Harvey Takes a Hit
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Darryl Harvey opened for 2,000 from under the gun, and the player to his left called the raise. It then folded all of the way back around to the big blind who shoved all in for 11,675 total, and after Harvey called the third player stepped aside.
Harvey flipped over 
, then said "no!" with an exasperated grin as his neighbor showed 
. The board rolled out 
, and after a bit of comical confusion over whether Harvey might make himself a straight using one of his opponent's nines, the pot was shipped away from Harvey.
Even with that hit, Harvey still has a healthy stack of nearly 80,000 as we approach the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
for a flopped two pair.
. The player check-called a bet from MacKinnon, and the turn brought the 
, Bronshtein was firing once more, and his opponent was calling.
and without much hesitation Bronshtein pushed all in. His opponent thought for about a half-minute, then stepped aside, allowing Bronshtein to scoop the chips with one hand while taking another bite from the sandwhich he held in the other.
. An opponent called with 
, and despite flopping a wheel draw, Cranfill was unable to make a better hand.
, and Frank Aquino raised to 9,000. Vang tanked for quite some time before raising to 24,000, which was enough to put Aquino all in, and the Greenville, South Carolina native called.
.
was a brick. Aquino doubled to around 47,000, while Vang is floating around the starting stack of 20,000.