We picked up the action on fourth street as the board showed . There was about 7,000 in the pot, and both Frank Kassela and his opponent checked to see the last card.
It was the , and it drew a leading bet of 6,500 from Kassela. His opponent tanked for a good long while with a look of complete confusion on his face. Finally, he called.
Kassela rolled over (a pair of fours), and his opponent studied the scenario for a moment before sliding his cards into the muck. We're not sure what he had, but we know that Frank Kassela has 54,000 now courtesy of that little pot to end the level.
There was about 33,000 in the pot and a board reading when we caught the action. Andre Akkari was in the small blind and moved all in for 15,700 and his sole opponent in the hijack position was debating a call. After about 90 seconds, the hijack let the hand go and Akkari took down the sizeable pot, bringing his stack up to about 50,000.
Michael Binger just boomed his way to about 150,000 in chips with one single pot. Four players were involved and two were eliminated on the hand.
One player was all in preflop and on the flop of , Binger fired 2,800. The next player raised to 7,900 and then another player moved all in. Binger called all in and then the player who had raised also called.
Binger:
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
The turn was the and the river the . Binger's flopped nut straight held up, he busted two players and saw his stack swell to 150,000 in chips.
Chance Kornuth was just eliminated after his all-in shove was called by Faraz Jaka. Kornuth held the against Jaka's two eights. The board ran out and Kornuth hit the rail.
Jon Turner's day has just come to an end. The last of his chips went into the middle with pocket fives against an opponent's pocket jacks. Turner couldn't find the help he needed and was sent to the rail.