Action folds around to the small blind Alan Vestil who bumps it up to 16,000, big blind Bruce Andrino calls and they see a flop 6♥ 8♦ 4♦ . Andrino unloads his 60,000 stack, Vestil check-calls. Andrino shows A♥ 8♥ top pair top kicker, Vestil outkicked with K♠ 8♠ , the turn 4♣ changes nothing but the river K♣ pairs up Vestil’s big card to bad beat Andrino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 207,000(52 BB) | 77,000 | |
busted | -100,000 |
Alan Vestil opens 12,000 and finds one caller in cutoff Zeus Segismundo. Both see a flop J♥ T♦ 3♥ , Vestil c-bets 15,000 and Segismundo calls again. The turn T♠ , Vestil fires 20,000, this time Segismundo puts pressure with a 55,000 raise, Vestil folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 318,000(80 BB) | 56,000 | |
| 130,000(33 BB) | -5,000 |
Utg opens the action, next to act three-bets all in for 40,000 holding 9♠ 9♦ , hijack Alan Vestil joins in for 59,000 and with A♣ A♥ , big blind shoves for less with K♣ K♠ . Initial raiser utg gets out of the way. The board runs 2♥ 4♦ 7♦ 3♠ T♥ , Vestil’s aces hold to knock out two players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 135,000(68 BB) | 135,000 |