It was a bit of a cooler that found Jon Aguiar running his into the of Shawn Buchanan, but the last ~110,000 of Aguiar's chips found themselves in the middle with their owner drawing slim. He shut his iPad, gathered his things, and shifted his weight to stand up.
Some of the dealers, such as this one, deal the board cards one at a time, and this life-saving dealer burned and put the right in the window for Aguiar. The rest of the board ran out , and Buchanan has been forced to part with a good chunk of his own stack. The two men have similar stacks now, each with a bit over 200,000.
When the table folded around to the blinds, Vladimir Shchemelev looked down at and shoved his last ~55,000 into the pot. The last man to get through, big blind Matt Waxman squeezed out , though, and he quickly made the call with a chance at the knockout.
Shchemelev drew a gutterball on the flop, and the on the turn added another set of outs as he now had the diamonds to sweat, as well. The river was the black , though, and Waxman superfluously improved to the full house to earn the knockout.
So then, it's Shchemelev out in 18th place, and the 17 who remain are now playing hand-for-hand on the direct bubble. The next man out gets nothing except the proverbial wooden spoon.
From the cutoff seat, Dmitry Motorov raised to 11,000. Alexander Roumeliotis called out of the small blind and the flop came down and both players checked. The turn brought the and Roumeliotis fired 17,500. Motorov folded and Roumeliotis won the pot.
Action folded to Roger Hairabedian on the button and he raised to 10,500. From the small blind, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi reraised from the small blind to 26,500. Everyone folded and Mizrachi won the pot.
On the very next hand, Noah Schwartz opened with a raise to 13,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Mizrachi on the button and he reraised to 31,000. Everyone folded and again, Mizrachi won the pot with a three-bet.
"All in and call!" was the cry from one of the tables. Dan Fleyshman was all in on the flop against Erik Seidel. Fleyshman held the and was at risk. He was behind the for Seidel.
The turn brought the to give Seidel a full house. The river smacked the board with the and Fleyshman spiked a higher full house to stay alive and double up.
Noah Schwartz opened to 13,000 from middle position, and Dan Fleyshman defended his big blind to go heads up.
The two men took a flop, and Schwartz continued out with the same 13,000. Fleyshman check-called, and the landed on the turn. Now Fleyshman took the lead with a tiny bet of 11,000, and Schwartz took pause for a couple minutes before making the call.
On the river, the drew another bet from Fleyshman -- a healthier wager of 40,000 this time. Schwartz spent another few minutes in deliberation, but he eventually surrendered.
From under the gun, Shawn Buchanan raised to 10,000. Action then folded to Matt Waxman in the big blind and he three-bet to 27,000. Buchanan called to see the flop.
The flop came down and Waxman checked. Buchanan bet 20,000 and Waxman check-raised all in for 92,500. Buchanan quickly called holding the for top set. Waxman looked dejected as he rolled over the for middle pair and a straight draw.
The turn was the to give Waxman the straight. He faded Buchanan's redraw to a full house or better when the fell and doubled up.
From the cutoff seat, Anatolii Ozhenilok moved all in for 33,000. Brian Hastings made the call from the big blind with the . He was dominated by Ozhenilok's .
Jonathan Aguiar raised to 10,000 and Kent Lundmark reraised to 20,000. Aguiar made the call and the flop came down . Aguiar checked and Lundmark bet 20,000. Aguiar check-raised all in for 127,000 and Lundmark called. Aguiar immediately looked dejected. He had to wait a couple of minutes before actually seeing his fate while another hand was being completed at another table, but Aguiar looked visibly sick to his stomach.
After the other hand was complete, Aguiar turned over the and was indeed behind the for Lundmark.
The turn brought the and the river the . Neither of those helped Aguiar and he was out the door in a flash.
With Aguiar's elimination, the remaining 16 players are in the money. We'll have chip counts and a recap coming shortly.
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into the 
of Shawn Buchanan, but the last ~110,000 of Aguiar's chips found themselves in the middle with their owner drawing slim. He shut his iPad, gathered his things, and shifted his weight to stand up.
right in the window for Aguiar. The rest of the board ran out 
, and Buchanan has been forced to part with a good chunk of his own stack. The two men have similar stacks now, each with a bit over 200,000.
, though, and he quickly made the call with a chance at the knockout.
flop, and the 
on the turn added another set of outs as he now had the diamonds to sweat, as well. The river was the black 
, though, and Waxman superfluously improved to the full house to earn the knockout.
and both players checked. The turn brought the 
and was at risk. He was behind the 
for Seidel.
to give Seidel a full house. The river smacked the board with the 
and Fleyshman spiked a higher full house to stay alive and double up.
for top set. Waxman looked dejected as he rolled over the 
fell and doubled up.
. He was dominated by Ozhenilok's 
and Ozhenilok doubled up.
. Neither of those helped Aguiar and he was out the door in a flash.