Event 17 (Day 3): Hastings Scores Back to Back KOs

Level 19 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/800)
Total Entries: 178
Players Remaining: 14
Chip Average: 381,429

Brian Hastings - Chip Leader

After spending an hour as one of the shortest stacks in the room, Sam Wasserman pushed his final chips into the middle of the table with Ax 9x against a flop of 2x Qx 10x.

Brian Hastings made the call with Qx Jx, and eventually made a straight when a Kx and 9x came out on the turn and river.

Two hands later, Hastings eliminated Christopher McCoy after flopping two pair.

We wondered at the start of the day how Table 30 would play out with significantly fewer chips than Table 29. As it turns out, Hastings has capitalized in a huge way from opening the day as one of the only big stacks at that table.

All four eliminations of the day have taken place on Table 30, leaving Hastings with more than 1,000,000 chips.

Players are 13 minutes away from a 15-minute break.