Matt Waxman's Cinderella story is still alive. For now. If you've been following this event today, you may have seen that Waxman began the day with five big blinds, the shortest stack of the 50 to resume play.
Waxman has recently slid down the counts but has just picked up a double from Alex Foxen. Waxman moved all-in pre-draw and Foxen called. Waxman stood pat while Foxen drew one. Waxman tabled a ten-eight and needed to fade Foxen's live draw.
Fortunately, Foxen paired and Waxman scored the double up.
JC Tran opened the action with a raise to 12,000, and Frank Kassela reraised to 25,000 in position. Tran went all in, and Kassela snap-called.
Both players stood pat, and Kassela was the first to show. He had .
Tran flipped over , then grabbed the card he would have drawn. It was a , which would have given him the winning hand. Instead, Tran received $4,387 for his 12th-place finish.
Naoya Kihara open-jammed from under the gun, and action folded around to Benny Glaser in the big blind. Glaser asked for a count, and the dealer informed him Kihara's shove was worth 70,300. Glaser called.
Glaser stood pat, sending Kihara into the tank. Several minutes went by as Kihara agonized over his decision. He apologized to his tablemates a couple times and announced he had jack-seven, still contemplating.
Eventually, Kihara tapped, indicating a pat, and Glaser gave him the bad news, tabling a ten-seven.
Alex Foxen is handing out three-bets left and right on the first few hands back from break.
First, Matt Waxman, seated to Foxen's right, opened under the gun to 8,500, and Alex Foxen reraised to 24,000. Waxman got a count of the raise, then decided to fold.
Then, Samuel Spiwak, seated to Foxen's left, opened under the gun to 8,500, and Foxen moved all in from the big blind. Spiwak took about 30 seconds, then folded.
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