On a flop of , Seyed Madani led out with a bet of 40,000. Robert Aron made it 110,000 to go and Madani decided to min-raise the action to 220,000. Aron made the call and the two were off to a turn.
Fourth street fell and Madani announced that he was all in.
"Are you ready to go home, sir?" asked Aron before making the call, flipping up
Madani was behind, holding and failed to improve when a fell on the river. Aron is now sitting with 1,250,000.
Although Lee Dreyfuss was able to double up several times, he finally met his fate at the hands of Adam Geyer. The money was put in preflop with Geyer holding against Dreyfuss' .
The board spelled trouble immediately for Dreyfuss, falling and giving Geyer a set of sevens. The turn and river came and Dreyfuss was sent to the rail.
Lee Dreyfuss managed to double his stack once more, getting it all in with against , making a seven-high straight.
A few hands later, Adam Geyer raised to 24,000 from under the gun. Dreyfuss just called and the rest of the table sent their cards into the muck. The flop came and Geyer went to bet. Dreyfuss immediately moved the rest of his stack in and the cards were flipped up.
Dreyfuss:
Geyer:
The turn and river were of no help to Geyer and Dreyfuss' pair of sixes held up. From having one 1,000 chip in front of him, he has now managed to build his stack to 180,000.
Michael Anon opened to 25,000 from early position, Seyed Madani called in middle position, and Sean Ripp moved all in for 237,000 from the big blind. Anon mucked, but Madani made a hero call.
Madani:
Ripp:
The board ran , and Ripp was eliminated in 32nd place.
After an all in confrontation preflop, Philip Lowery's tournament life was on the line holding against the of Lee Dreyfuss.
The flop fell perfectly for Lowery, coming . He improved even further when the hit the turn. Dreyfuss managed to pair up when the rivered, but it was meaningless against the two pair of Lowery. This hand crippled Dreyfuss, leaving him with only 5,000 in chips.
Dreyfuss folded his next hand, and by the time another hand rolled around, he was left with 1,000 after putting an ante of 2,000 in the middle. He managed to get it all in with against Marc McLaughlin's . The door card was a , pairing Dreyfuss and giving him a lead that he held throughout the rest of the hand. Dreyfuss is still in the danger zone, but has taken the first step to building his stack back up.