We were observing table 27 just now and witnessed an all in that absolutely crushed any hopes Christopher Rivard may have had to win this tournament. With a board showing , Timothy Ulmer shoved. Christopher Rivard called, and they both flipped over their cards in anticipation of the river.
Christopher:
Timothy:
Christopher’s Ace-Jack was ahead, making him top pair. But Timothy had an open ended straight draw. When the river was dealt a , Christopher’s stack was decimated, and the entire pot of near 1,000,000 chips flowed straight over to Timothy.
Of course, never say never, Christopher’s night is not over yet. But with what looked like less than 150,000 chips (and an average chips stack of almost 700,000 chips at this point in the night), it will be an uphill battle.
UPDATE: Christopher’s night ended minutes after the original post.