Kristen Nyman Eliminated in 19th Place ($5,160)
Kristen Nyman opened to 75,000 from the cutoff, and Stephen Song moved all in next to act on the button. Action folded back to Nyman, and she called.
Nyman: [AdKh]
Song: [9c5s]
The board ran out [Jc2c5h5c9s], and Song flopped a pair, turned trips, and rivered a full house to eliminate Nyman in 19th place for $5,160.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Song | 2,300,000 |
490,000  |
| Kristen Nyman | Busted |
-175,000  |
Jaime Cervantes Eliminated to Burst the Money Bubble
Chance Kornuth opened to 50,000 from early position and action folded to Jaime Cervantes in the big blind, who was all-in in the dark for his last 10,000.
Kornuth: [Kh9h]
Cervantes: [Ac7c]
The board ran out [Kd2d2h6cQc], and Kornuth flopped a pair of kings to eliminate Cervantes and burst the Event #2 Money Bubble.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chance Kornuth | 1,375,000 |
575,000 |
| Jaime Cervantes | Busted |
-35,000 |
Qing Liu Doubles Through Michael Santos
Michael Santos raised on the button and Qing Liu called in the big blind for his 5,000 remaining chips behind.
Liu: [AcQs]
Santos: [Qc8c]
The board ran out [Ad8s4sKdJh] to give Liu the pot and keep his tournament life alive.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Santos | 480,000 |
-30,000
|
| Qing Liu | 100,000 |
45,000
|
Joelle Parenteau Survives Bubble Sweat
On a flop of [AdQc9d] and with about 100,000 in the pot, Joelle Parenteau got the rest of her 155,000 stack in against Gary Leibovitz and was at risk of busting on the bubble.
Parenteau: [AsAh]
Leibovitz: [aCtC]
Parenteau flopped top set, but the [5c] turn left her needing to fade a river club. The [Jh] harmlessly completed the board to confirm her double and keep the tournament in hand-for-hand mode.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Joelle Weinand | 410,000 |
190,000 |
| Gary Leibovitz | 400,000 |
-80,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Here are the updated chip counts as hand for hand play continues with 20 players remaining and 19 winning seats to tomorrow’s event plus a cash.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Ausmus | 2,080,000 |
-20,000 |
| Stephen Song | 1,810,000 |
710,000 |
| Jovan Santiago | 1,700,000 |
20,000 |
| Long Lui | 1,100,000 |
780,000 |
| Vikenty Shegal | 825,000 |
-39,000 |
| Chance Kornuth | 800,000 |
160,000 |
| Yuri Ishida | 675,000 |
390,000 |
| Gary Leibovitz | 480,000 |
-270,000 |
| Michael Santos | 460,000 |
180,000 |
| Jake Perry | 400,000 |
-300,000 |
| Eric Baldwin | 300,000 |
-200,000 |
| Mehdi Anooshahr | 290,000 |
-370,000 |
| Brock Wilson | 275,000 |
-425,000 |
| Joelle Weinand | 220,000 |
-390,000 |
| Kristen Nyman | 175,000 |
-333,000 |
| Salim Admon | 150,000 |
-242,000 |
| Jewook Oh | 125,000 |
-81,000 |
| Qing Liu | 60,000 |
-85,000 |
| Jaime Cervantes | 35,000 |
-76,000 |
| Michael Wang | 30,000 |
-134,000 |
Bob Mather Eliminated by Stephen Song
Stephen Song jammed on the button and Bob Mather called in the big blind for his stack of about 100,000.
Mather: [kD6S]
Song: [Jd4d]
The board ran out [QsQc3d4cQh] to pair Song’s four and knock out Mather, as the players are now one place away from the money and the tournament goes into hand-for-hand mode.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Song | 1,100,000 |
477,000 |
| Bob Mather | Busted |
-350,000 |
Josh Willard Eliminated by Gary Leibovitz
Gary Leibovitz opened to 30,000 in the cutoff and Josh Willard defended the big blind.
The flop came [Js5s3d] and the rest of Willard’s chips went in.
Leibovitz: [tsTh]
Willard: [8h5h]
The [Td] sealed it as the meaningless [7c] completed the board to send Willard out of the tournament, as Leibovitz collected the chips.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gary Leibovitz | 750,000 |
150,000 |
| Josh Willard | Busted |
-390,000 |
Yuri Ishida Doubles Through Gary Leibovitz
Yuri Ishida open-shoved her last 130,000 into the middle from under the gun and action folded to Gary Leibovitz in the big blind, he called.
Ishida: [5c5s]
Leibovitz: [As3c]
The board ran out [Kd8h2dKcTd], and Ishida’s pocket fives held to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gary Leibovitz | 600,000 |
190,000 |
| Yuri Ishida | 285,000 |
-135,000 |
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