Deep within the bowels of The Mothership, Christian Harder raised to 65,000 from early position and the action folded around to Harold Wasson who moved all-in for 641,000 from the small blind. Jerry Van Strydonck snap-called from the big blind and Harder folded before the cards were tabled:
Van Strydonck:
Wasson:
The board ran out and Wasson was eliminated. Welcome to the table, Mr. Van Strydonck!
The action folded to Jonathan Seelbach who raised to 75,000 from the small blind. Amanda Musumeci moved all in for 565,000 from the big blind, and Howe quickly called.
Showdown
Seelbach:
Musumeci:
"Lady for a lady!" one of Musumeci's supporters shouted from the rail.
The dealer obliged, fanning . Musumeci took the lead, but the on the turn gave Seelbach a flush draw. After a pause to capture the board and reaction shots, the cameras tapped the dealer on the shoulder, signaling her to deal the river. The fell to give Musumeci a full house.
She doubled to 1.166 million chips, while Howe slipped to 530,000.
Over on the secondary feature table, our PokerNews reporter caught the action on a flop that read between Jean-Robert Bellande and Tri Huynh; Bellande led out for 130,000 and Huynh called, then Belllande quickly bet again on the turn of the .
Huynh re-raised, Bellande shoved and Huynh snap-called, putting Bellande at risk. The only problem was that Bellande was by no means at risk.
Bellande:
Huynh:
The river was the , but with Bellande having already flopped the boat, he doubled up to more than 1.5 million. Huynh on the other hand, now has some work to do as he's slipped to 970,000.
Bounahra Badih got his last 370,000 chips in with , and he was in bad shape when Andrey Pateychuk found , poised for the knockout. Badih couldn't bear to watch, and he walked about five table lengths away to spend the hand with his friends on the rail. From where he was standing, he couldn't see the board cards as the table was completely encircled by cameras and reporters with notebooks.
The flop came , and that's a pretty decent flop when you have seven-eight. Badih still had no idea that he'd flopped the joint, but he likely could tell something was going on from the reaction of the assembled masses. The dropped on the turn, drawing another big reaction from the table. He still didn't know it, but Badih was locked up in a real battle for his tournament life. He needed to fade a board pair to double, and the river was safe and clean.
Bryan Devonshire stood up and gave Badih a wave back to the table, and he came and looked to see what was what. "I won?" he asked. That was quickly followed by a shout to his rail, "I won!" He did indeed win, doubling his short stack up to about 775,000.
Former VP of Growth, Mobile and International for Facebook, Chamath Palihapitiya has been eliminated.
Palihapitiya was just all in for his last 870,000 with and up against Per Linde's . The flop came , giving Linde a set, and after the turn and river, Palihapitiya was eliminated.
A player in early position opened to 70,000 and was called by the player on the button. Jerry Van Strydonck three-bet from the small blind and Erick Lindgren moved all in from the big blind. Action folded back around to Van Strydonck who made the call.
Van Strydonck:
Lindgren:
The flop came and Lindgren retained his lead. An interesting event happened on the turn when the fell, giving Van Strydonck any spade or ten as an out going to the river. Fortunately for Lindgren, the " rivered and he was able to score a double up.
"At least I got a sweat," Van Strydonck said with a smile as the chips were being pushed Lindgren's way.
The action folded to David "Doc" Sands who raised to 92,000 from the small blind. Benjamin Logan called in the big, and the flop fell . Sands sat in the tank for the better part of a minute, then slowly assembled 94,000 chips, plopping them forward. Logan thought for a bit, then announced, "Call."
The turn was the , and Sands sat silently. He eventually reached for a tower of orange T5,000 chips, tossed two yellow T1,000 on top, and slid them forward. The bet totaled 177,000. Logan readjusted himself in his seat, and began assembling chips. He re-sweat his cards and asked Sands for a count. Sands said nothing, he just lifted his arm, allowing Logan to see his entire stack. Logan sweat his cards one more time, then announced, "Call."
The river was the , and Sands tanked before double-fisting 577,000 into the middle. Logan shot up out of his chair. "Three hands beat me," he uttered, turning his chair around.
Logan sat back down with one knee on his chair, stood back up and looked at his cards again. He turned his chair around again, and sat down.
"Maybe four hands," he thought aloud.
Logan took his glasses off and looked like he was in physical pain. He leaned across the dealer, stared at Sands, then counted his stack. Finally, he said, "Call."
Sands quickly rolled over .
"Nice hand," Logan told him, mucking his cards.
With the win, Sands' stack ballooned to 2.95 million chips, while Logan slipped to just 495,000.