Ryan Austin and John Nelson have been very active and are seemingly not shying away from heads-up action either, jousting frequently here late on Day 1b. We picked up the action with a board of and Austin check-called a bet of 16,000 from Nelson.
The came on the river, Austin checked and Nelson continued for 37,000. Austin went into the tank, but eventually threw out chips for a call. "You're good", Nelson said, showing only the as Austin rolled over for top pair.
Nick Jivkov opened to 3,600 from middle position and Andrew Jeffrey three-bet to 8,000 from right behind. Nidal Elhassan moved all in for approximately 12,000 total, Jivkov folded and Jeffrey made the call.
Elhassan:
Jeffrey:
The flop of vaulted Jeffrey into contention and the turn finished it, with Elhassan hitting the rail as the inconsequential hit the river.
Qwynn Richards raised to 2,500 from early position and Nick Jivkov called from the cutoff. Nick Pupillo also called from the small blind as did the player in the big blind. The flop was and action checked around to Jivkov who threw out a bet of 3,800. Pupillo felt a check-raise was in order and made it 11,800. Everyone, including Jivkov folded.
We picked up the action after a flop of . David Ross bet 4,500 and Steven Warwick called. The came on the turn and Ross moved all in. Warwick quickly called and tabled , behind the of Ross. The fell on the river and Ross stayed alive.
Kwynn Richards and Nick Pupillo were heads up after a flop of . Richards checked and Pupillo bet 5,000. Richards called and the fell on the turn. Richards check-called again, this time for 7,500. After the river, Richards bet 13,500 and Pupillo thought for a moment before making the call.
Richards tabled for the flush and Pupillo flashed the before mucking.
Doug Holland had his opponent all in preflop for 16,600 total and made the easy call with . His opponent needed big help for his , but it didn't come, as the board ran out and Holland kicked his opponent to the curb.