Ryan Phan limped the button and Henry Gingerich did the same from the small blind. Robbie Kent checked his option from the big and three players took a flop of . Gingerich led out for 40,000, both his opponents called, and the appeared on the turn.
Gingerich slowed down with a check, and that opened the door for Kent to shove all in for 365,000. Phan thought for about a minute before releasing his hand, and then Gingerich took an equal amount of time before doing the same.
Henry Gingerich opened for 65,000 from middle position and James Hall, who sat atop the chip counts earlier in the day, three-bet jammed for right around 775,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Gingerich, and he made the call.
Gingerich:
Hall:
Hall picked the wrong spot and was up out of his seat even before the flop came down . The turn gave him pause as he picked up a flush draw, but he missed it as the bricked on the turn. With that, Hall was bounced in eighth place while Gingerich extended his chip lead.
Action has been fairly slow coming back from the break. There have been a few preflop shoves — two by Paul Ewen — and each has successfully take down the blinds and antes.
The monotony of Level 24 was just broken with a monster hand that resulted in a double elimination.
It began when action folded to Robbie Kent in the cutoff and he moved all in for 440,000. Jeff Fielder then called from the button, and when action reached Paul Ewen in the big he moved all in over the top for 490,000. Fielder seemed disgusted knowing full well Ewen woke up with a big one, but it was only 50,000 more for him to call, which he did.
Fielder:
Ewen:
Kent:
Indeed, Ewen woke up with pocket rockets, which dominated Kent and had Fielder in a bad spot. That all changed when the flop came out .
"Oh wow," Fielder said quietly as the railbird reacted to the sudden turn of events. Both Ewen and Kent watched helplessly as neither the turn nor river paired their hand. The stacks were broken down to verify that Ewen had more than Kent, which he did. That meant Kent became the seventh-place finisher and Ewen the sixth.
What a sudden change of fortunes. Minutes after flopping big to score the double elimination, Jeff Fielder has sent more than half of his chips to Calvin Musil in back-to-back hands.
In the first, Musil got his stack of approximately 400,000 all in preflop holding the and was at risk against the of Fielder. The board ran out a clean and Musil shipped the double.
In the very next hand, Musil got his stack all in preflop holding the and was dominated by the of Fielder. That all changed on the flop though as Musil spiked a set. Neither the turn nor river helped Fielder reclaim the lead, and he went through the same old motion of sending his chips across the table.
That's the story of the past 15 minutes or so. Players are taking turns opening the action and taking down blinds and antes. There have been a couple flops, but they haven't amounted to much.
. Gingerich led out for 40,000, both his opponents called, and the 
appeared on the turn.
bricked on the turn. With that, Hall was bounced in eighth place while Gingerich extended his chip lead.
turn nor 
river paired their hand. The stacks were broken down to verify that Ewen had more than Kent, which he did. That meant Kent became the seventh-place finisher and Ewen the sixth.
of Fielder. The board ran out a clean 
turn nor