Sam Trickett opened for 100,000 from the small blind and Shawn Buchanan called from the big blind.
The flop was . Trickett led out for 125,000 and Buchanan called. The turn came the and Trickett fired a second bullet for 250,000. Again, Buchanan called. The river was the and Trickett made it 600,000 to go. Buchanan tanked for close to five minutes before folding.
Trickett is up to 3.4 million and Buchanan is down to 915,000.
Sam Trickett opened to 76,000 with the button and Shawn Buchanan moved all in for 768,000 more from the small blind. The big blind released and Trickett tank-called.
Buchanan:
Trickett:
Greg "FBT" Mueller sprinted down from the media risers to sweat his friend Buchanan as the flop fell . The on the turn was clean for Buchanan as well, and Mueller turned to the rail and whispered, "One more" with his index finger in the air.
The bricked on the river, and Mueller gave a nice Kobe Bryant fist-pump to celebrate the double-up.
Buchanan doubled to 1,700,000 chips while Trickett slipped to 2,140,000.
Bryn Kenney limped in from the small blind and Mikael Thuritz checked his option.
Both players checked the flop. The turn came the and Kenney checked to Thuritz, who bet 60,000. Kenney called. The river was the , and Kenney check-called another 115,000.
Kenney showed and took it down. He's up to 1.2 million while Thuritz fell to 1.05 million.
Jason Somerville opened for 75,000 from the button and both Sam Trickett and Shawn Buchanan called from the blinds.
The flop was and the action was checked to Somerville. He bet 130,000, Trickett raised to 275,000, Buchanan folded and Somerville moved all-in for an additional 600,000. Trickett folded and Somerville raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 1.38 million. Trickett is down to 1.77 million.
Bryn Kenney opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Dan "djk123" Kelly defended his big blind.
The dealer flopped and Kelly checked to Kenney who continued for 90,000.
"Ninety?" Kelly asked.
The dealer nodded, and Kelly cut out chips raising to 240,000. Kenney moved all in and Kelly instantly called.
Kelly:
Kenney:
"Club!" Kenney's contingent shouted from the rail.
The turn was black, but the on the turn was no help to Kenney. The on the river was a big, red brick and Kenney was eliminated.
We are now playing musical chairs with the remaining seven players to form our unofficial final table. When we receive the proper seating arrangement and their chip counts we will surely pass them along.