We walked up on the table as the dealer was clearing the board and Matt Stout was eliminated. He shoved 61,000 preflop holding pocket eights and Nikoli Sears called holding pocket tens. The board ran , Stout didn't improve and Sears picked up a significant pot.
Muhammad Rahim limped preflop, Taylor Wilson raised to 4,200 and Rahim called. The flop came , Rahim checked and Wilson bet 4,700. Rahim called, the turn came and Rahim checked a second time. Wilson bet 16,400, Rahim called and the river came . Rahim checked again, Wilson asked if Rahim had him covered and Rahim adjusted his chips to make them easier to see.
Wilson measured out 42,000, Rahim took some time tanking and mucked his hand.
An unknown player opened shipped from under the gun for 18,000 and Jarrett Blakeley moved in over the top. The table folded and Blakeley asked if they were at least racing.
Blakeley:
Player:
"No, but I'm due for a suck out," the player replied.
The board ran , the suck out didn't come and Blakeley stacked the pot.
Joey Weissman shoved from early position for about 10,000 and saw a player shove for more in the cutoff, about 15,000. The player on the button called, and Weissman was at risk with . The cutoff had and the player on the button . The flop came and the rest of the board was inconsequential.
Mike Dentale was in the small blind and considering the all-in shove of Tim West in the big. There was about 10,000 in the pot already and it was 20,300 more to Dentale. he decided to call, and his was good for the moment against . A board of was no threat to the sevens.