A six-way limped pot delivered a flop. After one of the limpers bet 4,200, Kurt Jewell popped it to 10,100. The player in the small blind put in a check-raise shove for 64,400, forcing a quick from the original bettor. Jewell counted out the chips and slid them forward for a call, revealing .
He needed to get there against his opponent's and while the turn didn't do it, he picked up a few extra outs. However, the river was not one of them and Jewell is now below the starting stack.
A player opened to 1,900 in middle position, Michael Shail called, and the flop came . The player continued for 3,200, and Shail called.
The turn was the , and the raiser fired a second bullet worth 6,100. Shail called. The river was another nine - the - and the player led for a third and final time. The bet was 11,100, and after a moment for thought, Shail called.
The player turned over for trip nines, and a disgruntled Shail showed, .
"Runner-runner, eh?" he asked.
Shail took a hit, and is now down to around 167,000 chips.
With about 50,000 in the pot and the board reading , one player checked to another who fired 39,000. Scott Baumstein raised all in for 55,800 total, the first player folded, and the second called the remaining 16,800.
Baumstein tabled for a set, one upping his opponent's . The river brought the , locking up the 200-big-blind pot for Baumstein.