O'Dell Wins First Pot Back
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
On the first hand back from the break, Guanyun Cheng opened to 130,000 on the button and Dakota O'Dell called in the small blind.
Action went heads up to a flop of 
and both players checked. O'Dell led out for 175,000 on the turn 
and Cheng called.
The river was the 
and O'Dell gathered 420,000 more and threw it into the middle. Cheng snap-folded 
face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,330,000 | -305,000 |
|
2,550,000 | 325,000 |
, and he was eliminated in sixth place as a result. Nimneh takes home $15,901 for his performance.
and the turn came 
. O'Dell bet 150,000 and Cheng calls.
and O'Dell checked. Cheng made around a pot-sized bet of 600,000 and O'Dell thought for a while before matching it.
for a missed flush draw from the flop that backed into two pair. O'Dell sighed and sent his cards to the muck.
, where Cheng check-folded to a bet of 325,000 from O'Dell.
for the nut flush, but it was bested by Nimneh's 
for a full house and he now finds himself just shy of 1 million with plenty of gas in the tank once more.
. The turn 
. Dunn checked again and Nimneh fired a second barrel of 250,000.
filled up Cheng's backdoor wheel draw, and Palacios was sent to the payout desk in seventh place as a result.
