Heller Sends Wazwaz To Reload
A player in early position opened the action with a raise to 500 and was called by players in middle position and in the cutoff. Nathan Heller was on the button and also called before Steve Wazwaz announced he was all in out of the big blind.
The original raiser asked for a count and Wazwaz's stack was totaled to be 6,100. He then folded. The player in middle position called, the cutoff folded, and Heller called to give Wazwaz a chance at more than a triple while any future action would go into a side pot.
The middle-position player and Heller checked to the river as the board came 
, where Heller was checked to once more before he announced that he was all in. He quickly got a fold and it was time for Heller and Wazwaz to table their hands.
Steve Wazwaz: 
Nathan Heller: 
Heller hit trips by the river and it was more than enough to beat Wazwaz's two unpaired cards. Heller had the pot sent his way. Meanwhile, Wazwaz was getting a massage and kindly asked for the timer to be stopped so he could go reload and get back in on the action. He is now back in the tournament area and walking to his new seat at this very moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,600
5,600
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5,600 |
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20,000
800
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800 |
and the small blind checked.
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. Both players checked again to take the hand to showdown.
upon checking back. His opponent sent his cards to the muck and the pot was shipped to Peppe.
. Action was heads up between Jon Hanner in the small blind and Jon Kim, who was on the button. Hanner threw out a bet of 2,500 and Kim took about 15 seconds before putting in a raise to 8,000. Hanner folded and the pot was sent Kim's way.
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and Spain checked. Belland put out a bet of 2,600 and Spain made the call, bringing the river 
where both players checked to take the hand to showdown.
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. The big blind and Matakis checked to put action onto McNee, who bet 400. The big blind folded and Matakis called.
and the river fell 
. Matakis threw out a bet of 2,500 and McNee immediately dropped in a chip to call. 
for a pair of aces to earn the pot. 
with paint visible on the second card. Matakis tapped the felt to acknowledge the fold as he leaned forward to collect his bet as well as the rest of the pot.
