Gabriel Nassif moved all in for 163,000, Vinny Pahuj moved all in behind him, and the cards were turned over.
Nassif:
Pahuj:
The flop was giving both players two pair. The turn card drew gasps from the audience as Nassif made a full house but the rail erupted when the river threw Pahuj back into the lead to eliminate Nassif.
Hand #6: Vinny Pahuj opened for 35,000 and took the pot.
Hand #7: Paul Cogliano opened for 32,000 and Gabriel Nassif called in the big blind. The flop was . Cogliano bet 37,000 when it was checked to him and Nassif called. The turn was the and Nasif checked again. Cogliano bet 67,000 and Nassif gave it some deep thought and folded.
Hand #5: Chad Dixon moved all in from early position for 170,000 and the action folded all the way to Christopher Sensoli in the big blind. He made the call:
Sensoli:
Dixon:
The board ran out and Dixon headed to the rail in ninth place for a payday of $20,463.
With the start of the official nine-handed final table, we'll restart our numbering of hands for continued hand-for-hand coverage.
Hand #1: Will Givens raised to 32,000, then from one seat over Gabriel Nassif moved all in. All opponents including Givens folded.
Hand #2: Christopher Sensoli moved all in for 144,000 and claimed the blinds and antes.
Hand #3: Sensoli was all in once again, from early position for 184,000. There was no caller.
Hand #4: Dutch Boyd raised to 32,000 on the button and Steven Norden three-bet to 70,000 out of the small blind. Boyd called and took down the pot with a bet of 70,000 on the flop after Norden checked to him.
Hand #14: For the second time in a row, Paul Cogliano min-raised to 32,000 and history repeated itself when the big blind moved all in against him. This time it was David Olmsted for 243,000 and after some consideration, Cogliano picked the exact chips needed for the call and moved them towards the middle of the table.
Cogliano:
Olmsted:
The flop was safe for Cogliano and Olmsted stood up after the turn. One more card to come and it was the river, which failed to improve Olmsted and set the stage for the official final table.
We now take a short break to get the official chip counts and then the live stream will kick in as well with a delay of 30 minutes.
Hand #10: David Olmsted moved all in for what looked like 210,000 and that received folds all around.
Hand #11: Steven Norden raised to 32,000 out of the hijack and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #12: The action folded to Will Givens in the small blind and he moved all in against Gabriel Nassif in the big blind. The Frenchman folded.
Hand #13: Paul Cogliano raised to 32,000 and Pok Kim moved all in for 172,000 out of the big blind. Cogliano gave it some thought before mucking his cards.