Brent Hanks raised to 32,000 in early position and Neil Willerson three-bet to 86,000 from the cutoff. Hansk made the call and the pair shared a flop of . Hanks checked, Willerson bet 96,000 and Hanks check-raised jammed once again. Willerson released his hand very quickly and Hanks now has over 1 million chips.
Andrew Badecker raised to 32,000 from early position and Todd Keikoan decided to move all-in from the button. Badecker made the call for his tournament life and we saw the following showdown.
Todd Keikoan
Andrew Badecker
The board ran out giving Badecker the winning hand. Keikoan was crippled and a few hands later he was all-in for his last 75,000 chips. JP Kelly was on the button and three-bet to 135,000 getting both blinds to fold.
JP Kelly
Todd Keikoan
The board ran out ending Keikoan's tournament in 13th place.
We caught the action on the flop in a pot between Abdyl Konjuhi and Joseph Cino. The flop read and Cino checked to Konjuhi who bet 48,000. Cino decided to check-raise up to 100,000 and after some deliberation Konjuhi made the call.
The turn was the and Cino fired out 140,000 with right around 280,000 left behind. "I'm all-in", Konjuhi immediately announced putting the pressure on Cino. After thinking for a solid minute Cino folded giving Konjuhi another pot. He is now close to the chip lead after having a tremendous start.
Joseph Cino and Richard Park have just played for stacks and what a hand it was. All the money went in pre flop with Cino ahead of Park.
Park
Cino
The flop of gave Cino top set but he was not home and dry just yet. The turn didn't change anything, but the on the river certainly did. Park rivering a straight to push Cino towards the very bottom of the chip counts with a meagre 40,000.
Abdyl Konjuhi raised to 37,000 under the gun and Andrew Badecker three-bet to 90,000 in the cutoff. Konjuhi made the call and the pair headed to the flop.
Flop:
Both players checked.
Turn:
Konjuhi is first to act and he over bet the pot when he made it 245,000. Badecker made the call and this pot was getting serious.
River:
Konjuhi declared that he is all-in and Badecker bit his hand off. He flipped over for the rivered boat and Konjuhi turned over for the weaker boat. A huge hand and one that pushes Badecker into serious contention for this bracelet.
Under the gun Michael Kaufman moved all-in and from the small blind Neil Willerson called all-in for 208,000 total. Joseph Cino was in the big blind with just half a big blind behind, but he said it was "too bad" and folded.
Neil Willerson
Michael Kaufman
The board brought out ending Willerson's tournament run.
The short stack, Joseph Cino, has finally been eliminated after surviving on dust for the past few hands. He got it in holding against the of Jacob Bazeley and the flop of turned Bazeley from underdog to superdog. The turn and river completed the board and Cino was out in 11th place.
As soon as we reach the final table of nine players will be on a break. All the chips will be moved to the secondary feature table in the Pavillion Room. There will be live streaming but no commentary.
Andrew Badecker raised to 43,000 in the cutoff, Ryan Schmidt called in the small blind before Jacob Bazeley made the squeeze from the big blind for 126,000 in total. Both players made the call and we were three way to the flop.
Flop:
Schmidt checked, Bazeley bet 210,000 and both Badecker and Schmidt folded.
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. Hanks checked, Willerson bet 96,000 and Hanks check-raised jammed once again. Willerson released his hand very quickly and Hanks now has over 1 million chips.
giving Badecker the winning hand. Keikoan was crippled and a few hands later he was all-in for his last 75,000 chips. JP Kelly was on the button and three-bet to 135,000 getting both blinds to fold.
and Cino checked to Konjuhi who bet 48,000. Cino decided to check-raise up to 100,000 and after some deliberation Konjuhi made the call.
and Cino fired out 140,000 with right around 280,000 left behind. "I'm all-in", Konjuhi immediately announced putting the pressure on Cino. After thinking for a solid minute Cino folded giving Konjuhi another pot. He is now close to the chip lead after having a tremendous start.
gave Cino top set but he was not home and dry just yet. The turn 
didn't change anything, but the 
on the river certainly did. Park rivering a straight to push Cino towards the very bottom of the chip counts with a meagre 40,000.
of Jacob Bazeley and the flop of 
