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Chris Kastler opened the pot from under the gun, with a 75,000-chip raise. Next to speak, Allen Stern moved all in for an additional 400,000 chips.
The action arrived to Neil Channing in the big blind who tanked. After a while, Channing folded and Kastler announced the call.
Showdown
Stern: 
Kastler: 
"Here I go again...", said Kastler.
The board 
sent Stern to the rail in the 14th place. Kastler is now up to 1,980,000 chips.
Kent Vanho shoved the very next hand and fellow (relative) short stack Alexander Queen reshoved. Everyone else got out of their way, and they were on their backs.
Vanho: 
Queen: 
Board: 
Vanho had already been standing to leave on the flop, but promptly sat back down. "What happened?" he said to Queen, laughing with relief, "You trying to donate to me or what?"
Vanho doubled to 150,000 or so while Queen was left with 280,000.
However, it couldn't last. A hand or two later and Vanho shoved under the gun, getting a call from William Kakon in mid position.
Vanho: 
Kakon: 
Board: 
With that, we were 14.
You might have noticed from that last post that Kent Vanho has slipped to just 55,000 - here's the reason why.
The chips all went in preflop, and we were alerted to the action by the standard Jean Gaspard rail celebrations (high-volume, and very entertaining).
Gaspard:
Vanho: 
Board: an unequivocal 
Gaspard doubled to 430,000. Vanho was left with the aforementioned bowl of rice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,280,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
1,400,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
825,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
618,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
565,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
|
500,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
|
485,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
485,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
430,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
||
|
410,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
405,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
|
||
|
340,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
250,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
|
|
55,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
We're now n a 20-minute break.
...Although in fairness, he was very much ahead.
We arrived just in time to see Kent Vanho and Alexander Queen turn their cards over, Queen all in for his tournament life.
Queen: 
Vanho:
Board: 
Queen doubled to around 350,000.
Next hand it folded to Vanho in the small blind, who shoved into Queen's big blind. Queen folded, though, and we remain 15.
Kent Vanho raised to 75,000 in middle position, and Billy Griner moved all in from the button for about 254,000 chips. Vanho called the additional 179,000 chips.
Showdown
Griner:
Vanho:
The board 
gave Griner 470,000 chips. Vanho slipped to 350,000.
Chris Kastler opened the pot in middle position with a 50,000-chip raise and Jason Hallee moved all in from the big blind. Kastler tanked and eventually called the additional 287,000 chips.
Showdown
Kastler: 
Hallee: 
The board ran out and gave Hallee a full double up, is now up to 683,000 chips. Kastler slipped to 1,580,000.
Mike Ellis raised to 63,000 in the hijack only for Martin Jacobson in the small blind to reraise all of his green T25,000 chips - around 700,000 and easily enough to cover both Neil Channing in the big blind and Ellis.
Channing thought about it for a long time, and asked Ellis how many chips he'd started the hand with (answer - 400,000). Eventually he folded.
The action was back on Ellis, who tanked up for some time under the watchful gaze of some of his buddies and backers at the rail. Eventually he folded too, leaving himself on 340,000.
