On a flop of , the small blind bet 8K. Second player called. And the third player raised to 22K. Carlos Mortensen moved all in with his monster stack. First raiser moved all in for the rest of his stack. Second player mucked. Third player mucked A-J. Mortensen had and his opponent had . The turn was and river . Mortensen chopped the pot with a boat. The player who mucked A-J would have rivered a bigger boat.
George Danzer was on mega tilt before he busted out. And I'm sure all of Michaela Johanssen's fans are upset that she is no longer in the tournament. We'll give you some consolation with a picture of her.
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Noah Boeken took a couple of chips off of Chad Brown and jumped up to 75K. Then he took a big hit from Joe Beevers when he lost a 100K pot. Boeken limped, Beevers raised, and Boeken re-raised. Beevers said, "Let's gamble!" and moved all in for the rest of his chips. Boeken flipped over while Beevers tabled . The river was the Ace and Boeken doubled up Beevers. Boeken's stack slipped to under 20K.