Dan Heimiller has been eliminated and it looks like Marcello Del Grosso is the one who collected his bounty. Ship that man $2,000, he's up to 41,000 now.
After David Peters rased to 550, Amit Makhija stuck in his last 3,400. Michael Pesek made the call and everyone, including Peters, folded.
Makhija:
Pesek:
Once again Pesek held two queens against Makhija and they held as the board ran out . Makhija was eliminated and the first player out of the $10,000 ESPN Bounty Shootout.
Mike Baxter was all in on the turn with the board reading . He was up against Rick Salomon and all in for 12,675. Baxter held the against Salomon's . The on the river completed a flush for Baxter and earned him the double up to put his stack at about 35,000 in chips. Salomon was knocked back to the starting stack of 30,000.
Amit Makhija and Michael Pesek got all the money in preflop. Makhija held the most chips and the best hand with the . Pesek held the .
The flop came down and kept Makhija in the lead. The on the turn changed all of that though and delivered PEsek's two-outer for the time being. The river completed the board with the and ended the hand.
Pesek was all in for 22,625 preflop and now has about 45,000. Makhija was left with under 4,000 in chips.
David Williams checked the flop to Faraz Jaka. He bet 1,000 and Williams check-raised to 2,300. Jaka made the call.
The fell on the turn and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Williams checked and Jaka bet 3,500. WIlliams called with the and Jaka mucked.
Dan Heimiller checked the board of to Alexey Rybin, who bet 7,000. Heimiller made the call. After the fall on the river, Heimiller and Rybin both checked quickly.
On the board of , Kathy Liebert bet 700 before Shane Schleger raised to 2,200. Bertrand Grospellier got out of the way and then Liebert reraised to 5,200. Schleger called.
The river completed the board with the and Liebert bet 8,000 even. Schleger mucked his hand.
From under the gun, Alex Fitzgerald raised to 525. Eric Froehlich called from middle position and then action folded to Mike Baxter on the button. Baxter three-bet to 1,600 and action moved back around to Fitzgerald. He folded and Froehlich made the call.
The flop came down paired with the . Froehlich checked and Baxter bet 1,600. Froehlich made the call.
The came on the turn and Froehlich checked again. This time, Baxter waged 3,500. Froehlich made the fold and dropped back to 26,600 in chips. Baxter improved to 24,000.