We caught the action with around 175,000 in the pot and a board reading . George Lind had checked and Micah Raskin bet a stack of 20 blues, worth 100,000. Lind thought about it before a moment and then made the call.
Raskin showed and Lind simply mucked. He is down to just 160,000.
Matt Affleck fired out 75,000 on the board of . Jonathan Gagnon-Villeneuve then put in a raise to 175,000. Affleck thought quietly and then came back over the top with a shove for all of his chips. Gagnon-Villeneuve quickly folded and Affleck won the pot. He's back up to 900,000 in chips while Gagnon-Villeneuve dropped to 590,000.
Romulus Segal raised to 30,000 from under the gun to kick off the action. James Casement reraised to 72,000 from middle position when action got over to him. Everyone folded back over to Segal. He took some time and then four-bet to 195,000, leaving himself with 56,000 behind. Casement took a minute and then moved all in, Segal quickly called.
Casement:
Segal:
"Nice hand," said Segal when he saw that he was dominated by Casement. The board then ran out and Casement's hand held up. Segal was sent to the rail while Casement increased to about 680,000 in chips.
The hand after he busted Bryn Kenney, Jacob Toole took pocket queens up against the pocket jacks for Garrett Thompson. All of the money went in preflop.
The board ran out and Toole's queens held again. He scooped in the 250,000 or so from Thompson and now sits with the chip lead at 1.65 million.
Bryn Kenney and Jacob Toole just played a massive pot worth 1.1 million in chips. Kenney opened to 25,000 and Toole reraised to 67,000. Kenney shoved in for about 550,000 and Toole made the call.
Kenney:
Toole:
The board was a dirty, dirty one. First, the flop came down and Toole's queens stayed in the lead. The turn saw an hit and everything was looking good for Kenney as he picked up a pair of aces. The river card took everything away when a hit and Toole smacked a full house. Kenney was sent to the rail and Toole skyrocketed to about 1.4 million in chips.
Michael Binger was in the hijack and raised to 24,000. Micah Raskin called from the cutoff and Robert Reyna then moved all in for 295,000 from the small blind!
Binger folded and action was back on Raskin. He thought for a moment, stared his opponent down, and then called as he turned over . Reyna flipped and was excited about his spot even though he was technically behind. His enthusiam waned a bit when the flop fell . After the hit the turn, Reyna seemed to go from a feeling of excitement to one of pure dread. With good reason as it turned out as the peeled off on the river.
Reyna was eliminated from the tournament while Raskin rocketed up to 1.3 million.
From the button, Mark Ader raised to 21,000. Bryn Kenney made the call from the small blind and off to the flop they went. The flop came was put out and Kenney checked. Ader bet 28,000 and Kenney check-raised to 63,000. Ader took some time while asking for the dealer to pull in the 28,000 from each player. He took another moment after that was complete and then moved all in for 293,000. Kenney checked his hand once more, then folded and Ader won the pot.
Joe Tehan had four-bet out of position against Matt Affleck. Affleck called and the flop came down with around 175,000 already in the middle. Tehan checked the flop and Affleck fired 100,000. Tehan made the call.
The turn brought the and Tehan moved all in for 285,000. Affleck thought for a little bit and then said, "I hit my two outer and now you hit yours?" He then open-folded the , folding a set of queens. Tehan didn't show and both players had about 650,000 each after the hand was over.