Break Time
The remaining players are heading on a 20-minute break.
The remaining players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Grayson Ramage opened to 3,600 and Aaron Gustavson made the call from the button to see a flop fall and both players check.
The turn landed the and Ramage checked and Gustavson fired out 5,500 with Ramage calling as the on the river went check, check.
Ramage tabled his for ace-high and raked in the pot to move to 150,000 as Gustavson folded and slipped to 180,000 in chips.
Mike Sowers is chipping up nicely. He eliminated Getty Mattingsley, who was holding queens, but Sowers was holding aces.
Mattingsley was sent to the payout desk and Sowers is up to 358,000.
The hijack seat raised to 4,000 before Bernard Lee flat-called out of the big blind. The flop came down and Lee check-called a bet of 7,200.
The turn added the to the board and Lee checked again. His opponent fired 12,000 and Lee made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Lee opted to lead out. He fired a bet of 20,800 and his opponent made the call. Lee tabled the for a spade flush and his opponent mucked, moving Lee up over the century mark to 112,000 in chips.
From early position, Dean Hamrick made it 3,500 to go. It folded around to Brian Morris in the big blind who moved all in for 13,500. Hamrick called and tabled . Morris was flipping for his tournament life with .
Hamrick was sitting pretty when the flop came down . The turn, and river were no help to Morris as he was sent to the payout desk. Hamrick is sitting on 83,000.
Paul Sharbanee moved all in for his last 7,400 from middle position, and with the action on Nathan Tuthill, he moved all in for roughly 60,000 from late position to prompt folds from the remaining players.
Sharbanee:
Tuthill:
The flop put Tuthill in the lead and left Sharbanee outs to an ace or running cards for a straight or flush.
The on the turn cut out all of Sharbanee's backdoor outs, and when the landed on the river, he hit the rail.
Fortunately Sharbanee won't be going empty-handed as he is collecting $3,403 for his efforts to go along with his 199th placing in the previous $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event just a few days ago.
From the button, Alexander Burkart made it 4,000 to go. Jeff Madsen moved all his remaining chips in the middle from the big blind. Burkart made the call and the cards were flipped over.
Madsen:
Burkart:
The board rolled out and Madsen doubled with ace-high to 22,000.
With around 34,000 in the pot and the board reading Marc Lome was all in against two opponents; one of which was Mike Sowers.
Sowers and the remaining active opponent checked the on the turn and the on the river to see Sowers table his .
His live opponent folded and Lome tabled his before mucking to see Sowers pushed the pot to move to 297,000 in chips.
Andrew Newitt made it 4,500 from the cutoff and Carter Phillips just called from the button.
The flop came down and Newitt bet 10,000. Phillips made the call and the turn brought the .
Newitt again bet, this time 14,000 and Phillips made the call.
On the river, the fell, and Newitt tossed in a bet of 18,000. Phillips made the call and showed to take the pot from Newitt, who was holding .
Phillips is sitting behind a 205,000 chip stack, while Newitt now has 8,500.
The strikingly gorgeous Fatima De Melo has unfortunately hit the rail.
Talking to a fellow table member, we were informed that after a limper, De Melo moved all in and was met with an all in from another player before the limper made the call to put them both at risk.
Limper:
De Melo:
Opponent:
The players at the table had no real recollection of what fell on the board, but the end result was De Melo heading out the door.