Andrew Prock has been on a bit of a run lately and that has continued in the following hand against Jeff Shulman. It started when the action was folded around to Shulman whoi raised the button. Prock was in the small blind and made it three bets. A call from Shulman and the flop would be dealt. Prock led on the flop and then Shulman made it two bets. Prock called and a hit the turn. Both players checked here and then Prock led again on the river. Shulman stared him down before making the call.
When Prock tabled his for the nut flush, Shulman's cards would go into the muck and Prock would take down the handy pot.
Matthew Woodward has just gone on a bit of a roller coaster ride before the dinner break. Firstly, Woodward was left crippled when the following hand played out with Matt Glantz.
Folded to Woodward in the small blind, he raised it up holding . Glantz was in the big blind and called holding . The flop would see Woodward lead and Glantz throw in an extra bet. Woodward then made it three-bets and Glantz called. The turn and Woodward would bet as Glantz would put in a little extra and find himself all in. Woodward made the call and when the players turned their cards over, it was looking like Glantz would be sent home. However the on the river had different ideas as Glantz doubled and Woodward was left crippled.
Woodward would then find himself all-in preflop holding against the of Andrew Prock. The board ran out , with Woodward managing the double-up to survive.
It only took a few minutes after the dinner break for this tournament to head to six-handed play. Here is how that panned out.
A short-stacked Matthew Woodward opened it up from middle position and Benjamin Scholl called in the big blind. A flop would see Scholl check and Woodward bet. Scholl then made it two bets and Woodward committed the last of his chips.
The players turned their hands over, with Woodward holding and needing some runner-runner help against the of Scholl. The turn () and river () weren't what Woodward was looking for as he exits the tournament in 7th place.
Jesse Martin just taken down two hands in a row. The first hand saw him simply open it up preflop and pick up the blinds, while the second hand was a little more eventful. From the cutoff, Martin opened it up and received the lone call from Matt Glantz in the big blind. The flop was slammed on the felt and Martin bet after Glantz checked. A call and the hit the turn. Glantz would again check-call and the would complete the board. This time both players checked and Glantz mucked his hand as Martin tabled his .
Benjamin Scholl has taken down few small pots and a big one to see his stack sit as the largest at the table. The hand started when Scholl raised from middle position. Andrew Prock made the call in the big blind and a flop was spread on the flop. Scholl led with a bet here and Prock check-called as a hit the turn. This time when Scholl led, Prock would make it two bets with a check-raise. Scholl called and the was the last card to land on the felt.
This time Prock would lead and Scholl called, with his stronger than then of Prock.
Matt Glantz has made it two eliminations in just half an hour here as he makes his way way to the rail in 6th place. The hand in question began when Jesse Martin raised it up from the cutoff. Glantz called in the big blind and a flop was dealt. Glantz led here and Martin called.
The on the turn would see Glantz flick in the remainder of his chips, which equaled just less than a big bet. Martin made the call and turned over , well ahead of Glantz's . When the landed on the river, it was all over for Glantz.