We found Roman Valerstein all in for about 19,000 in early position on a completed board of . Jason Deutsch was in the big blind, and he cut out calling chips and dropped them in. Valerstein flicked into the middle, and Deutsch showed to take it with aces.
"So sick," Valerstein sighed as he grabbed his stuff and hit the exits.
Ben Keeline, Alan Snow and Jakov Klatzkin all went to a flop of . Action checked around to Klatzkin, he bet 9,000, Keeline called and Snow mucked. The turn came , Keeline checked and Klatzkin moved all in.
Keeline tossed his chips forward with and Klatzkin had . The river was , Keeline was eliminated and Klatzkin stacked the pot. The table ribbed him about being a rush and bluffing, Klatzkin said his name was Jakov the Bluffer but had the cards this time.
After a Brian Hastings open to 2,800 and a Ben Keeline call, Ryan Van Sanford shoved all in from the button for about 25,000. Mike Aron reshoved in the big blind for 19,300, and Van Sanford called after the others folded.
Van Sanford:
Aron:
Van Sanford pointed to his queen but he had a lot more cards to root for after flopped to give him a flush draw. The turn and river gave both players ace-high for a chop.
Alex Rocha opened from under the gun, Taylor Wilson and a third player called to see a flop of . All three checked, the turn came and Wilson bet 3,200. The unknown player mucked and the dealer accidently exposed several cards in the muck reaching for the cards.
The dealer rushed to turn them back over and Rocha called out the cards. Rocha laughed, looked at Wilson and said, "I'm only calling because of the cards I saw."
The river came , the table was amused by Rocha's comment and Wilson checked. Rocha bet 11,000 - leaving about 10,000 behind - and Wilson put out a stack of 5,000 chips to set Rocha all in.
Rocha sat back, tanked for a short bit and slid his remaining chips forward. Wilson tabled for a full house and Rocha showed .
"Good luck everyone, but the this ace is marked," and showed the table. "I had to put it underneath the other card because it was bent so bad."
The dealer called the floor and the deck was taken out of play.
John Dolan bet 4,500 on a board of , Dave Olshan raised to 12,000 and Dolan moved all in. Olshan called, rolled over for a turned straight and Dolan flipped up . For max pain the river came , Dolan gathered his things and exited the tournament.
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David Zemel checked from the small blind on a board of and Kevin Saul bet 6,000. Zemmel had about 25,000 behind, tanked with calling chips in his hand and his face didn't agree when his hand tossed in the call.
Saul tabled , Zemel slid his cards forward and Saul stacked the pot.
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. Jason Deutsch was in the big blind, and he cut out calling chips and dropped them in. Valerstein flicked 
to take it with aces.
. Action checked around to Klatzkin, he bet 9,000, Keeline called and Snow mucked. The turn came 
, Keeline checked and Klatzkin moved all in.
. The river was 
, Keeline was eliminated and Klatzkin stacked the pot. The table ribbed him about being a rush and bluffing, Klatzkin said his name was Jakov the Bluffer but had the cards this time.
flopped to give him a flush draw. The 
river gave both players ace-high for a chop.
. All three checked, the turn came 
and Wilson bet 3,200. The unknown player mucked and the dealer accidently exposed several cards in the muck reaching for the cards.
for a full house and Rocha showed 
.
, Dave Olshan raised to 12,000 and Dolan moved all in. Olshan called, rolled over 
, Dolan gathered his things and exited the tournament.
flop and got raised by a player on the button to 10,000. Christensen announced he was all in.
river was safe.
