Also not havign a great time of it is Michiel Brummelhuis. He raised under the gun and called the reraise from Soheil Shamseddin, and proceeded to check-call the flop and turn. Brummelhuis bet out on the river, but Shamseddin called, and Brummelhuis' was crushed by Shamseddin's .
Brummelhuis: down to 325,000
Shamseddin: up to 800,000
...And no sooner than Brown had dipped down into the danger zone than Kenny Hsuing overtook him, or undertook, as the case may be, to take his place as our official short stack.
He called a button raise in the big blind from Soheil Shamseddin and made it as far as the river of the board before folding. He dropped to a mere 235,000, while Shamseddin is sitting pretty on 620,000.
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Shortly afterwards, Hsuing got involved in a blind on blind confrontation with Greg Mueller. He raised pre from the small blind and bet out on the flop; Mueller called. They both checked the turn and Hsuing tried another bet on the river, but Mueller insta-called and tabled to beat Hsuing's . Hsuing down to just 120,000 now. Eek.
Further fine fortune for Daniel Alaei who is up to 1.2 millio in chips, while Chad Brown sinks to last place on 330,000.
Alaei raise from the cutoff and Brown called him on the button. Alaei bet out on the flop and Brown called; Alaei then check-called the turn and river, and at the end of it discovered that his pocket were good against Brown's to take the pot.
Dreadful misfortune for Matt Hawrilenko after he raised and flat-called a reraise from Michiel Brummelhuis.
He check-raised the flop and Brummelhuis called. He bet the turn and river too and Brummelhuis called -- and Brummelhuis' ended up chopping with Hawrilenko's pocket . Ouch.
Further woe for very brief former chip leader Matt Glantz. He raised and called a reraise from Greg Mueller and made it all the way to the river of the board before mucking to Mueller's pocket .
Daniel Alaei has extended his chip lead to 1,160,000 courtesy of Soheil Shamseddin. Something for everyone on the board, but Shamseddin was behind all the way with and Alaei took it down with .
Greg Mueller raised, but quickly gave it up preflop to a reraise from Matt Hawrilenko behind and a four-bet from Soheil Shamseddin in the big blind.
Shamseddin bet every street of the board and eventually Hawrilenko folded on the river, leaving himself on 730,000.
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Shamseddin lost some of those good chips back the very next hand though.
He reraised from the small blind to a raise from Hawrilenko, and then bet out on the flop. Hawrilenko called. He bet out again on the turn and this time Hawrilenko raised. A call, and they moved on to the river. Shamseddin check-called the bet from Hawrilenko, but mucked when Hawrilenko showed him .
Hawrilenko is up to 900,000, while Shamseddin is back down to 550,000.
Daniel Alaei limped in on the small blind and called a raise from Chad Brown in the big; they saw a flop.
Alaei checked and then called a bet from Brown. Caginess took over thereafter though, and they checked down the turn and river. Alaei turned over and this turned out to be good, as Brown mucked and was down to 625,000. Alaei meanwhile remains over the magic million mark, on 1,050,000.
Matt Glantz is back down to 640,000 after seeing several hands in a row all the way to the river, only to fold or muck at the final hurdle.
One such hand saw him raise in position and get a call from Matt Hawrilenko in the small blind. Hawrilenko bet out on every street of the board and Glantz called both flop and turn, but come the river he gave it some considerable thought and folded instead.
Next hand Soheil Shamseddin raised in early position and Glantz reraised behind. Shamseddin re-popped though, and Glantz called.
Shamseddin bet all the way down the board and Glantz called on every street -- but Shamseddin tabled and Glantz just mucked. Shamseddin is up to 600,000 after that, incidentally.