The last Pro/Am qualifier has been eliminated as Brandon Meyers fell in ninth place, earning $70,960. He was eliminated by the man who seems to be doing all the damage today, chip leader Chino Rheem.
From the small blind, Meyers moved all in for what looked to be 120,000 in chips. Rheem called from the big blind holding the . Meyers held the and was behind. His cards were live though as the two players went to the flop.
The flop came down and Rheem added a pair of nines. Meyers still had an overcard with his king and could also go runner, runner queen, jack for a king-high straight.
The turn was the , which meant that the river would have to be a king and a king only if Meyers were to stay alive.
The river was a lowly black three and Meyers couldn't find the help he needed. He was eliminated in ninth place while Rheem climbed even closer towards two million in chips.
From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised 20,000 and was only called by Erik Seidel in the big blind.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Seidel led for 25,000. Mercier called to see the hit the river. Seidel bet 80,000 and Mercier immediately made the call.
Seidel had a straight with but Mercier tabled for the better end of it to scoop the pot.
From under the gun, Erik Seidel raised to 23,000 and was called by Isaac Baron in the cutoff. The remaining players all folded and the two men saw the flop heads up.
Seidel checked to Baron who bet 27,000. Although the complete action is unknown from this point forward, the two players got it all in before we saw the turn card.
Seidel:
Baron:
The turn was the , completing Seidel's flush, but Baron still had redraws to fill up for a boat. The didn't do it for him though and after counting it down, Seidel had him barely covered. Just like that we are down to 9 players.
Sam Trickett was all in preflop with the and up against the for Chino Rheem. Trickett was all in for approximately 250,000 and in much need of some help to stave elimination.
The flop came down and was not in the ballpark of Trickett. The turn added the to the board, which actually gave Trickett some outs to a chop if a queen or a jack were to fall on the river. It wouldn't be in the cards though for Trickett as the final card to the felt was the .
Rheem's nines held up and he earned the elimination of Trickett en route to 1.8 million in chips and an even bigger chip lead.
Chino Rheem opened from under the gun to 22,000 and Sam Trickett moved all in for around 210,000 from the button. Everyone, including Rheem, folded and Trickett won the pot.
Brandon Meyers opened the button with a raise to 18,000 before Chino Rheem three-bet from the small blind to what looked to be either 50,000 or 60,000 from our vantage point, which is about 25 feet away up in media row. Action got back to Meyers and he moved all in for 265,000. Rheem debated for a couple minutes before folding his hand.
Meyers said he had ace-king after Rheem asked if he has ace-queen. Rheem then said he felt very, very good about his decision, claiming to have folded king-queen.
Eugene Katchalov opened the pot preflop with a raise to 18,000 from middle position. Gavin Smith was next to act and moved all in for 195,000. After asking it to be counted down, Adam Levy announced that he was all in as well. Everyone quickly folded, including Katchalov, and the cards were placed on their backs.
Smith:
Levy:
The flop was and Levy remained in good shape to knock out Smith. However, the turn was the and left Levy drawing to only two outs. The hit the river and gave Smith his much needed double up while Levy fell to 275,000.
. Meyers held the 
and was behind. His cards were live though as the two players went to the flop.
and Rheem added a pair of nines. Meyers still had an overcard with his king and could also go runner, runner queen, jack for a king-high straight.
, which meant that the river would have to be a king and a king only if Meyers were to stay alive.
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and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Seidel led for 25,000. Mercier called to see the 
hit the river. Seidel bet 80,000 and Mercier immediately made the call.
but Mercier tabled 
flop heads up.
, completing Seidel's flush, but Baron still had redraws to fill up for a boat. The 
didn't do it for him though and after counting it down, Seidel had him barely covered. Just like that we are down to 9 players.
and up against the 
and was not in the ballpark of Trickett. The turn added the 
.
hit the river and gave Smith his much needed double up while Levy fell to 275,000.