Action folded around to the player in the cutoff who limped in. From the small blind, Tim Burt moved his entire stack in the middle. The player in the cutoff immediately mucked his cards, not realizing that the player in the big blind still had a hand.
After some contemplation, the big blind decided to call and was at risk for his tournament life.
Burt:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Burt's pair of kings was enough to send his opponent packing.
Action folded around to Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler in late position. Kessler raised to 6,900 and was called by the player on his immediate left. The rest of the table folded and the two players saw a flop of .
"All in," announced Kessler. His opponent fired right back by quickly saying "Call.". The hands were turned over:
Kessler:
Opponent:
Kessler would need a six or a spade to improve and take the lead, but unfortunately for Kessler the turn and river fell and . Kessler walked toward the rail while his opponent stacked the winning chips.
Kenny Milam opened for 2,400 in late position and Shane Smith moved all in for around 50,000 on the button. Action passed to Greg Whitworth in the big blind and he asked the dealer for a count. The total was 50,400 and Whitworth counted out a call and leaned back in his chair to think about it. He called, Milam folded and the hands were tabled.
Whitworth:
Smith:
The board ran and the two chopped each came away with Milam's raise plus the blinds and antes.
Rex Clinkscales took a nasty hit to his stack in the last level and was down to just over 60,000. A hand developed when Clinkscales, Gerry Kilpatrick and another opponent each committed about 10,000 each preflop. The board came out , Kilpatrick bet 13,000, the unknown opponent folded and Clinkscales called. The turn came , Kilpatrick checked and Clinkscales moved all in. Kilpatrick snap-called and turned over for a king-high flush. Clinkscales tabled for the nut flush and knocked Kilpatrick out.
Chris Parsons opened the action by raising to 5,600. The player on the button called and the small blind got out of the way. Kathy Liebert three-bet the action from the big blind, making it 20,000 to go.
Parsons sat thinking for about a minute before making the call. The player on the button called as well and the three were off to see a flop.
The flop came and Liebert stared at the board for a moment before rapping the table. Parsons checked also and the button checked behind. The turn brought the . Liebert once again took a moment before acting, and decided on tapping the table once again. Parsons checked too and the button quickly announced he was all in. The player on the button had both Liebert and Parsons covered. They both mucked fairly quickly and the button player tabled his hand, showing for a turned set of sixes.
and Burt's pair of kings was enough to send his opponent packing.
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. Kessler walked toward the rail while his opponent stacked the winning chips.
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and the two chopped each came away with Milam's raise plus the blinds and antes.
, Kilpatrick bet 13,000, the unknown opponent folded and Clinkscales called. The turn came 
, Kilpatrick checked and Clinkscales moved all in. Kilpatrick snap-called and turned over 
for the nut flush and knocked Kilpatrick out.
. Liebert once again took a moment before acting, and decided on tapping the table once again. Parsons checked too and the button quickly announced he was all in. The player on the button had both Liebert and Parsons covered. They both mucked fairly quickly and the button player tabled his hand, showing 
