Players were recently joking about how James Carroll was being the table bully as the short stack. Carroll found another opportunity to choose aggression.
On blinds of 3,000/6,000/6,000, Joe Firova opened to 16,000 on the button. Simon Britton and James Carroll defended the small and big blind respectively.
The flop brought K♥J♥9♦. Britton checked. Carroll led out for 50,000. Firova asked to see how much Carroll was playing but folded to Carroll's bet. Britton didn't fold. He declared pot, which would force Carroll all-in to call. Carroll said he couldn't fold now as he slid his chips forward.
Britton: Q♥T♥6♣5♣
Carroll: K♠J♣7♣3♠
Flop: K♥J♥9♦
Britton had flopped the straight with an open-ended straight flush draw. Carroll needed a board-pairing king or jack. The A♠ turn upgraded Britton from the king-high straight to the ace-high straight. The 6♦ completed the board and eliminated Carroll in seventh place for $875.
The remaining six players began to verify their chip counts and bag up for Sunday's Day Two Restart.
Flight 6/8 is already underway with registration closing at 9:30 PM. You still have a chance to jump in the action with two more starting flights on Saturday at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Don't miss out!
Flight 5/8 Chip Counts
| Simon Britton | 465,000 |
| Sihao Zhang | 360,000 |
| Christopher Smith | 329,000 |
| Robert Gussoni | 264,000 |
| Charlie Keisling | 216,000 |
| Joe Firova | 136,000 |
Flight 5/8 Payouts
1st-6th: Day Two
7th: $875 - James Carroll
8th: $875 - Bahman Jahanguiri
Updated Chip Counts (through Flight 5/8)
Total entries: 224; 22 advancing to Day Two
Total prize pool: $114,240 of $250,000 GTD
Average stack: 311,614
Lowest blind level: 2,500/5,000/5,000 20:20
| Name | Chips | Flight |
| Simon Britton | 465,000 | 5/8 |
| Sihao Zhang | 360,000 | 5/8 |
| Christopher Smith | 329,000 | 5/8 |
| Robert Gussoni | 264,000 | 5/8 |
| Charlie Keisling | 216,000 | 5/8 |
| Joe Firova | 136,000 | 5/8 |
| Ravi Patel | 444,000 | 4/8 |
| Pamela Stiehler | 399,500 | 4/8 |
| Andrew Pham | 271,500 | 4/8 |
| Ricardo Alvarado | 175,000 | 4/8 |
| George Abi-Zeid | 600,000 | 3/8 |
| Nga Huynh | 297,000 | 3/8 |
| Cristobal | 211,000 | 3/8 |
| Russell Despain | 167,500 | 3/8 |
| Adeeb Al- Nazer | 481,000 | 2/8 |
| Simon Webster | 330,000 | 2/8 |
| Hunter Cichy | 324,000 | 2/8 |
| Chris Meza | 155,000 | 2/8 |
| Abraham Araya | 511,000 | 1/8 |
| Andrew Dinger | 491,000 | 1/8 |
| Vu Dang | 132,000 | 1/8 |
| Jose Montes | 96,000 | 1/8 |
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