Brad Helm shoved blind-versus-blind into Alex Foxen. Foxen called, putting Helm at risk.
Both players stood pat, and Helm tabled a pat jack. It wasn't good enough, as Foxen woke up with a pat eight. Helm fell in 14th place, taking home $4,387.
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.
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.
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.
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