John Franciosi bet 3,000 on a flop from early position, and Stan Shedlowsky made it 10,000 on the button. A third player folded from the blinds, and Franciosi moved in, putting Shedlowsky at risk for about 20,000. Shedlowsky called.
Shedlowsky:
Franciosi:
Franciosi needed a diamond or a king, but neither materialized as the and were a couple of black blanks on the last two streets.
Dale Olney put in a four-bet from early position to 6,200 preflop and got a call from Philip Wojtunieck in the cutoff. Olney bet 10,000 on the flop, and Wojtunieck put him all in for 36,650. Olney called.
Olney:
Wojtunieck:
Olney had been outflopped, but he ran a straight as and then hit the board.
Allen Kessler bet 2,000 from under the gun on a flop and got one fold before Neil Coughlin, his other opponent, shoved in the big blind. Kessler quickly called off for what looked to be about 12,500 total.
Kessler:
Coughlin:
Kessler's overpair was out front and stayed that way on the turn. Unfortunately for "Chainsaw," the river gave Coughlin winning trips.
"Back tomorrow," Kessler said shortly as he got up.
A player under the gun fired out 3,200 into four opponents on a flop and got a call from only Kenny Zuspan, on his left. The two Buckeye-clad players took in a turn, and the first player put Zuspan all in for 9,550. Zuspan sighed but called it off, turning over . He was pleased to see , a flush draw, in the hands of his opponent. The river wasn't enough improvement to overtake the queens.
Chris Moneymaker appears to have busted his second bullet, as he's nowhere to be found in the tournament area. Nick Pupillo has taken a seat at his former table.
Philip Wojtunieck bet 7,400 from the button in what looked to be a reraised pot after flopped. His early-position opponent called after getting a count of Wojtunieck's stack, and a river prompted him to check-call the rest, 5,425.
Wojtunieck:
Opponent:
"Hard to get away from that," Wojtunieck said as the hit the river to double him up.