Christian "Charder30" Harder had a player all in and at risk, holding . His opponent was dominated with , and the board ran out , eliminating him from the tournament.
The play slowed down for several orbits, but that has all changed with the elimination of Derrick Huang in 3rd place. His last hand began when Ashkan Razavi opened the pot to 200,000 from the button.
Derrick Huang was the table short stack and started the action by moving all in for 825,000. Ryan Olisar peeked at his cards and announced that he was all in over the top.
Derrick Huang opened the betting with a raise to 130,000 and Ryan Olisar responded by moving all in for roughly 1,235,000. Action folded back to Huang who announced a call.
Duy Ho opened up the action to 150,000 and was called by Derrick Huang in the big blind. The dealer spread out a flop and Huang checked. Ho bet 210,000 and a call would see a hit the turn.
We have a new chip leader and his name is Derrick Huang. Where did he get his chips you ask? From Amanda Musumeci. The hand in question started when Musumeci opened it to 130,000 from the cutoff.
We have been struggling to see a flop of late. Teh last three hand have seen preflop aggression take down pots. The first of three saw Duy Ho open it up to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ashkan Razavi three-bet to 380,000 in the small blind.
Derrick Huang opened to 110,000 from the cutoff and Ryan Olisar called from the button. The blinds released their hands and the two players were heads up to a flop. A flop of was spread out in front of the players.
Folded to Brian Rast in the small blind, he flicked in enough chips to make the call. Derrick Huang tapped the table in the big blind and the dealer would ready the flop.
Action folded around to Derrick Huang's button and he popped it up to 110,000. Ryan Olisar pushed out a three-bet from the small blind, making it 265,000 to go.
Duy Ho was the short stack coming back from the break, but that hasn't stopped him getting active. Ho recently took down a hand that started with Ryan Olisar opening to 105,000.
The end of Dien Le's tournament has come to a halt in dramatic fashion as he exits the door in 9th place. It took two back-to-back hands to silence Le and the first one started like this.
Desmond Portano opened to 40,000 from under the gun, and the action folded to Derrick Huang, who three-bet to 100,000. Portano quickly moved all in for his remaining 60,000 or so, and Huang tank-called.
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