With a flop of , Ryan Pochedly check-called the 25,000 bet of Trevor Renner. The turn was the and Pochedly checked again. Renner announced that he was all in and Pochedly tossed a stack of purple 500 chips into the middle, indicating a call. Pochedly turned over but was well behind the that Renner had. The river was the and Pochedly was eliminated.
Renner, who was down to just 10,000 in chips earlier in the day, has now put himself in excellent position with two tables remaining.
As told to us by the players at Table 26, Christopher Collins and Michael Frazee got it all in on a flop. Frazee was looking good with as Collins merely had . Of course most of you know how this story ends... a on the turn... and when the river was not one of the two remaining Aces in the deck, Frazee was eliminated.
After losing the majority of his stack to David Westfall, Shawn Cunix put his last 9,300 in the middle with . He would find two callers in Steve Birtcher and Scott Dehm. Dehm would check-raise to 16,000 on the turn and get a fold from Birtcher who had made a 7,000 bet. Dehm had on the board and Cunix was drawing dead.
A short-stacked Jeffrey Russell got the last of his chips in good with against Nick Guagenti's but an eight would hit the flop to give Guagenti the pot and send Russell to the rail.
At the other table, Todd Funderburg would double up with against Scott Dehm who held . The board would run out to give Funderburg the pot.
PJ Grace got the last of his chips all in on the turn with the board showing and was called by Steve Birtcher who had turned two pair with . Grace, however, had flopped two pair with . The river was the and Grace doubled up while Birtcher moved under the 100,000 chip mark.
Jacob Menzie had survived for quite some time with a short stack and when he looked down at he had to be feeling good that he was going to accumulate more chips. Unfortunately for him, Nick Guagenti picked up and Menzie was eliminated in 15th place.
David Westfall got it in good with against the of PJ Grace but the flop would come to move Grace into the lead and when the turn came and the river , Westfall was eliminated cruelly one short of the money.
The players after a brief celebration are now taking a 15-minute break. We'll have updated chip counts momentarily.
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, Ryan Pochedly check-called the 25,000 bet of Trevor Renner. The turn was the 
and Pochedly checked again. Renner announced that he was all in and Pochedly tossed a stack of purple 500 chips into the middle, indicating a call. Pochedly turned over 
but was well behind the 
that Renner had. The river was the 
and Pochedly was eliminated.
flop. Frazee was looking good with 
. He would find two callers in Steve Birtcher and Scott Dehm. Dehm would check-raise to 16,000 on the turn and get a fold from Birtcher who had made a 7,000 bet. Dehm had 
on the 
board and Cunix was drawing dead.
against Nick Guagenti's 
but an eight would hit the flop to give Guagenti the pot and send Russell to the rail.
. Grace, however, had flopped two pair with 
and Grace doubled up while Birtcher moved under the 100,000 chip mark.
against the 
of PJ Grace but the flop would come 
, Westfall was eliminated cruelly one short of the money.
