After the under-the-gun player raised to 500, Brian Means called and the two saw a flop of . When his opponent checked the flop Means bet 1,200 chips, which prompted an all-in raise. Means deliberated before calling with the and a flush draw. His opponent showed the for top pair and Means needed help to survive. The on the turn was no help, but the on the river gave Means the winning flush and propelled him to nearly 12,000 chips.
From middle positition, Chris Harris from Seattle raised to 700 and the button flatted. The small blind squeezed all in for 1,825. Harris re-popped it approximately 3,000, prompting a fold from the button. Revealed hands showed both players were off to the races.
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The board ran out , chipping Harris up and eliminating his opponent.
Martin LaVallie has quickly amassed one of the biggest stacks in the tournament, and it looks like he has no intention of slowing down, taking back to back hands with pure aggression. In the first hand, with 1,300 in the pot, LaVallie and his opponent took a flop of . When his opponent bet 1,050, LaVallie raises to 3,550, inducing a fold. On the next hand, LaVallie three bet his opponent to 2,400 after a 600 raise inducing another fold. Lavallie is now sitting on around 29,000.
With the board reading , Billy Johnson made a small bet and his opponent check raised for his entire stack. Johnson insta-called and tabled the for a flopped nut straight. The other player dejectedly showed his and wrapped the table, saying "nice hand sir." The on the river brought no help and Johnson chipped up to over 22,000 in chips.
Matt Savage raised to 600 preflop and an opponent moved all in for 2,925 total. It folded around to Savage who took about 15 seconds before calling. The cards were flipped and it was a race situation.
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The flop left Savage nearly drawing dead as it came . Savage would need runner runner for a straight, but he didn't get it as it came . The hit drop Savage's stack to around 3,800.
Michael Anderson raised from the cutoff to 800 and the big blind defended. Anderson's opponent checked-raised all in for approximately 2,000 after Anderson bet 1,500 on the flop. Anderson made the call and needed to dodge hearts to eliminate his opponents.
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The turn and river sealed the deal, chipping Anderson up to 7,300.