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.
Alan Sternberg came into the day as the second-shortest stack with 31,000 and wound up all in for 9,000 from early position against Usman Siddique on the button.
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The flop fell , giving Sternberg a ton of outs to scoop. However, neither the turn nor the river helped, ending Sternberg's tournament in 19th place.
Following a flop of , Allen Kessler was all in from the hijack for about 60,000 with . Igor Sharaskin had him at risk with .
Kessler was in the lead with a pair of tens, but the turn and river completed the board to give Sharaskin trip fives, ending Kessler's tournament in 18th place.
Usman Siddique raised to 14,000 from the cutoff, Danny Woolard called from the button, and Eric Pratt three-bet to 60,000 out of the small blind. Siddique reraised all in, Woolard folded, and Pratt called to put himself at risk.
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The board ran out , pairing Siddique's three, and he took the pot to send Pratt to the cage.
With about 100,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Tai Nguyen bet 75,000 from the small blind and Matthew Sanner called from the cutoff.
Nguyen tabled for the wheel and six-high straight. Sanner flipped over for just the wheel, and Nguyen got three quarters of the pot.
With about 40,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , action checked around to Usman Siddique on the button and he bet 26,000. Rock Howard called from the big blind.
The turn brought the and Howard checked. Siddique moved all in for about 75,000 and Howard called.
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Howard had the eight-high straight and forty-three low, and Siddique had forty-two low and a flush draw. The river gave Siddique his flush and he scooped the pot to double up.