Just after those two knockouts, we came within a card of seeing a third in three hands.
David Singontiko opened for 75,000 from the button, Igor Sharaskin reraised pot from the big blind, Singontiko reraised again, and Sharaskin called with his remaining chips.
Sharaskin showed and Singontiko . The flop came a stunning -- a set of jacks for Singontiko, plus the nut low draw to go with it. Sharaskin's prospects appeared dim, but the on the turn did give him hopes for a gutshot straight to go with the out represented by the case ace.
Then came the river -- the ! -- giving Sharaskin the straight and saving his tourney life. "No better flop in the world for you," said Jeffrey Gibralter to Singontiko afterwards. "And you still lost!"
Actually he only lost half the pot, as he still took the low while Sharaskin claimed the high. Sharaskin still has about 650,000, while Singontiko is sitting at 1.7 million.
Needless to say the action has picked up here at Event #51 as we had two eliminations in two hands.
In the first hand, Jeffrey Gibralter raised to 75,000 from late position and Marco Oliveira went all in with a call from Gibralter.
Gibralter:
Oliveira:
The board ran out and Gibralter scooped to send Oliveira home in sixth place.
THE VERY NEXT HAND, TJ Scarber raised to 105,000 from the cutoff and David Singontiko moved all in with Scarber calling.
Scarber:
Singontiko:
The board ran out and Singontiko scooped with a wheel sending Scarber home in fifth. It's been a crazy last few hands and with a few more short stacks it probably won't stop anytime soon. Get your popcorn ready, it's gonna be a crazy ride to the finish.
It folded around to David Singontiko in the cutoff. As he usually does, he set his four cards in front of his chips, two on each side, then checked them two at a time. He then grabbed chips and raised to 65,000. It folded to Thomas Scarber who called from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the . Scarber bet 75,000, and Singontiko called.
The river was the . Scarber bet 100,000 this time, and after studying for a few seconds Scarber made the call. Scarber revealed his busted hand -- -- and said "nice call" at the sight of Singontiko's .
Those trip jacks gave Singontiko the scoop, moving him up to 1.45 million and into first ahead of Jeffrey Gibralter. Meanwhile, Scarber slips to 250,000.
What looked like a sure elimination turned into a double up thanks to a hit six-outer by TJ Scarber.
TJ raised it up to 55,000 from the cutoff and Marco Oliveira re-raised to 175,000 from the button. It folded back around to TJ who put all 234,000 of his chips in and Oliveira called.
Oliveira:
Scarber:
The flop came down to give two pair to Oliveira, but to give Scarber a straight draw with any non-spade eight or queen. The turn was a harmless but the river was the and Scarber's straight scooped the pot. He is up to 500,000 while Oliveira has fallen down to just about 200,000
The action has slowed a bit after that flurry of eliminations. We just saw a whole orbit (six hands) without a flop. Yee won two hands (one with a preflop raise, the other a walk), Singontiko took two (also one with a raise, the other a walk), and Sharaskin and Oliveira each won hands with a single preflop raise.
David Singontiko has continued his hot streak and taken out another player.
Singontiko raised it up to 49,000 from middle position and Cliff Kettinger re-raised pot (159,000) from the big blind. Singontiko didn't take much time before he re-raised all in and Kettinger called off a total of 275,000.
Singontiko:
Kettinger:
The flop came down and Singontiko's rail called for a six to make a straight. They got their wish as the turn was the The river came and Singontiko scooped to eliminate Kettinger in seventh. He is running hot right now and about even with Gibralter for the chip lead with around 1,200,000 chips.
Michael Yee opened for 62,000 from the hijack seat and got one caller in Jeffrey Gibralter from the button. The flop came , and Yee quickly checked. Gibralter bet 85,000, and after a short pause Yee said he was reraising to 225,000. Gibralter exhaled. "All right, I'm all in," he said, indicating his pot-sized reraise, and Yee called with his remaining chips.
Yee had and Gibralter . The turn was the and river the , which gave Gibralter the low half and Yee the high. Gibralter still has about 1.28 million, while Yee has about 380,000.
David Singontiko, or as his friends like to call him, "The Asian Jeff Madsen," just knocked out Robert Campbell and is creeping towards the top of our counts.
Singontiko raised it up to 75,000 in the small blind and Campbell re-raised all in from the big blind and Singontiko called.
Singontiko:
Campbell:
The board ran out and the ace on the river was the gin card for Singontiko as he made a wheel and scooped the whole pot. SIngontiko is now second in chips with 875,000. Seven players remain
and Singontiko 
. The flop came a stunning 
-- a set of jacks for Singontiko, plus the nut low draw to go with it. Sharaskin's prospects appeared dim, but the 
on the turn did give him hopes for a gutshot straight to go with the out represented by the case ace.
! -- giving Sharaskin the straight and saving his tourney life. "No better flop in the world for you," said Jeffrey Gibralter to Singontiko afterwards. "And you still lost!"
and Singontiko scooped with a wheel sending Scarber home in fifth. It's been a crazy last few hands and with a few more short stacks it probably won't stop anytime soon. Get your popcorn ready, it's gonna be a crazy ride to the finish.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
but the river was the 
and Scarber's straight scooped the pot. He is up to 500,000 while Oliveira has fallen down to just about 200,000
and Singontiko scooped to eliminate Kettinger in seventh. He is running hot right now and about even with Gibralter for the chip lead with around 1,200,000 chips.
and Gibralter 
