Stacks Go In on All Three Tables Before Dinner
With less than five minutes before the dinner break, all three tables left in play just saw stacks go into the middle.
Hand #1: Robert Palacios opened to 60,000 in middle position and Richard Moore re-jammed for 297,000. Palacios called.
Moore: 
Palacios: 
Palacios won the coin flip on a runout of 
and eliminated Moore. Moments later, Patrick Watkins was seen vacating his seat from an adjacent table.
Hand #2: Travis Bettcher open-jammed for 117,000 in the cutoff and was called in the big blind by Norman Kauffman.
Bettcher: 
Kauffman: 
An ace in the window of 
was nothing but a tease to Kauffman, who ceded the double to Bettcher as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout in his favor.
Hand #3: A second all-in situation occurred on the table where Watkins was just eliminated, with Jason Crews getting all in with 
against the 
of Eric Kyle and failing to get there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
995,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
and Barksdale checked to Steuer, who continuation-bet 70,000. Barksdale called.
and Barksdale checked again. Steuer fired a second barrel of 200,000 and Barksdale check-jammed for 675,000. Steuer called.
to score the double.
runout, resulting in his elimination in 19th place. Two tables now remain.
and was eliminated in 18th place.
and doubled, leaving Caron short in the process.
