Three players checked an flop only for Blair Rodman to bet 12,000 on a turn. Peter Costa raised to 30,000 and Denton Pfister called. After Rodman had ducked out of the way, the dealer lay an river onto the felt. Both players checked allowing Frister to take the pot with .
After a series of raises preflop, Christian "charder30" Harder and Young Phan were heads up when the flop fell .
Phan led for the pot, Harder re-potted and before you knew it both players were all in.
Showdown
Harder:
Phan:
Phan led with a set of threes, but Harder held a super, mega wrap.
"Pair the board!" Phan pleaded. "Pair the board!"
The on the turn made one of Charder's many straight possibilities and the board didn't pair on the river. Rather the bricked and Phan was eliminated in 21st place.
Harder's heater now has him sitting with 465,000 chips.
Unfortunately for Steven "pikappraider" Burkholder, a return trip to the WSOP $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha final table wasn't in the cards.
According to former table opponent Michael Mixer, Burkhodler departed from the feature table with a flopped two pair and straight draw, but was outdrawn by aces which spiked a set on the turn.
Oliver Gill Gaber opened to 21,000 from under the gun and Klinghammer Thibaut re-raised to 72,000 from middle position. The action folded back to Gaber who moved all in for 93,000 and Thibaut called.
Showdown
Gaber:
Thibaut:
Thibaut's aces held when the board ran , eliminating Gaber from the tournament.
We unfortunately couldn't record the board or hands before the dealer washed the cards, but we were told that Chris Viox was eliminated by a player who held aces preflop.
That's the second hand in a row at Table 372 that a player has been eliminated by an opponent holding aces.
Nick Binger, who is pretty good at remaining incognito, couldn't escape our preying eyes on departure, and despite a plucky performance that would make Rocky look like a quitter, he busted in 16th place.
Blair Rodman was the man responsible, the former bracelet winner putting Binger all in preflop with . Binger held , but was unable to improve on a board.
That was the third hand in a row that a player had busted from that table, and each time the sniper had a couple of bullets in his gun.