Short-stacked and all in before the flop holding against Neil Arce's , Danny Huynh would need a little help from the board to avoid elimination and he got just that.
The flop was huge for Huynh, as it improved the likelihood of a chopped pot. The fell on the turn, giving Arce additional outs to win the pot, but the fell on the river ensuring a chop.
Danny Huynh opened on the button to 65,000, only to have Johnny Chan three-bet to 150,000 from the big blind.
Huynh asked for a count, and after finding out Chan had 209,000 behind, he just called.
The flop landed and Chan checked and was immediately followed by Huynh pushing all in. Chan quickly obliged and the cards were tabled.
Huynh:
Chan:
With Huynh drawing virtually dead, the on the turn would lock the pot for Chan, and once the meaningless fell on the river, Chan was pushed the pot to climb to 742,000 in chips.
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Grant Levy entered the pot with a raise to 60,000 from under the gun.
Vladimir Geshkenbein was next to speak, and followed with a raise to 200,000. Everyone else passed and Levy slid his remaining 500,000 or so into the middle with Geshkenbein instantly calling.
Levy:
Geshkenbein:
The flop of kept Levy in the lead and Geshkenbein drawing to any Ace or running cards for a straight or flush.
"The four of spades is perfect" stated Levy, only to see a different spade land - the .
Levy would now need to fade any Ace or spade to stay alive, but unfortunately for him the would land on the river to see him exit in fifth place.
For Levy, he wouldn't be going home empty handed as he collects $49,127 for his deep run in this tournament as Geshkenbein soars to 3,510,000 in chips.