The remaining six players have 48 minutes left on their dinner break. Here are the updated chip counts. They will return to blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 12K/24K/4K ante
A short-stacked David Hass moved all in for 390,000 from the button and Iraj Fariab looked at his cards in the big blind and made the call, turning over .
Hass flipped his cards over with a look of resignation on his face saying “see you guys” as he showed . The dealer put out a flop of and Hass asked the dealer for a sweat. The turn was the to give Hass a small sweat but the river was the to knock Hass out in ninth place for $16,000.
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante
Uri Tenenboim opened to 50,000 and Hans Winzelar raised to 115,000. It was folded back to Tenenboim who moved the rest of his stack all in. He was snap-called by Winzelar who had woken up with . Tenenboim turned over his hand, , and asked the dealer for a six.
She put out an ace though on the flop and Tenenboim was drawing dead after the turn. The meaningless river was the and Tenenboim was eliminated in tenth place for $12,000.
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante
John Dolan opened for 40,000 and David Hass raised it up just a little more than the minimum to 70,000. It was folded to Stewart Newman who moved all in for 394,000 total. Dolan got out of the way but Hass quickly called.
Newman had and would need to improve as Hass had . The dealer wasted no time moving Newman into the lead as he put out a flop of . The turn was the prompting Hass to ask the dealer for a jack to split the pot. The river was the though and Newman, who was down to just 42,000 a couple hours ago, doubled up to approximately 850,000. Hass lost a little less than half his stack on the hand and has approximately 550,000.
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 10K/20K/3K ante
Hans Winzeler opened to 40,000 and was called by David Hass. The flop came and Winzeler checked to Hass who bet 50,000. Winzeler made the call.
The turn was the and Winzeler check-called another Hass bet, this time for 65,000. Both players checked the river and Hass took down the pot with his as his queen kicker would play to best Winzeler’s .
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 8K/16K/2K ante
Stewart Newman has just doubled up with against Bruce Snell’s when he binked a queen on the river. Here’s a look at our final ten (we’ll have updated chip counts on the break in approximately 30 minutes):
2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 6K/12K/1K ante
Hans Winzeler opened for a raise to 25,000 and Abbey Daniels moved all in over the top. It was folded back to Winzeler who made the easy call with . Daniels had and would get a small glimmer of hope on the flop but no nine would come on the turn or river and Daniels was eliminated in 13th place for $9,500.
2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 6K/12K/1K ante
Mike Beasley opened for 26,000 and it was folded to Cliff Gladstone in the blinds who made it 61,000 to go. Beasley made the call and the two would see a flop of . Gladstone led out for 35,000 and Beasley made the call.
The turn was the and Gladstone moved all in for an effective 140,000. Beasley went into the tank, taking time to pay the cocktail waitress for his food, and Gladstone eventually called the clock. Once he did that, Beasley quickly grabbed a stack of chips and slapped them down in the middle to indicate a call.
Beasley turned over and would need to hit a seven or four on the river as Gladstone had the over pair with . The river was the and Gladstone pumped his fists in celebration as Beasley was eliminated in 17th place for $8,000.
2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event Blinds: 6K/12K/1K ante
Ryan Van Sanford opened for 26,000 and found one caller in Hans Winzeler. The flop came and Van Sanford led out for 38,000 and was called by the chip leader. The turn was the and Van Sanford bet again, this time for 69,000. Winzeler again called.
The river was the and Van Sanford sat still for about twenty seconds before tapping the table. Winzeler thought for a moment and put out a bet of just under 100,000. Van Sanford folded quickly and Winzeler turned over for a draw that didn’t get there.