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The short stacks are getting it in, and not all of them are getting it back out. Mike Watson bet the turn of a 
board, then called all in after Abe Mosseri raised. Mosseri turned over a small flush and a low, 
. Watson had unimproved aces and a worse low, 
. The river 
sent him of to the cage to collect his winnings.
"Miami" John Cernuto was all in with the 
against the 
of Mikael Thuritz. The board ran out 
and Thuritz made the heart flush to send Cernuto to the rail. Thuritz moved up to 210,000 in chips.
Mike Sexton, Oleg Shamardin and Sergey Altbregin were all involved in a tense pot on the feature table. With the board showing 
, Sexton bet and was called by Shamardin before Altbregin raised. Sexton three-bet, putting a big decision to Shamardin. He eventually folded, with Altbregin calling.
The river came 
. Sexton bet and, after a moment of thought, Altbregin tossed in call. Sexton showed 
, two pair fours and deuces and the nut low. Altbregin triumphantly turned over 
, two pair tens and sixes and the nut low. Sexton was dumbstruck.
"That was a good card for me and the worst one," he said.
"There were worse ones," chimed in John D'Agostino.
"I'd have bet a million dollars when he just called I was getting at least half," said Sexton. "How can you get a good river card and it's the worst one you can see?"
Altbregin collected his three-quarters of the pot and said nothing.
Jean-Robert Bellande just had two aces in his hand cracked again for the second time today and is a little upset about it. "When it's late in a tournament and people are playing tight, they're supposed to do something," said Bellande and he dropped to about 180,000 in chips.
Jean-Robert Bellande raised from the hijack seat and David Baker called from the cutoff seat. Mike Sexton called from the big blind as well and the three players saw the flop come down 
. Sexton bet out and Bellande called. baker folded.
The turn card brought the and both players checked. The river card completed the board with the and Sexton bet out. Bellande tanked and then made the call.
Sexton tabled the 
for two pair and a live ace. Bellande showed just the and then mucked his other two cards. He dropped to 240,000 while Sexton increased to 470,000.
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Play had barely started by the time Barry Hartheimer was eliminated at the outer table. We arrived at the table in time only to see Abe Mosseri discussing the hand with winner Tai Nguyen.
"If you know he had aces, how can you call?" Mosseri asked. "You' weren't getting the right price."
Nguyen simply responded, "I won the hand."
Hartheimer leaves with $17,138 in prize money.
The cards are in the air for Event No. 25. There's 23 players remaining and we'll be playing to a winner later tonight, or probably in the early hours of the morning. Get the coffee ready.
Level: 19
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante:
When we left last night, the players were seated thusly:
Feature
Seat 1: Mike Sexton
Seat 2: Oleg Shamardin
Seat 3: Sam Farha
Seat 4: Michael Chow
Seat 5: --empty--
Seat 6: Jean Robert Bellande
Seat 7: David Baker
Seat 8: Sergey Altbregin
Seat 9: John D'Agostino
Outer 1
Seat 1: --empty--
Seat 2: Eric Baldwin
Seat 3: James Dempsey
Seat 4: Barry Hartheimer
Seat 5: Michael Watson
Seat 6: --empty--
Seat 7: Steve Wong
Seat 8: Tai Nguyen
Seat 9: Abe Mosseri
Outer 2
Seat 1: Yuegi Zhu
Seat 2: Mikael Thuritz
Seat 3: John Cernuto
Seat 4: Chino Rheem
Seat 5: Steve Zolotow
Seat 6: Jose de Paz
Seat 7: Eugene Katchalov
Seat 8: --empty--
Seat 9: Tony Merksick
