Danish former UFC middleweight fighter had been sitting to the right of Danielle "dmoongirl" Andersen during the first levels of this event, but things just got a little easier for him, as she got knocked out.
Kampmann himself raised to 1,025 and Andersen, down to just 1,225, moved all in after looking at her cards.
"I was gonna move all in blind," Andersen laughed, as she committed her last chips anyway.
The action then folded to Eric Stevenson and he moved all in to put Kampmann at risk as well. Kampmann folded and Andersen was heads up against Stevenson.
Andersen:
Stevenson:
"King-ball, corner pocket!" Andersen yelled in an attempt at a comeback.
The flop however brought out and Stevenson took the lead with a pair of tens. On the turn the hit and the river was the , knocking Andersen out.
Derek Gomez just doubled up to move to 21,000 in chips. He was all in from the small blind with the against the player in the big blind's . Gomez's chances didn't look good after the flop, but the on the turn helped propel him back into the lead.
Jason Somerville just proved a point that he's not a nit, and with a little luck he also managed to double up.
Somerville ended up all in for 12,125 against Fred Gleeck, and the showdown went as following.
Somerville:
Gleeck:
The board ran out and Somerville hit a pair of eights to stay alive on his first bullet.
"There was just one level left to re-enter, and people are calling me a nit," Somerville smiled as he's likely to make it through the re-entry period on one bullet.
Dan O'Brien entered the tournament very late, but he's already sitting on a ton of chips after getting very lucky on the last hand before the break.
After a raise to 2,500 and one player called after which a third player moved all in for less. O'Brien moved all in for 11,650 and the action folded to the initial caller who moved all in as well.
"Oh no!" O'Brien laughed, as the cards were turned face up.
O'Brien:
Short stack:
Opponent:
"You got one of my cards!" O'Brien yelled, but the flop brought out anyway.
On the turn the hit and the river completed the board with the . O'Brien more than doubled up and he's heading into the freeze-out stage of this event with a ton of chips.
The players are on their first break of the day. At the end of this break, the tournament will no longer be accepting entries or reentries into the field.
PokerNews blogger and poker enthusiast extraordinaire Brent Harrington arrived in Reno after driving down from Sacramento today, and he just got knocked out by Brandon King.
Harrington was down to just 4,800 when he moved all in under the gun with and he got called by King's .
The flop brought out , giving King two pair, but the turn was the to fill up Harrington's straight.
On the river however, another queen hit and King filled up his full house to knock Harrington out.
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hit and the river was the 
, knocking Andersen out.
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. Gomez's chances didn't look good after the 
flop, but the 
on the turn helped propel him back into the lead.
, and Gomez doubled up.
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hit and the river completed the board with the 
and he got called by King's 
, giving King two pair, but the turn was the 
to fill up Harrington's straight.