Ari Engel raised to 14,000 from late position and received a call from Cary Marshall in the big blind.
The dealer spread out a flop that read and the action went check-check. Marshall checked again when the turned and Engel fired 16,000. Marshall stuck around and the finished off the board. Marshall tapped the table for a third time and Engel bet 34,000. Marshall tank-called and Engel showed for top pair-top kicker. Marshall mucked and Engel grabbed hold of the pot.
When we got to the table, we saw David Clark and Dan Blakeman staring down at a board of . Blakeman checked and Clark moved out a bet of 45,000. Blakeman tanked before calling.
"You're good," said Clark. "I have a seven."
Blakeman tabled for kings and took down the pot.
The next hand Blakeman, Clark, and a third player saw a flop that read . Two checks to Blakeman and he fired out 35,000. Clark released and the third player moved all in. Blakeman called and the hands were shown:
Blakeman:
Opponent:
Blakeman was ahead and stayed that way when he filled up on the subsequent streets as it came and . By scoring this elimination, he's increased his stack to about 510,000.
Emmit Humphrey opened to 28,000 from under the gun plus one. The player in the next seat over called and the rest of the table folded.
The duo took a flop of and Humphrey check-called a bet of 80,000. The turn was the and the action checked down. They both checked again when the rivered and Humphrey showed for trip jacks. His opponent mucked and he dragged in the pot. Humphrey is now flirting with 600,000 in chips.
An early position player limped and Bryan Campanello made it 21,000 from the cutoff. John Short announced all in for roughly 110,000 from the small blind and action folded back to Campanello. He sighed and tossed out a call.
Campanello:
Short:
The two players were racing and Campanello jumped out into the lead when he paired up on the flop. The turn was the and the river the , allowing Campanello to send Short packing.
A short stacked player moved all in before the flop and was called by David Kruger. Kruger rolled up and was dominating his opponent's .
The flop of {s} was safe but the hit the turn, pairing the Kruger's opponent's card. The river was the and Kruger was forced to ship 127,000 across the table.
and the action went check-check. Marshall checked again when the 
turned and Engel fired 16,000. Marshall stuck around and the 
finished off the board. Marshall tapped the table for a third time and Engel bet 34,000. Marshall tank-called and Engel showed 
for top pair-top kicker. Marshall mucked and Engel grabbed hold of the pot.
. Blakeman checked and Clark moved out a bet of 45,000. Blakeman tanked before calling.
for kings and took down the pot.
and 
. By scoring this elimination, he's increased his stack to about 510,000.
and Humphrey check-called a bet of 80,000. The turn was the 
and the action checked down. They both checked again when the 
for trip jacks. His opponent mucked and he dragged in the pot. Humphrey is now flirting with 600,000 in chips.
flop. The turn was the 
, allowing Campanello to send Short packing.
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