After a player under the gun opened to 8,500, Resulaska Zani reraised all in for 26,000 from the next seat. Action folded to Quinn Do in the cutoff seat and he reraised all in. Everyone folded to leave Zani and Do heads up.
Zani:
Do:
The board ran out and Do was able to eliminate Zani en route to 110,000 in chips.
Do's best World Series of Poker finish came back in 2005 when he won the $2,500 Limit Hold'em for $265,975. He also final table another event, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, that year as well, placing fifth for $34,465. To capture his bracelet, Do defeated a final table that included "Captain" Tom Franklin and Noah Boeken from the field of 373 entrants. Do's largest score money wise came in 2008 when he placed second to none other than Phil Ivey at the L.A. Poker Classic for $909,400.
Nick Binger was just eliminated from the tournament. His went down to Rafe Kibrit's . Action folded to Kibrit in the cutoff seat and he raised to 8,500. Binger potted it to 27,500 from the big blind with only about 10,000 behind. Kibrit went all in and Binger called. From there, the board ran out to end Binger's tournament. Kibrit moved to 180,000 in chips.
With the board reading and more than 45,000 chips up for grabs, Ryan Welch fired a nearly pot-sized bet of 40,000. His opponent on the button mulled it over for a minute or so before laying his hand down. Welch built his stack to nearly 195,000 with the uncontested win.
On the flop, Renier Gonzalez checked and Firoz Pirani fired 10,000. Michael Binger raised to 40,000 and then Gonzalez folded. Pirani reraised all in and Binger called to put himself at risk. He held the for a straight and flush draw combo. Pirani held the for three pair.
The turn made things quick and easy as the fell on gave Pirani a full house, leaving Binger drawing dead. The river completed the board with the .
We saw both Dapreesch Scates and Matthew Maggard standing in anticipation as they had both committed nearly equal sized stacks in an all-in confrontation.
Showdown:
Scates:
Maggard:
The board rolled out and Scates' two pair, kings and queens, were bested by Maggard's aces and kings. Scates exited in 29th place while Maggard climbed to approximately 130,000 chips as we near our final three tables in this tournament.
Joh Orlina pushed all-in for his last 40,000 or so chips and Sumanth Reddy insta-called with his . Orlina tabled the and was in the lead at the moment. After the dealer spread a final board of , Orlina's bullets were good and he scored the double-up to nearly 80,000 chips.
Just two hands later Orlina moved in for the kill on the newly short-stacked Reddy and the players got all of the chips middle once more. This time it was Reddy who held pocket rockets with his . Orlina tabled the and looked to accomplish what Reddy had failed to do two hands earlier: crack aces.
The dealer spread a flop of and Orlina did the trick, flopping the nut flush to take command in the hand. A on the river afforded Reddy a slim chance of survival, as he could now spike a deuce or the case ace to make a full house.
River:
With that, Reddy's tournament had come to an end and he was eliminated in 28th place. Orlina now sits with about 140,000 chips as we move to our last three tables.
We are back from break and the last 27 players remaining in this $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament have convened on three tables to duke it out in pursuit of the gold bracelet.
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and Do was able to eliminate Zani en route to 110,000 in chips.
went down to Rafe Kibrit's 
. Action folded to Kibrit in the cutoff seat and he raised to 8,500. Binger potted it to 27,500 from the big blind with only about 10,000 behind. Kibrit went all in and Binger called. From there, the board ran out 
to end Binger's tournament. Kibrit moved to 180,000 in chips.
and more than 45,000 chips up for grabs, Ryan Welch fired a nearly pot-sized bet of 40,000. His opponent on the button mulled it over for a minute or so before laying his hand down. Welch built his stack to nearly 195,000 with the uncontested win.
flop, Renier Gonzalez checked and Firoz Pirani fired 10,000. Michael Binger raised to 40,000 and then Gonzalez folded. Pirani reraised all in and Binger called to put himself at risk. He held the 
fell on gave Pirani a full house, leaving Binger drawing dead. The river completed the board with the 
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and was in the lead at the moment. After the dealer spread a final board of 