Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Alan Curl got two shoves through and took down the blinds and ante. He then folded the next hand. "Somebody call the floor, Alan folded. Something's not right," Dave Ouellette joked.
Lance Schuchard had meanwhile opened to 300,000 in the hijack, and Terry Ketterer called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 6♣5♦7♦ flop. Ketterer then led out for 200,000 on the 9♥ turn, and Schuchard called.
The 2♥ river was checked down, and Ketterer showed J♦8♦ for a straight. Schuchard mucked A♦2♦.
Terry Ketterer moved all in from the small blind, and Alan Curl called for 450,000 in the big blind.
Alan Curl: 8♣6♠
Terry Ketterer: 10♦2♠
Curl took the lead on the K♣J♥6♣ flop with a pair of sixes, while Ketterer picked up a straight draw on the A♥ turn. The river was the 5♦, and Curl held on to double up.
"I felt for sure you were hitting that ten," he told Ketterer.
"I was hoping, too," Ketterer replied.
Preston Dean bet 175,000 from the cutoff on a flop of A♥9♠5♥ and Dave Ouellette called in the big blind.
Dean bet another 300,000 on the K♦ turn, and Ouellette again called. Ouellette checked over to Dean on the Q♠ river, and this time Dean checked back.
"Just a five, Dave," he said, showing 8♠5♠, but Ouellette had A♣10♦ to win the pot.
Preston Dean bet 200,000 from middle position on a flop of A♥K♦10♦ and Mikiyo Aoki called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 3♥ turn. Dean then bet 400,000 on the 8♥ river, and Aoki took a minute before folding.
The next hand, Alan Curl and Terry Ketterer checked to the turn in a battle between the blinds when Curl bet 150,000 on a board of 7♠10♦2♣Q♥. Ketterer called, and the A♥ fell on the river.
He then led out for 250,000, and Curl called. Ketterer showed A♠9♥ for rivered top pair, and Curl mucked.
In another limped pot, Preston Dean bet 150,000 from under the gun on a flop of J♥4♣5♥ and Terry Ketterer called in the small blind, as did Alan Curl in the big blind.
Curl bet 325,000 on the 6♥ turn, and only Ketterer called. Both players checked the 10♥ river and Curl showed J♦5♠ for two pair, but Ketterer had rivered a flush with 8♥6♣ to win the pot.
The next hand, Curl and Dean went to the 10♣7♣3♥ flop in a battle between the blinds when Dean bet 200,000. Curl called, and the 7♠ fell on the turn.
Dean then bet 300,000, and Curl again called. The K♦ river was checked down, and Dean showed 10♠9♦ to win the pot as Curl dropped down to less than 10 big blinds.
Level: 29
Blinds: 75,000/150,000
Ante: 15,000
In a limped pot, Preston Dean bet 175,000 from the hijack on a flop of J♠J♥6♠ and Dave Ouellette called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 8♦ turn. Ouellette then led out for 250,000 on the J♦ river, and Dean quickly folded.
Ouellette, whose dog Jack has donned a pair of sunglasses for the occasion, showed Q♣9♠ for queen-high as he took the pot.
Heads-up on a flop of 10♦6♣A♦, Josh Matti bet 150,000 from under the gun and Preston Dean called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 6♠ turn. Dean then led out for 375,000 on the 5♣ river, and Matti quickly called.
Dean showed 8♥7♥ for a missed straight draw, and Matti turned over A♣J♠ for two pair to win the pot.
Nicholas Hammarstrom raised to 875,000 in early position and Josh Matti moved all in from the cutoff. Hammarstrom called off his last 50,000.
Nicholas Hammarstrom: A♠K♠
Josh Matti: A♥Q♥
Hammarstrom had Matti dominated and was poised for a double up as the board came 9♦6♦7♥4♣, but Matti spiked the Q♠ on the river to win the pot and bust Hammarstrom in eighth place.