In the very next hand after losing with pocket queens, Bryn Kenney open-jammed for 200,000 under the gun and Cary Katz wound up calling him from the small blind.
Kenney:
Katz:
Kenney needed a little help and he got it on the flop. Neither the turn nor river helped Katz and he sent some chips over to Kenney.
Erik Seidel raised to 60,000 under the gun holding the and Cary Katz flatted from the cutoff with . Doug Polk came along from the big blind with the and three players saw a flop of , which gave Seidel a full house.
Polk checked, as did Seidel, and Katz bet 125,000 with his two pair. Polk folded, Seidel called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Seidel checked again and then called when Katz bet 150,000. Both players then checked the river and Seidel tabled his full boat.
Bryn Kenney got his stack of 285,000 all in preflop and was called by Doug Polk.
Polk:
Kenney:
It was a flip, and Polk picked up a gutshot straight draw on the . However, he'd fail to find any more help as the turn and river gave Kenney the double.
Jake Schindler raised to 80,000 from the small blind with the and Bryn Kenney just flatted with the in the big blind.
The flop brought the case ace, and Schindler bet 60,000 with top pair. Kenney called and the appeared on the turn.
Schindler check-called a bet of 155,000 and then checked for a second time on the river. Kenney bet 435,000, leaving himself 25,000 back, and Schindler hit the tank before making the call and losing more than half his stack.
Erik Seidel raised to 100,000 from the button holding the and Cary Katz, who had just over 200,000, just called from the big blind with the .
When the flop came down , Katz moved all in and Seidel called with his pair of threes. Neither the turn nor river helped Katz and he was sent to the rail in sixth place.
Action folded around to Bryn Kenney in the small blind and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on the short-stacked Doug Polk in the big. Polk looked down at his first card and didn't like it, but he perked up and called off when his second one paired it.
Kenney:
Polk:
Polk was looking to hold, but that proved easier said than done as the flop paired Kenney. The turn left Polk looking for a four on the river, but it didn't come as the bricked instead.