With about 1,500 in the pot and a board reading , the player in the small blind led out for a bet of 1,200 and John "The Razor" Phan raised to 3,200 from the cutoff. The small blind would not be deterred and reraised to 7,200. Phan thought about it for about a minute and then made the call.
The fell on the turn and the small blind bet 8,000, which Phan called. When the appeared on the turn, the small blind looked as if he was going to bet but instead decided to check. Phan asked for a count on his opponent's stack before checking himself.
"I think you got it," said the small blind. "I have king high." Phan waited to see his opponent's before turning over his for a pair of nines. Phan took down the large pot and increased his stack to around 54,000.
On the flop of , Tim Phan and Adam Levy checked to Wesley Pantling. He fired 1,700 and then Phan made the call. Levy thought for a minute before raised to 5,000 even. Pantling folded, but Phan came along.
The turn was the and Phan tapped the table. Levy checked behind to see the fall on the river. Phan checked and so did Levy. Phan then showed just the , not turning over his other card. Levy didn't show anything and waited to see Phan's also exposed for just ace high. Levy then turned over the for a worse flush draw, but a rivered pair of deuces. Those lowly deuces were good enough to win the pot and add the chips to Levy's stack.
Vanessa Selbst won't be adding a second NAPT title to her résumé. She has been eliminated from the tournament after running her into the of Dave "Doc" Sands.
Ronnie Bardah was involved yet again, this time raising preflop to 525 from middle position. He found two callers who had position on him and the flop came down . All three players checked and the turn brought the . Bardah fired 800 and the next player called. The other player folded.
After the fell on the river, Bardah fired out 2,500. His opponent raised to 6,500 and Bardah tanked for a few minutes. He eventually tossed in his hand and didn't seem too thrilled about having to do so.
Scott Montgomery bet 5,825 on the river with a board reading and his opponent moved all in for 3,150 more. Montgomery made the call and was disgusted when his opponent turned over for a rivered flush. Montgomery dropped to 13,500 after the hand after losing with , according to his tweet.
Carter King raised to 550 before Jim Anderson reraised to 1,500. If you don't know who Anderson is, he just recently won the first-ever $10,000 WSOP Circuit Regional Championship in Hammond, Indiana. Action folded back around to King and he made the call, bringing the two players to the flop of . King checked and Anderson fired 1,700. King made the call.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. King led with a bet of 2,650 and Anderson mucked.
A player raised to 600 from under the gun and then Jared Bleznick reraised to 1,600 from middle position. He was called by a player in the next spot and then the original raiser called as well.
The flop came down and action checked to Bleznick. He fired 3,650 and that was good enough to win the pot.
We caught the action on the river with a board reading and about 4,500 in the pot. Shaun Deeb had checked to Eric Baldwin who took his time before sliding his entire stack, which was over 40,000, into the middle.
Deeb seemed surprised by the bet yet tortured. Why would Baldwin bet so much into such a little pot? Deeb couldn't seem to figure it out and decided to err on the side of caution. He folded face-up. He had flopped a boat. Baldwin didn't show so we'll never know if it was a good fold.