On the same hand that saw Dan "AvaGray" Lupo lose the last of his small stack, "pompii23" also got nines in against the aces of "Cnotorious21" and ended their run in 8th place.
It was a cooler spot when Dan "AvaGray" Lupo shoved over a raise from "lady5am" only to run queens into aces and drop to the short stack. Lupo was eliminated a few hands later.
Action will resume shortly in Level 27 with blinds at 7K/14K(1.75K). "coldandwarm" ended up on the short stack right before the break when they got queen high in from the small blind, but the king-high for "PompYouUp" in the big blind held for a double.
"PompYouUp" raised to 30,100, and "DabledoreNJ" defended to a flop of . "DabledoreNJ" check-called fro 22,785 to see on the turn. Action again went check-bet-call for 58K. "DabledoreNJ" shoved the river and "PompYouUp" tank-folded.
Brian "Wsopboy1997" Sherrier limped the small blind and "Cnotorious21" shoved a covering stack from the big.
"Cnotorious21":
Brian "Wsopboy1997" Sherrier:
Board:
"Cnotorious21" was in rough shape but spiked trips on the flop to take it down. Elsewhere, "GroceryBoi" also busted to make it hand for hand to the final table.
It all went in on the flop of with "BearChckn" on top pair but "PompYouUp" playing a set of eights. The set held, and "BearChckn" was out. Elsewhere, "Roppongi3k" and "karish33" also busted the game.