Kuether Wins Biggest Pot of the Tournament
When we arrived at the table, Joe Kuether and Ryan Buckholtz were heads up in a pot that already had 100,000 in the middle. The flop read 
, and Kuether checked to Buckholtz, who bet out 83,000. Kuether called, and the turn came the 
. This time, Kuether led out for 140,000, and Buckholtz made the call. The river came the 
, and Kuether took about 30 seconds before betting 115,000. Buckholtz was clearly pained by the bet, as he was trying to figure out if Kuether indeed had the ace. After about two minutes of thinking, he slid in the call.
Kuether tabled 
for broadway, and Buckholtz simply shook his head, before flashing 
for a flopped straight that was now no good. After the hand, Buckholz tumbled all the way down to 140,000, while Kuether is your new chip leader, with 1.08 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,080,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
140,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
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flop was heads up. Deeb checked to Cantu who fired out 36,000. Deeb opted to call.
and Deeb stacked out chips and led into Cantu for 60,000. Cantu quickly moved Deeb all in and was called even faster.
board and Raymond Dandrea betting 55,000 in position. One player got out of the way before Ryan Buckholtz check-raised all in for 130,000 more. Dandrea thought for a bit before sliding in calling chips.
and river 
brought Buckholtz a backdoor flush as he managed to not only avoid elimination but find himself with a stack that is above the current average.
. Lones asked for an ace, but didn't get it on the turn, the 
. Cronin collected the pot to up his stack to 615,000, while Lones hit the rail.
, but was dominated by the 
of Woody Kaawar. The board ran out 
, and Levi was sent packing, while Kaawar moved up to 300,000.
and Dandrea checked again. This time Buckholtz reached for chips and placed 66,000 in the middle. But Dandrea wasn't backing down as he moved 160,000 in front of the betting line. Buckholtz thought for awhile and made the call.
and without much hesitation Dandrea bet 100,000. Buckholtz went back into the tank and eventually made the call.
and we are now redrawing for our final two tables.
, and Baldwin check raised Cronin, who fired back with a three bet. Baldwin shoved for about 150,000 more, and Cronin called it off after crunching the numbers. Cronin said he was in bad shape when he called, but he had no idea he would be this far behind.
, and Baldwin collected the monster pot, doubling to just under 800,000, while Cronin plummeted to 260,000.