Horvath Chips Up
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
91,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
43,600
-31,400
|
-31,400 |
|
30,300
15,800
|
15,800 |
and secured the double at Palumbo's expense to take him over 50,000.
and Scott Horvath checked in early position, prompting a bet of 3,000 from Sheng Liu in the hijack. Steve Wilkie raised to 9,000 in the cutoff and Horvath called. 
, where Horvath check-called another 15,000 from Wilkie. Horvath then checked once more on the river 
with Wilkie checking behind to take the hand to showdown.
. Horvath showed the missed nut-flush draw with 
and Wilkie took down the pot.
. Palumbo checked again and his opponent over-bet jammed for 35,400. Palumbo thought for a bit and then found a call.
, Brian Leitch saw his opponent in the hijack check and he bet 15,000 into a pot of roughly twice that amount, doing so from the cutoff. His opponent called after more than a minute in the tank. Leitch tabled 
and Zach Gutierrez bet 5,000 in middle position once it became his turn to do so. Lawrence Brink called in the cutoff and then the big blind check-shoved for 38,600.
for trips, putting him in prime position to more than double.