Action folded to Fedor Holz on the button and he made it 20,000. David Peters called from the big blind with and the flop came .
Peters checked with his flopped flush draw. Holz bet 10,000 and Peters shoved all in for 43,000. Holz reluctantly made the call with his pair of jacks.
The on the turn was a blank but the on the river sure wasn't! Another double up for Peters.
Former champion of this event David Steicke has been all in twice in a row. The first time he had , the second time he had . Both times he found no callers.
Action folded to David Peters in the hijack, and he finally decided to shove his last 27,000. Action folded to Ben Tollerene, who felt compelled to call from the big blind.
Tollerene:
Peters:
Peters was ahead, and he stayed there as the board ran out .
David Steicke raised to 22,000 under the gun holding the and was met by a three-bet to 42,000 by Connor Drinan, who held the in the hijack. Action folded back to Steicke, who opted to just call.
Steicke then check-called a bet of 30,000 on the flop, the dealer burned and turned the , and Steicke checked. Drinan moved all in and Steicke, who only had 88,000 back, released his hand.
Connor Drinan raised to 20,000 from the cutoff holding the and Jason Mercier defended the big blind with the . Both players checked the flop, and then Mercier checked the turn. Drinan bet 20,000 with the nut flush, but Mercier wasn't having it and quickly released his hand.
Ben Tollerene found in middle position and made it 18,000. David Peters in the big blind called with . The flop came and Peters checked with just 65,000 behind. Tollerene shoved all in and Peters folded.
David Peters under the gun had only 63,000 left and moved all in with . Action folded around to Jason Mercier in the big blind and the PokerStars Team Pro folded quickly as well. New life for Peters (for at least one more orbit).
. Fabian Quoss defended from the big blind with 
and they took a flop of 
. 
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks and Quoss doubled up.
on the button and he made it 20,000. David Peters called from the big blind with 
and the flop came 
. 
on the turn was a blank but the 
on the river sure wasn't! Another double up for Peters.
and was met by a three-bet to 42,000 by Connor Drinan, who held the 
, and Steicke checked. Drinan moved all in and Steicke, who only had 88,000 back, released his hand.
and Jason Mercier defended the big blind with the 
. Both players checked the 
flop, and then Mercier checked the 
in middle position and made it 18,000. David Peters in the big blind called with 
. The flop came 
. Action folded around to Jason Mercier in the big blind and the PokerStars Team Pro folded quickly as well. New life for Peters (for at least one more orbit).