Mitch Schock has been given the ol' 1-2 by the other two short stacks on this final table to depart the Amazon Room in eighth place.
Earlier, the action folded to Harrison Wilder who raised before Schock called from the blinds to go heads-up to a flop of . Schock check-called Wilder after the flop, then check-raised him on the turn of the .
Wilder called all-in and Schock showed , but reeled in horror when Wilder opened up for Broadway! Needing another ace to chop, the river was the and Schock was left with less than 90,000 in chips, which he moved into the middle in the very next hand against Thomas Jamieson after a flop of .
Schock was at risk with , but Jamieson had hit top pair with , which held all the way as the turn and river ran out , , but by the time the dealer had dealt the turn, Schock was already shaking hands with his tablemates before taking his leave to collect a $19,856 check.
For the first time at this final table, William Davis has relinquished the chip lead, now down to 750,000 in chips after losing a pot to Sean Nguyen.
After Nguyen raised it preflop, Davis called and then check-called Nguyen's bet on the flop of before both players checked the turn of the . Davis bet again after the river , but Nguyen quickly raised. Davis called, only to muck his hand after Nguyen showed for trips.
"That was a good raise," Davis said as he tapped the table. Nguyen is now up to 970,000 in chips and is our new chipleader!
Craig Laben made a raise from under the gun. The action was folded all the way around to Sean Nguyen in the big blind, who made the call. The flop came down . Nguyen checked and Laben tossed out a bet. Nguyen check-raised and Laben decided to three-bet it. Nguyen made the call.
The action slowed down a bit as it went check-check on a turn of . When the fell on the river, Nguyen made one last bet that Laben called. Nguyen showed for a rivered pair of fives. That was enough to cause Laben to slide his cards into the muck, knocking him down to around 60,000 in chips.
The very next hand Laben got his remaining chips all in against Thomas Jamieson:
Laben:
Jamieson:
Laben spiked the card he needed as the board ran out .
Laben is now sitting with 120,000 and Jamieson is at 170,000.
William Davis made a preflop raise and was called by Sean Nguyen. When the flop fell , Nguyen led out only to be raised by Davis. Nguyen made the call. The struck the turn and Nguyen fired a bet once again. This time Davis merely called. The river was the and the action went check-check.
Davis tabled the which was enough to scoop the pot and boost his stack to 960,000.
It wasn't long after Scott Clements lost the last pot to Sean Nguyen that he succumbed to William Davis in ninth place.
The action folded around to Clements who came in with a raise before Davis three-bet it from next door. All the others got out of the way before Clements committed the rest of his stack into the middle. Davis snap-called.
Davis:
Clements:
Davis picked up a set after the flop of , but Clements caught a glimmer of hope on the turn of the . It wasn't to be - the river was the - and thjat was it for Clements, who received from the sum of $15,281 from the cage. Not too shabby.
We had a ton of action pre flop when Thomas Jamieson opened up the betting with a raise. Harrison Wilder called, Sean Nguyen three bet, Scott Clements four bet, Nguyen five bet, and Clements called.
The flop ran out . Nguyen bet and Clements called. The turn brought the . Nguyen bet and Clements called. The river brought the .
Nguyen bet again and Clements folded showing the . Nguyen then showed the . This brought Clements down to 65,000
The remaining nine players have been trading chips left, right and center, but Mitch Schock fans would be pleased to know that he's scored some more chips through William Davis.
Schock came in with a raise from late position, but Davis three-bet it from the big blind. Schock called, then called Davis' opening bets on the flop of and the turn of the .
Davis then elected to check-fold to Schock after the dealer produced the on the river. Davis is now up to 240,000; Davis is down, but still well out in front, with 870,000.
. Schock check-called Wilder after the flop, then check-raised him on the turn of the 
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, but reeled in horror when Wilder opened up 
for Broadway! Needing another ace to chop, the river was the 
and Schock was left with less than 90,000 in chips, which he moved into the middle in the very next hand against Thomas Jamieson after a flop of 
, which held all the way as the turn and river ran out 
, 
, but by the time the dealer had dealt the turn, Schock was already shaking hands with his tablemates before taking his leave to collect a $19,856 check.
. Davis bet again after the river 
, but Nguyen quickly raised. Davis called, only to muck his hand after Nguyen showed ![[user196676]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. When the 
fell on the river, Nguyen made one last bet that Laben called. Nguyen showed 
for a rivered pair of fives. That was enough to cause Laben to slide his cards into the muck, knocking him down to around 60,000 in chips.
struck the turn and Nguyen fired a bet once again. This time Davis merely called. The river was the 
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