After a player limped under the gun and a middle-position player raised to 650, Ross McKinney moved all in for his last 3,000. The UTG limper got out of the way while the MP player made the call.
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MP
McKinney
It was a bad spot for McKinney and he seemed to know the end was near as he stood and began collecting his things. The flop gave him some hesitation as he picked up an open-ended straight draw, but neither the turn nor river came through.
McKinney was eliminated on the hand and immediately headed over to the satellite area to see if he can win a seat back in to the 7 p.m. flight.
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We found Russell Ivy and another player go to the flop of . The unknown player checked and Ivy bet 700. The opponent called and the turn brought the . He again check-called Ivy, this time to a tune of 1,200. The UTG player checked the river and Ivy said, "I think you may have ace king." as he tabled .
His opponent tabled for the boat and while Ivy's radar was a bit off, it still saved him a number of chips.
Traci Brown raised to 500 from the hijack and received a call from the player in the hijack. The rest of the field got out of the way and it was heads up to the flop. Brown wasted little time in betting another 500, which was enough to get the hijack to fold. Brown graciously flashed the .
With about 9,000 in the pot and a board reading , Huy Nguyen fired out 6,000 from middle position, which Kurt Jewell called from the button. Nguyen confidently rolled over for a straight, and Jewell simply mucked.
We're not sure how it happened, but we do know that Eric Crain has been eliminated from the tournament; however, he'll be back in just a few hours. According to his Twitter:
"Out of flight 1. Had straight freerolled by same straight + flush draw. Flush got there. Flight 2 at 7pm."
flop gave him some hesitation as he picked up an open-ended straight draw, but neither the 
turn nor 
river came through.
. The unknown player checked and Ivy bet 700. The opponent called and the turn brought the 
.
for the boat and while Ivy's radar was a bit off, it still saved him a number of chips.
flop. Brown wasted little time in betting another 500, which was enough to get the hijack to fold. Brown graciously flashed the 
.
, Huy Nguyen fired out 6,000 from middle position, which Kurt Jewell called from the button. Nguyen confidently rolled over 
