Sowers Running Good; Karagulleyan Eliminated
After losing 820,000 chips to Mike Sowers, Andrew Cimpan was out of options. He open-shoved and was called by former WPT winner Chris Karagulleyan. Karagulleyan was actually the shorter stack and at risk of elimination.
Karagulleyan:
Cimpan:
Karagulleyan was in the lead preflop and after a flop of . The turn, however, was a second queen, the , giving Cimpan trip queens to the dismay of the heavily partisan crowd. Karagulleyan couldn't complete the re-suckout with a river card of . He was eliminated in fourth place, earning a healthy $430,963.
"Here comes the bad penny!" shouted one of Cimpan's supporters.
8:55pm -- Another Pot to Sowers
Mike Sowers is running good. He raised to 320,000 preflop and was called by big blind Andrew Cimpan. They checked all the way to the river, where Sowers bet 500,000 on aboard of . Cimpan quickly called, but was forced to muck his hand to Sowers' full house, fives full of jacks, made with .