In a hand that nearly played itself at this stage of the tournament, Ali Alibay found himself doubling his 140K stack through David on the first hand back from break. They both got all their chips in on the flop of 
, with David holding top-top (
) and Ami holding a set of jacks (
). Ami had the hand locked down by the turn (
), and the river was a meaningless 
.
Ami is up to almost 300K now, while David dropped down to 120K.
We are on what is scheduled to be the last break of the night, with 2 levels left to go before the 10 levels of Day 2 are completed. Should all the players remaining after these 10 levels agree, the tournament might be played out to completion today. Otherwise it will go on break until Day 3 tomorrow, Thursday May 22nd, at 1pm.
Here are the current chip counts:
Final Table
After chipping down in the last few orbits, Timothy Adams was sitting on just over ten big blinds when he got his chips in preflop versus David Yan. Unfortunately for him, he went in as the underdog, and couldn’t manage to double up.
Timothy: 
David: 
Board: 
6th place: Timothy Adams, $19,780
The players in Event 4 are taking a 15-minute break, and we took advantage of this time to do some counts. Here is how the chips are spread out:
Final Table
We did a quick estimate of the chip stacks of the remaining players, and this is what it looks like:
Final Table
With the most recent elimination of Jason Duval in 7th place, Event 4 is now in the money!
Samuel Chartier opened under the gun to 4.5K, and was called by Kevin MacDonald from the small blind. Jason Duval the squeezed all-in from the big blind for around 45K, which got Samuel to fold, but not Kevin, who completed the call.
Jason:
Kevin: 
Board: 
7th place: Jason Duval
Danny Lauzon raised preflop to 6K from middle position, and was flat called by Samuel Chartier from the button. The two players went heads-up to the flop, which read . Danny fired 13K, and Samuel called. The turn brought the , and Danny fired another 25K, which was followed by an all-in from Samuel. Danny reluctantly threw in the chips, and called out for a heart.
Danny: 
Samuel: 
The river was a 
, and Samuel picked up a big pot to put him amongst the chip leaders. We are now but one elimination away from the money.
8th place: Danny Lauzon
We’ve just had our first casualty on the final table of Event 4 – High Roller, as David Dong Ming Yan scooped the remainder of Carlos Chadha’s chips. Carlos was nursing a short stack all day, and even managed to double and triple up at different occasions, but on this last hand, he started behind and never caught up.
Carlos opened to 4K from the hijack position, and was 3bet to 9K by David from the small blind. Carlos then moved his last 21K in, and was immediately called by David.
Carlos:
David: 
Community cards: 
9th place: Carlos Chadha
The TD moved up the next scheduled break by 5 minutes and the players have moved to their new seats and gone on break. Chip counts are approximate.
Final Table
Ankush Mandavia’s fall was a two part process. It began a few hands earlier, when Ankush 3bet Danny Lauzon’s preflop min-raise up to 8K. On the flop of 
, Danny open-shoved his 32.2K stack first to act. Ankush tanked for a few minutes before making the crying call with , and found himself behind the of Danny. The turn and river were bricks (
), and Ankush was left with just over 30K.
In a later hand, Ankush opened from middle position to 3.2K, and snap called when Samuel Chartier shoved all-in from the big blind.
Ankush:
Samuel: 
Samuel hit the board of to improve over Ankush’s pair of tens, and with that last elimination, the field has dropped to the final table of 9 players.
10th place: Ankush Mandavia
