Well, that wasn't much of a money bubble. A flurry of eliminations ended with Vic Adams moving all in with pocket nines on a board, and Alex Rivera called with . Rivera jumped out of his seat when he saw that he'd won, and he's now sitting behind a huge stack of 670,000.
The remaining players have guaranteed themselves at least $1,835, and the race is on for the $59,000 top prize!
David Wiles opened from the cutoff and Alex Rivera three-bet to 50,000 from the small blind. Wiles called, and the flop rolled out . Both players checked, and Rivera led out for 30,000 on the turn. Wiles called.
The river was the and Rivera chedked to Wiles, who bet 40,000. Rivera paused briefly before tossing in a call. Wiles showed for nine-high, and Rivera tabled his to scoop the pot.
Now it's Jason Nablo's kings that can't hold. Alicia Pachla shoved for around 18 big blinds with and Jason Nablo called off his last 43,500 with the . Pachla found her ace on the flop, and Nablo failed to hit his one-outer on the turn and river.
Pachla hugged Nablo as he exited the tournament area. "Grab a beer for me."
Oh a board of , Yong Wolfer was all in with a stack of 103,000 in front of him. Scott Hosbach had a tough decision and elected to make the call. He pumped his fist when the hands were tabled.
Hosbach:
Wolfer:
Hosbach's small pair was in front, and he dodged the overpaid and flush outs on the river to eliminate another player and climb past 700,000 in chips.
After having his aces cracked by the of Xiaohu Chen, Josh Knight shoved his last 32,000 from the small blind with and Buck Ramsey called with the from the big. The board sent Knight to the rail short of the money.
At the next table over, Jimmy Thomson was all in with against Vic Adams' aces and couldn't improve. We're down to 40 players.
After doubling through Cameron Bartolotta with against , Randy Pfeifer came from behind again versus Veerab Zakarian. Pfeifer was all in with and saw the bad news when Zakarian tabled .
"What the f***!"
But Pfeifer's mood changed when the board ran out , giving him a winning pair of aces.
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board, and Alex Rivera called with 
. Both players checked, and Rivera led out for 30,000 on the 
turn. Wiles called.
and Rivera chedked to Wiles, who bet 40,000. Rivera paused briefly before tossing in a call. Wiles showed 
for nine-high, and Rivera tabled his 
to scoop the pot.
and Jason Nablo called off his last 43,500 with the 
flop, and Nablo failed to hit his one-outer on the turn and river.
river to eliminate another player and climb past 700,000 in chips.
of Xiaohu Chen, Josh Knight shoved his last 32,000 from the small blind with 
from the big. The 
board sent Knight to the rail short of the money.
turn and 
river.
against 
and saw the bad news when Zakarian tabled 
