As recapped to us by Gregory Jamison, a short-stacked Jared Hemingway was all in for about 40,000. Jamison looked him up and ended up making the nut club flush with the nut low, eliminating Hemingway in 21st place.
Picking up the end of the hand, the final board read . Ben Landowski was all in with , but was defeated by Allyn Shulman's for sixes full of aces. Shulman also scored a double through Tai Nguyen on the hand.
The player in the hijack opened with a raise to 13,000, Jared Hemingway made a pot-sized reraise from the cutoff, Rock Howard four-bet to 175,000 from the button, and Joshua Gibson called all in from the big blind for about 22,500. The original raiser folded, Hemingway committed his entire stack, and all three players tabled their hands.
Gibson:
Howard:
Hemingway:
The board ran out , giving Gibson a jack-high straight for the high half of the main pot. Howard took the low half of the main pot with a sixty-three, which was good for the low in the side pot as well, and Howard and Hemingway split the high half of the side pot since they both had two pairs, aces and deuces.
With the flop reading , short stack Chunyang Wu was already all in. David Brookshire and Tai Nguyen each committed 78,500 to see the turn where Brookshire shoved for about 50,000. Nguyen called.
Wu:
Brookshire:
Nguyen:
Brookshire held the nut straight while Nguyen had the low and a diamond draw.
The river was the , giving Nguyen a flush to go along with his nut low to score the double elimination.
Wu took 24th place, Brookshire took 23rd, and Matt Smith busted at nearby table during that hand in 25th place.
Following a flop of , a flurry of action led to Eddie Blumenthal all in for about 160,000 with for two pairs. Igor Sharaskin had him at risk with for a pair of aces.
The turn and river completed the board, giving Sharaskin aces and threes to eliminate Blumenthal in 26th place for $5,773.
With the limit blinds at 5,000/10,000, Stephen Johnson raised from under the gun. John Racener three-bet all in for 22,000 from the cutoff and Johnson called.
Johnson:
Racener:
The board came down , giving Johnson a wheel to win the pot and eliminate Racener in 29th place for $4,711.