First in from the button, Andrew Robl moved his short stack of 109,000 chips into the middle. Small blind James Obst didn't have much more than that, and he reraised all in for about 120,000 himself. Big blind Nick Schulman considered calling light for a chance at the double knockout, but he eventually talked himself into a fold to let the other to duke it out.
Showdown
Robl:
Obst:
The flop was about as good an ace-free flop as Obst could ask for, coming to make him the favorite with two to come. The turn gave him even one more out to the win, and he'd find one of them on the river. The dropped off the deck to give Obst the flush and the knockout, nearly doubling up in the process.
"Fun playing with you guys," Robl mumbled as he quickly stood and scurried out the door. He probably meant it, but there was no love to be found in Robl's voice as he's now $100,000 lighter in the wallet.
Daniel Cates opened the pot with a raise, and Jason Mercier three-bet him from the button. Pretty run of the mill so far, but Cates had the look of agony on his face. It was two or three minutes before he folded, and Mercier couldn't resist.
"Tournaments are frustrating, huh?" he asked with a smirk.
Cates just winced and shook his head, dropping to 245,000 with his fold.
James Obst raised to 25,000 to start the action, and his neighbor Nick Schulman three-bet it up to 55,000. Obst called the extra amount, and they went heads up to a flop. Obst checked, and Schulman stacked a bet of 87,000 out across the betting line. Obst took several minutes to fiddle with his stack -- he had 303,000 chips left -- alternately cutting out the call, then a raise, then stacking his chips back together. Eventually, a raise came, and a small one to 175,000. Schulman promptly moved all in, and Obst snap-folded to save his 128,000 chips for a better spot.
From the cutoff seat, Vivek Rajkumar opened to 26,000, and Daniel Cates tanked for a while on the button. Eventually, he grabbed all 152,000 of his chips and slid them across the line, and the table folded back to Rajkumar. He asked if it was about one-fifty before announcing the quick call, and the cards were on their backs:
Rajkumar:
Cates:
The flop was a big swing and a miss for Cates, but the turn did give him a few more outs to work with. The look on his face said he wasn't expecting to catch up, but the timely landed on the river to put a straight on board. Cates' plays, though, and his one-better straight has earned him a crucial double up. He's back up to 335,000 now, while Rajkumar falls back under a million to about 880,000.
From under the gun, Andrew Robl raised to 26,000. Eugene Katchalov defended from the big blind and the two saw the flop come down . Katchalov check-called a 30,000-chip continuation bet to see the fall on the turn.
On the turn, Katchalov checked again. Robl fired 80,000 and got called. The river then completed the board with the Katchalov checked and Robl fired 230,000. Katchalov made the call holding the for a rivered two pair. Robl held the for a flopped two pair.
Katchalov's hand was best and he improved to 960,000 chips thanks to a very nice river card. Robl dropped to 140,000.
We arrived at the table with 63,000 chips already in the pot and the rest of Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes chips in front of him. The all-in bet was for 217,000 to Shawn Buchanan and he was in the tank. FInally, Buchanan made the call and saw the bad news.
Brenes tabled the and was ahead of the for Buchanan. After the board ran out , Brenes doubled to 500,000 and Buchanan was left with just one single T1,000 chip.
That chip was just enough to cover the ante and Buchanan was all in on the next hand. Bryan Colin raised to 20,000 preflop and knocked everyone else out to leave his up against Buchanan's . The board ran out and Buchanan was sent packing.
Bryan Colin was all in preflop with and up against the two kings for Daniel "jungleman12" Cates. Colin hit an ace on the flop and an ace on the turn to make trips and doubled back to 400,000 or so. Cates dropped to 150,000.
From the cutoff seat, Vivek Rajkumar raised to 26,000. Daniel "jungleman12" Cates reraised from the button to 62,000. After Rajkumar tanked for a bit when action got back to him, he moved all in. Cates quickly folded and was knocked back to 360,000 in chips.
Shawn Buchanan was all in preflop for 137,000 with the . He was cup against Daniel "jungleman12" Cates who held the . The board ran out and Buchanan doubled up.
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to make him the favorite with two to come. The turn 
gave him even one more out to the win, and he'd find one of them on the river. The 
dropped off the deck to give Obst the flush and the knockout, nearly doubling up in the process.
flop. Obst checked, and Schulman stacked a bet of 87,000 out across the betting line. Obst took several minutes to fiddle with his stack -- he had 303,000 chips left -- alternately cutting out the call, then a raise, then stacking his chips back together. Eventually, a raise came, and a small one to 175,000. Schulman promptly moved all in, and Obst snap-folded to save his 128,000 chips for a better spot.
flop was a big swing and a miss for Cates, but the 
turn did give him a few more outs to work with. The look on his face said he wasn't expecting to catch up, but the timely 
landed on the river to put a straight on board. Cates' 
fall on the turn.
for a flopped two pair.
and was ahead of the 
, Brenes doubled to 500,000 and Buchanan was left with just one single T1,000 chip.
up against Buchanan's 
and up against the two kings for Daniel "jungleman12" Cates. Colin hit an ace on the flop and an ace on the turn to make trips and doubled back to 400,000 or so. Cates dropped to 150,000.
