Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Action kicked off as a player from under the gun raised to 8,000, a player in early position called, Michael Phillips called in the hijack and a player called in the cutoff.
Under the gun checked his direct left who bet 15,000 on Q♦4♥5♠, Phillips was the only caller. Action slowed down when the 8♣ hit the turn and the decision was checked to Phillips who 17,000 and took it down.
Action was picked up as Bart Battista was all in for 17,500 against Mordecai Abraham.
Bart Battista: K♠Q♦
Mordecai Abraham: Q♠6♦
Both players hit a pair on the Q♣2♣9♠ flop but Battista's kicker played as the board ran out 9♣5♠. Battista doubled and took his stack to over 40,000.
Action was picked up as a player was all in from the cutoff against Thomas Gigilo who was on the button.
Cutoff: 10♦10♥
Thomas Gigilo: K♣K♦
Gigilo flopped his opponent pretty dead on 2♣K♥7♠ and held as the board ran out J♠J♦. Gigilo clearly gutted to have eliminated his friend from the competition.
Level: 11
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
A player announced "all in" for 38,000 from the hijack, Ben Ace on the button announced "all in" for roughly 80,000 and all the other players folded.
Hijack: K♦K♣
Ben Ace: A♥K♠
The flop came 10♦7♥J♦, the hijack was one step closer to winning the pot when the J♥ hit the turn, but the hijack screamed "oh, come on!" when the Q♥ was dealt on the river.
A player announced "all in" from early position for 8,500, Vicent Loria called in the big blind.
Opponent: A♦Q♦
Vicent Loria: A♠7♦
Loria's said across the table "not in the window" as the flop came 10♣10♥7♥, and Loria held when the turn and river came 5♣3♠.
Rick Ossman was all in from the small blind against the big blind and the cutoff on a flop of 8♥5♥9♦.
Rick Ossman: Q♣Q♠
Big Blind: 10♦9♥
Cutoff: A♣9♣
Ossman managed to hold when the board ran out 2♦7♦ and nearly tripled his stack.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
There were roughly 8,500 chips in the pot on a flop of 7♣10♠3♣, the big blind decided to lead for 7,500 but Victor Cooper raised to 20,000 from early position, the player in the big blind snap-shoved and Victor Cooper snap-called.
Big blind: 10♦4♥
Victor Cooper: 7♥7♦
The big blind was already drawing very thin but the 7♠ on the turn locked up the hand for Cooper.