Leon Motola was heard calling for a six to hit the board, and while we missed the action ourselves, Jinwei Wang informed us that his had held up over Motola's .
Motola finished in 14th place here tonight, while Wang chipped up to more than the average stack.
He reached his goal and then some, but ultimately Rosengarten was eliminated in 15th place.
Rosengarten's last hand came when he flopped the nut flush draw with in the hole. Miguel Borrero put him at risk with and the board bricked off on the turn () and river ().
Kevin McTigue expressd confidence during the recent break despite his short stack, telling us to meet him at the final table.
Leon Motola had other ideas though, after flopping a pair with his . McTigue was drawing to a straight with , but the board produced bricks to send him home with a 17th place finish.
With the loquacious and lively Emad Alabsi to his direct left, the stoic and silent Andrew Zhu seems to have been inspired by his neighbor's insistent exhortations.
"Jammin' ... and I hope you like jammin' too," has been Alabsi's refrain for the last few levels, and Zhu has taken the hint.
In two hands during the last level we watched Zhu shove his stack in before the flop, open-jamming for between 20-25 big blinds and collecting the blinds and antes.
The last instance saw action fold around to Alabsi in the big blind, after an under the gun push from Zhu.
"You smile at me I'm calling you down," warned Alabsi as he peeked down at his hand. "Snap calling."
Finally, after a few moments had passed, with Zhu flashing a small smile in Alabsi's direction, the latter laid his hand down. Zhu tabled his without hesitating, and Alabsi stated the obvious by saying the hand would have been a coin flip.