duong:
Stonehill:
Duong won the race as the board rolled out , and Stonehill hit the rail.
Hand #164: Eric Wasserson raised to 40,000 in the cutoff, and received no callers.
Hand #165: Noah Bronstein raised in middle position and received no callers.
Hand #166: Phil Galfond raised to 40,000 from the hijack, Jack Duong three-bet to 104,000 from the big blind, and Galfond tank-folded.
Hand #167: Galfond raised to 40,000 from early position, Kory Kilpatrick moved all in for 233,000 on the button, and Duong reshoved from the small blind. Galfond folded.
Duong:
Kilpatrick:
Duong added a backdoor straight draw on a flop of , and the on the turn kept that draw alive. Any ten, ace, or queen on the river would eliminate Kilpatrick, but the was a brick and he doubled through.
Hand #181: Noah Bronstein raised to 60,000 in the small blind, Eric Wasserson called in the big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked. The turn was the , the two checked again, and the river was the . Bronstein led out for 65,000, Wasserson called, and Wasserson won the pot with .
Hand #182: Chris Bell was first to act, and raised to 50,000. No one called.
Hand #183: Phil Galfond completed out of the small blind, Bell checked in the big blind, and the flop was . Galfond led out for 26,000, and Bell folded.
Hand #184: Galfond raised to 40,000 on the button, Bell called in the small blind, and Kory Kilpatrick defended the big blind. The dealer fanned , both players in the blinds checked, and Galfond continued for 26,000. Only Bell called.
The turn was the , Bell checked again, and Galfond tossed out another 62,000. The river was a third club - the - and Bell knuckled a third time. Galfond slid out a final bullet worth 130,000. Bell considered the bet for a moment, rechecked his cards, then sat back in his chair. The North Carolina native crossed his arms, scratched his head, then grabbed some chips, riffling them with his left hand.
Bell shot a few looks at Galfond, then finally called. Galfond showed what looked like , and it was no good against Bell's for ace-high.
Hand #185: Kory Kilpatrick raised to 50,000 out of the small blind, and Jack Duong surrendered his big blind.
Hand #186: Phil Galfond moved all in for 111,000 from the hijack seat, Duong re-shoved from the small blind, and the hands were opened.
Galfond:
Duong:
Galfond picked up some outs to chop on a flop of , but his tournament was over when the fell on the turn. The on the river gave Galfond a meaningless pair of fours, and he shook a few hands before exiting.