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Thomas Pitts was in the cutoff position when the under-the-gun player raised to 300,000 preflop and Pitts went all in for 689,000. The under-the-gun player called.
Thomas Pitts: A♠A♣
Under the gun: K♥K♠
The aces were safe on the board of Q♣9♥5♠8♠9♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,408,000
854,000
|
854,000 |
Aaron Gunn had opened to 50,000 under the gun preflop when Daniel Gamer went all in from the big blind. Gunn called, putting Gamer at risk.
Daniel Gamer: K♣J♠
Aaron Gunn: Q♥Q♣
The ladies held on the board of 10♥9♣4♠4♦6♥, and Gunn added Gamer's chips to his growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,170,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
Busted |
Thomas Pitts bet all of his chips 252,000 under the gun and the button called.
Thomas Pitts: 10♠10♥
Button: A♣K♥
The board left Pitts sweating a little when it ran out 9♦3♥5♣A♥ but the 10♣ on the river left Pitts with a smile and a sigh of relief.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
554,000
554,000
|
554,000 |
With the board showing 6♦9♣3♦K♠, the big blind and a player in middle position both had gone all in. Joseph Gustilo, who had both of his opponents covered, made the call from late position.
Big Blind: A♦J♣
Middle Position: 7♥7♠
Joseph Gustilo: 3♣3♥
The Q♦ did nothing to devalue Gustilo's set of threes as he scored two eliminations.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
980,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
The action folded to James Shouldis in the hijack who opened. Next to act in the cutoff quickly three bet. The other players folded and Shouldis made the call. The players were off to a flop heads up.
The Q♥J♠7♠ landed on the flop and Shouldis checked. The cutoff put out a bet and shouldis took his time before putting in the check raise. Without thinking too long the cutoff ripped it in for his tournament life. Shouldis snap called and they saw the hands.
Cutoff: K♥K♠
James Shouldis: A♠10♠
The 5♠ turn sealed the deal and Shouldis had his opponent drawing dead. He jumped into the chip lead for the tournament with this massive hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,310,000 |
The board read A♣10♣5♣7♣2♥ and the pot was overflowing with three-way action between the middle position, small blind and Gigi Santiago from the big blind.
The middle position player put in their last chips for about 45,000 and the small blind folded while Santiago called.
Middle position player: A♦Q♦
Gigi Santiago: J♦J♣
Santiago's jacks flushed thr winner and she raked in a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
640,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The player in the middle position put all their chips in the pot and Chris Durbin called from the button.
Middle position player: A♦Q♦
Chris Durbin: J♦J♠
The board was 5♣J♥A♣5♠7♥ and Durbin's full house was the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
The action was opened by Joshua Morrow who jammed under the gun. Action folded all the way to the big blind who Morrow had covered. The big blind did some counting of their chips and eventually opted to make the call.
The hands were revealed.
Big Blind: 7♣7♠
Joshua Morrow: A♠K♦
The board ran out K♥10♠2♠3♣2♥ and Morrow earned almost a full double and a knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
321,000 |
