A woman in the hijack position raised preflop, and was re-raised by Vincent Vanderfluit. David Williams called from the blinds, as did the hijack.
The flop was a mix of suits, but had straight draw potentials when it came . Williams and the hijack both check-called a bet from Vanderfluit.
The turn added danger to the board when it came . The hijack check-folded Vanderfluit's bet, but Williams called. With the on the flop, Williams bet, Vanderfluit raised, and Willams called.
Vanderfluit showed for a rivered flush, and Williams mucked.
When all was said and done, Williams had fallen to 61,000, while Vanderfluit is up to 36,000
It looked as though the chips went in before the flop or on it; either way the cards looked like so:
Jeff Madsen:
James Buckley: somewhat behind with {
Board: ...
Buckley doubled to 11,300. Madsen meanwhile was crippled to just 2,200.
So it was that a few hands later Madsen reraised all in in early-ish position and got no fewer than three callers. All three checked the flop, but a bet from Matthew Keikoan on the turn got rid of two of them. So, to showdown.
Keikoan:
Madsen:
The river failed to bring Keikoan any help, and Madsen tripled up to 7,100.
Matt Grapenthien set things off with a raise from middle position, with Vincent Vanderfluit re-raising from the button. David Williams called, as did Grapenthien.
The flop was a scattered . Williams checked the flop with Grapenthien betting, getting a call from Vanderfluit. When Williams put in a re-raise, both of his opponents called.
The turn brought along the . When Williams bet, Grapenthien was the only taker. The river was the and Williams made one more bet, getting called by Grapenthien.
Williams:
Grapenthien;
Williams had top pair, but so did Grapenthien, who had the better kicker.
Williams is down to 51,000 while Grapenthien is sitting with about 32,000 in tournament chips.
Editor's note: Williams' seat has been filled by a new player, leaving us to assume he busted shortly after this hand
There had been at least one raise before the flop, and when we arrived on the aforementioned flop, Barry Greenstein (small blind) had already bet in the dark. Ben Lamb (button) made the call.
Greenstein bet in the dark before the turn as well and once more Lamb called. He rather gave up on the river, though, and Lamb checked behind.
Greenstein:
Lamb:
Lamb's pocket fives took the pot, and Greenstein was reduced to 9,000.
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A few hands later, Greenstein and Lamb got involved again, this time in a blind on blind confrontation. Greenstein was all in for around 5,000 total on the turn of the board, and Lamb had made the call. "You're drawing dead," said Greenstein as he flipped for a straight and Lamb turned over the trailing - although someone swiftly pointed out that Lamb could pick up a six on the river for a chop. Either way, the six didn't come, and Greenstein doubled back up to 10,000 or so.
Terrence Chan, in the big blind, called a raise from a player in early position. Both players checked a flop of . Chan led out with a bet on the turn, getting called from his opponent. On the river, Chan bet, but folded to a raise from his opponent.
Jeff Shulman, fresh off of rivering a set to double up, has doubled up for the third time in around an hour.
It looked like the player under the gun had raised and Shulman had called out of the big blind. Either way, Shulman check-raised all in for his last 2,000 on the flop, and they were on their proverbial backs.
Matt Hawrilenko is a fantastic limit hold'em player, but he won't be taking home a bracelet in this event.
In the first of two hands that saw him eliminated, Hawrilenko called a raise from the player in the cutoff. The flop came , and Hawrilenko bet, getting called. Hawrilenko also got a call from his bet on the turn, which was , but both players checked the on the river. Hawrilenko mucked when his opponent tabled .
Hawrilenko was left with just 700 chips after that hand, and got it all in on the next with . He was unable to stay alive when a board reading paired his opponent's .
Barry Greenstein was down to just 4,200 chips and was sitting in the big blind when he called a button raise from Darren Shebell.
The flop came and Greenstein check-called a bet from Shebell. When the came on the river, Greenstein went all in for just 400 more and was called by Shebell.
Greenstein:
Shebell:
Shebell said, "If you have a pair, you're good." Greenstein didn't have a pair, though, and didn't get one when the came on the river.
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. Williams and the hijack both check-called a bet from Vanderfluit.
. The hijack check-folded Vanderfluit's bet, but Williams called. With the 
on the flop, Williams bet, Vanderfluit raised, and Willams called.
for a rivered flush, and Williams mucked.
flop and Shulman bet out. His opponent raised, Shulman called, and they saw a turn.
and Shulman now stuck his last 1,500 in by way of abet. His opponent called, and they were on their backs.
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flop, but a bet from Matthew Keikoan on the 
. Williams checked the flop with Grapenthien betting, getting a call from Vanderfluit. When Williams put in a re-raise, both of his opponents called.
turn as well and once more Lamb called. He rather gave up on the 
board, and Lamb had made the call. "You're drawing dead," said Greenstein as he flipped 
- although someone swiftly pointed out that Lamb could pick up a six on the river for a chop. Either way, the six didn't come, and Greenstein doubled back up to 10,000 or so.
flop, and they were on their proverbial backs.
. He was unable to stay alive when a board reading 
.
and Greenstein check-called a bet from Shebell. When the 
came on the river, Greenstein went all in for just 400 more and was called by Shebell.
came on the river.