Main Event

Big blind Thomas Liffick is down to 9000 (18 bb) and sends it all in with A♠ K♥ , initial raiser Albert Nguyen on utg calls with T♥ T♣ . Liffick bricks on a board 6♣ 3♥ 5♥ 7♠ 2♠ .

Utg Thomas Liffick raises 4500 and finds five callers to the flop 9♥ J♣ 3♣ . Big blind Huy Pham checks, Liffick bets 8000, utg+2 Jacques Ramsden calls, hijack Anthony Cierco folds, cutoff Shui Wang calls, button Do Anh Tai shoves, back to Pham who folds, Liffick joins the all in, Ramsden folds, Wang goes all in for a three-way.

Do Anh Tai A♣ T♣ Shui Wang T♦ 8♦ Thomas Liffick A♦ A♥

The turn Q♠ gives Wang the straight and as he celebrates, the river K♦ trumps it for a higher straight to Do. Do triples up, Wang wins the side pot, Liffick busts.

From hijack, Thomas Liffick raises 2200, cutoff Nguyen Nang Quang calls, then both players check the flop 2♥ A♠ 6♠ . On the 6♥ turn, Nguyen bets 2,000, Liffick check-calls. On the river K♥ , check again from Liffick, Nguyen bets 11,000, Liffick shoves, Nguyen tank-calls for his tournament life. Liffick turns over 6♣ 6♦ quads, Nguyen dusted with Ace-10.