From the button, Michael Traylor raised to 40,000. After Grant Hillman three-bet to 110,000 from the small blind and the big blind folded, Traylor open-folded the .
Simultaneously on the other table, Ned Mantua raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Dan Black reraised from the next seat to 150,000. Action got back to Mantua and he open-folded the . Black showed him the .
From the small blind, Tom Masinter raised to 50,000, and Donna Jetter announced, "Raise," from the big blind. When she did, Masinter moved all in, but Jetter had not yet committed herself to a reraise amount. She put in the minimum 84,000, then asked how much more she'd need to call. It was another 154,000 to see the cards, but Jetter tanked and folded after some debate. She's still got about 215,000 to work with.
Grant Hillman raised to 45,000 from the small blind against Joseph Mongkoluaaree's big blind. Mongkoluaaree made the call and the flop came down low, . Hillman fired 60,000 and Mongkoluaaree folded. Hillman showed the .
Leroy Patitz raised from the button to 42,000, leaving himself with 80,000 behind. Ned Mantua reraised immediately to 100,000 from the small blind. Action moved back over to Patitz and he said, "Well, I guess ya got it," and mucked his hand.
Dan Black just doubled up from 253,000 to over half a million after his two black kings ruined the party that Leroy Patitz's two black ladies were throwing. All the money went in preflop and the board ran out to keep Black's kings in front. Patitz is down to 120,000.
Michael Traylor raised to 42,000 from under the gun. Joseph Mongkoluaaree made the call on the button and the flop came down . Traylor fired 80,000 and Mongkoluaaree folded. Traylor showed just the and scooped the pot. He's up to about 1.32 million now.
Stanley Quinn and Leroy Patitz saw the flop come in blind-versus-blind action. Both checked to see the fall on the turn. Quinn bet the turn for 20,000 and Patitz raised to 70,000. Quinn moved all in and Patitz called. Patitz was the player all in, calling off for 166,000. He held the for top two against the for Quinn. The river completed the board with the and Patitz doubled up.
Ray Martin limped in from the button and John McNeilly completed in the small blind spot. Michael Traylor raised from the big blind to 52,000. Martin moved all in for about 280,000 and after McNeilly folded, Traylor called.
Traylor held the dominating to Martin's . The board ran out and Martin was sent home in 12th place. With 11 players left, Traylor is the big chip leader with 1.125 million in chips.
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