Bratene Doubles Through Spires With Quads
Action folded to Ty Spires in middle position, who raised it up to 30,000. Action folded to Chris Bratene in the cutoff, who went all in for 91,000 total. It got back around to Spires, and he elected to make the call.
Spires: 
Bratene: 
The flop was a decent one for Bratene, coming 
. Bratene flopped quads, yet miraculously, Spires was not dead yet, as he was drawing to runner runner royal flush. You often here the phrase "Its never easy" when it comes to poker, and this was proof of that, as the 
hit the turn. Spires was one queen of diamonds away from pulling the suckout of the century, but he wouldn't get it, as the 
hit the river. Bratene won the pot, upping his stack to 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
200,000 | 90,000 |
. The 
on the turn gave Baldwin some additional outs, but he couldn't catch it, as the 
hit the river. Baldwin didn't look too happy after the hand, saying simply "That was stupid." It was unclear whether he was referring to Gentry's play, or just the hand in general, but we will let you be the judge of that. Regardless, Gentry won the big pot to get up to nearly 800,000.
, 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.
and we are now redrawing for our final two tables.
. Both players opted to check.
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.
clearly not expecting that to be the best hand. But as Buckholtz sat there longer and longer staring at the board and his opponents hand, it became clear that Dandrea was going to win the pot and he got more and more excited with every passing second. Sure enough Buckholtz eventually mucked his cards and the pot was shipped to Dandrea.
, but was dominated by the 
, or the river, the