Ted Shenefelt open-limped in early position and saw Scott Horvath raise to 2,800 one seat over. Steve Wilkie called on the button as action made its way back to Shenefelt, who wanted no piece of a multiway postflop situation and quickly let his hand go as a result.
Action checked through the flop and the turn came . Horvath fired out 3,500 and received a call from Wilkie, bringing the river where Horvath bet another 7,000.
Wilkie picked up his cards to look at them, flicked them, and then sent onto the table face up to give up contention of the hand and earn Horvath the pot sans showdown.
Sherman Wu raised to 2,000 in early position and was called by a player on his direct left. Roman Mai called in the hijack as well before Ben Keeline three-bet to 9,600 in the small blind. Wu then four-bet to 17,200 and the player on his left five-bet jammed.
"How much is that?" asked Keeline. The dealer counted a total of 24,700 and Keeline matched it with Wu verbalizing a call behind.
Both players checked the flop and the turn came . Keeline reached for a stack of chips and set it onto the felt, prompting Wu to ask for a count that was totaled to 36,000. Wu folded.
"Am I dead?" asked the all-in player as he showed . Keeline tabled .
"I'm not dead!" exclaimed the player, seeing he had one shot at a two outer to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, it did not fall as the river completed the runout and scored Keeline the pot of roughly 75,000.
Mike Wheeler was involved in a heads-up pot with a little over 11,000 in the middle on a flop reading . His opponent checked in early position and he shoved for 18,400 in the hijack. After some time, his opponent found a call.
Mike Wheeler:
Early Position:
"Twelve outs times two," said Wheeler as he tabled his hand. He then repeated it as the turn left him with one shot at staying alive. The river fell in his favor, completing the flush and earning a celebratory fist pump as a result.
"It was actually 11 outs," said the player on Wheeler's left with a smile due to Wheeler's opponent holding a jack.
"Eleven, yes," confirmed Wheeler as the pot was shipped his way.
Brian Leitch opened to 2,000 under the gun and saw action fold around to Chad Stoffel, who was on the button and called. Both Rocco Palumbo and Norm Tanner also called in the blinds and the four players saw a flop of . Action checked to Stoffel on the button and he bet 6,000. Only Palumbo called.
Both players checked the turn and the river came . Palumbo made a bet of 3,500 and Stoffel thought for a few moments before setting one black chip down onto the felt to signify a call.
Palumbo tabled for jacks up and Stoffel showed for a better two pair to earn himself the pot.
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All of the chips went into the middle preflop between an all-in player in middle position and Lawrence Brink, who had a covering stack on the button.
All-In Player:
Lawrence Brink:
The all-in player found four more outs to Broadway after the flop and the turn gave him three more counterfeit outs. However, the river failed to hit any of it and Brink scored the pot and the knockout as a result, taking him over 100K in the process.
Greg Geller was also seen at a new seat after being eliminated on his first bullet of the day. He has already chipped up over 100,000 as well, making him one of the top stacks in the room.