On blinds of 7,000/14,000, "Pollan" opened to 30,800 from the cutoff and "RedRocker14" shoved 85,602. "Pollan" called and they tabled their hands.
"RedRocker14":
"Pollan":
The flop instantly turned the hand upside down when landed, giving "Pollan" a pair of rockets to take the lead. The turn and river cemented it for "Pollan" who sent "RedRocker14" to the rail.
On blinds of 7,000/14,000, "Pepbuz" saw all of their stack go into the middle for about 104,000 and "TrappinDonkeys" was the only caller. Players flipped them over and "Pepbuz" was at risk.
"Pepbuz":
"TrappinDonkeys":
The flop was and the snowmen were leading the way. An unfortunate landed and "Pepbuz" was in need of some help. The river completed the board and "TrappinDonkeys" scooped the pot with their turned set, eliminating "Pepbuz".
On blinds of 6,000/12,000, Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele shoved their stack of around 45,000 into the middle on the button. "marioparty" called in the big blind and the two tabled their hands.
Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele:
"marioparty":
The board came down and an unlikely runout saw Steele counterfeited to lose the pot, sending it to "marioparty" who had a six. Steele was eliminated as the inevitable bubble boy and all players were then guaranteed at least a min-cash.
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On blinds of 5,000/10,000, action folded around to "farmhand" in the small blind who jammed. Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele snapped for his 144,450 and they tabled their hands.
Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele:
"farmhand":
The board rolled out and the pair of aces of Steele took down the pot, doubling through "farmhand" on the bubble.
On blinds of 3,000/6,000, "SilverandGold17" opened from the cutoff, "KCspence" and "ICUplayPoker2" then both shoved from the blinds. "SilverandGold17" called, putting two players at risk.
"ICUplayPoker2":
"KCspence":
"SilverandGold17":
The board came down and the rivered ace gave "KCspence" two pair to scoop the pot, eliminating "ICUplayPoker2" from the field while doing so.
landed, giving "Pollan" a pair of rockets to take the lead. The 
turn and 
river cemented it for "Pollan" who sent "RedRocker14" to the rail.
and the snowmen were leading the way. An unfortunate 
landed and "Pepbuz" was in need of some help. The 
river completed the board and "TrappinDonkeys" scooped the pot with their turned set, eliminating "Pepbuz".
and an unlikely runout saw Steele counterfeited to lose the pot, sending it to "marioparty" who had a six. Steele was eliminated as the inevitable bubble boy and all players were then guaranteed at least a min-cash.
