Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Cody Torke opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Ross Fredrickson jammed all in for 108,000 in middle position. Troy Lund re-shoved all in for 208,000 on the button and Torke opted to get out of the way.
Ross Fredrickson: 4♠4♦
Troy Lund: A♠A♥
The flop came 10♥10♣5♠ and Lund's aces were still far in the lead. The 8♦ on the turn changed nothing but it was the 4♥ on the river that gave Fredrickson a full house and some life in the tournament.
Phillip Nesburg raised it up in early position and Justin Moody shoved all in for around 100,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Nesburg who eyeballed the stack before calling.
Justin Moody: 9♠9♥
Phillip Nesburg: A♣Q♠
They were flipping and the flop of A♥7♦3♥ favored Nesburg with a pair of aces. Moody couldn't find a nine on the turn or river and was forced to exit the tournament.
Uri Foox raised it up to 15,000 in middle position and Kamden Keleher called from the big blind. The flop came 3♠3♦2♠ and Keleher check-called a bet of 30,000 from Foox.
The turn was the 9♦ and Foox fired another barrel of 50,000. Keleher still called and the 2♣ landed on the river. Both players checked this time and Keleher tabled 5♥5♣ for the best hand.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Rob Wazwaz opened to 10,000 in the hijack and was called by Preston Willier in the cutoff and Brad Pausch in the big blind. The flop came Q♣8♥3♥ and the action checked to Willier who bet 26,000. Pausch check-raised all in for 94,000 which got Wazwaz to fold but Willier quickly called.
Brad Pausch: Q♦9♥
Preston Willier: Q♠J♠
Willier had the better of the two queens, leaving Pausch drawing rather thin. However, the 10♥ and 5♥ runout gave Pausch a flush and he scored a double up through Willier.
The defending champion of this event, Joseph Osterbauer, found himself all in and at risk for his lat 45,000 chips. He was up against two superior hands but still found a way to make things interesting.
Joseph Osterbauer: A♦7♦
Joseph Barnard: A♠Q♦
Justin Heilman: A♥Q♣
The flop came K♦10♣3♥ and Osterbauer was still fighting an uphill battle. The J♦ on the turn gave him a flush draw but the 5♥ river sent the defending champion to the rail for the final time.
The players are back in their seats which brings an end to the registration period for this event. A total of 252 entries were recorded for Day 1c, bringing the total number of entries up to 507 for the entire event.
A prizepool of over $270,000 will be distributed on the final day tomorrow. For now, they will be playing down to 38 players tonight or until the end of level 16, whichever comes first.
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000