Marc Orillo Eliminated by Jesus Sanchez

The next hand after being knocked down to just 2,000 in chips, he was forced all in from the button for the ante. The player in the cutoff raises to 28,000, and everyone else folds.

Orillo turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive against his opponent’s .

The board comes — the cutoff turns a set of fives, but Orillo rivers a nine-high straight to win the pot and octuple up to 18K — still less than a big blind.

Marc Orillo  –  18,000  (<1 bb)

The next hand, Jesus Sanchez moves all in from middle position for 280,000, Orillo calls all in from the cutoff for 15,000, and Day 1 chipleader Thu Nguyen tanks for a while in the big blind before folding face up.

Orillo turns over , but he’s dominated by the of Sanchez.

The board comes , and Sanchez wins the pot with his ace-king to eliminate Orillo from the tournament. (If Nguyen had called with his pocket nines, he would have won the entire pot, eliminating two players to build his stack to 1.56 million.)

Jesus Sanchez  –  350,000  (18 bb)
Thu Nguyen  –  1,210,000  (61 bb)
Marc Orillo  –  Eliminated