One would think that this close to the final table (and the juicier payouts) the players would take it slow or play it safe. But now, this bunch is on fire and they are taking no prisoners.
On table #31, a three-way all in spelled disaster for Nirvair Sandhu. Having the least chips involved, Nirvair was holding
. Hicham Hammoud was holding
. He had more chips than Nirvair, but less than Matthew Di Perna who covered both players and had tabled
.
The board was out:
; giving a full house eights over kings. The hand sent Nirvair to the rail and allowed Hicham to double-up.
In a flash, the action flared up on table #35 where Nicholas Soller was claiming another victim. Paul El-khouri was all in with
whereas Nicholas was holding
. As soon as the flop came out Paul got up and started to pack-up his belongings. Everyone agreed that the flop was tailor-made for Shooter:
. The
on the turn sealed Paul’s fate, and to add insult to injury another spade showed up on the river
, sending Paul home in 10th place.