The player on the button raised to 8,000 and Marvin Donaldson three-bet jammed in the small blind with the covering stack.
The button counted out his chips, confirming that he had 88,000 behind, before deciding to give up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
PokerNews caught up with Dave Mark of Omaha, Nebraska to discuss what makes Horseshoe Council Bluffs special.
"The room in general here is kind of interesting. Over the past number of years, I would actually put up sign up sheets for WSOP, where a lot of people would write when they're going to be out there, what events they're playing in. And it turns out that we didn't know this until we started keeping track of people who were cashing, that we had over 60 people every year that would cash in WSOP events."
He went on to explain that the tight-knit community goes beyond the felt, with players even forming study groups to improve and bounce ideas off of each other.
"One of the things that I also find interesting about our local community here is, even outside of the casino, there's a lot of home games, a lot of leagues and stuff like that, and it's a huge community, but there's also groups that get together and study. You know, that they're not even playing. They're just going through videos online, they're doing hand histories, discussion about different strategies and trying to improve."
"I mean, when we play our Saturday Fat Stack, you know two thirds of the room, and we've all played together, which of course, makes it even more difficult just because we all know each other. But, you know, as far as RunGood and the WSOP Circuit and everything, we love having them here."
Mark also talk about his career background and the parallels it has with the game of poker.
"I actually do artificial intelligence consulting for the video game industry. I work for game studios around the world. I've been kind of semi-retired since I almost died seven and a half years ago when I got hit by a car. But the interesting thing is that I found that doing the AI stuff that I do, artificial behavior, math, the psychology involved, the game theory involved - that's poker."
"I tell my wife my social life right now is actually over at at the Horseshoe, especially since I haven't been working as much. And when you work for game studios around the world, it's not like you're seeing the same people every day."
| Location | Entries | Winner | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caesars Southern Indiana | 358 | Nick Rigby | $52,323 |
| Atlantis Reno | 405 | Toan Nguyen | $45,000 |
| Horseshoe Casino Tunica | 627 | Joshua Butler | $49,282 |
| Hollywood Penn National | 165 | Chadd Beatty | $26,018 |
| Caesars New Orleans | 307 | Jeremy Gaubert | $45,897 |
| Hard Rock Casino Tulsa | 468 | Nicholas Burris | $65,435 |
| MGM National Harbor | 251 | Justin Arnwine | $80,646 |
| Horseshoe Casino Tunica II | 645 | Carl Masters | $60,251 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The remaining 17 players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 2,000/4,000 with an 4,000 big blind ante.
Dalton Smith raised to 7,500 on the button and Robert Sherraden defended in the big blind.
The flop of Q♥J♣K♦ went check-check, bringing the A♥ turn. Sherraden bet 3,000 and Smith made the call.
On the A♦ river, Sherraden led out again, this time for 6,000, prompting Smith to give up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
145,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Chris Wiemers got it all in preflop from the small blind for 39,000 against Carl Masters on the button who covered.
Chris Wiemers: A♥7♠ 
Carl Masters: 8♥8♦
Wiemers pulled ahead on the A♠2♥3♦ flop, pairing his ace. The 6♦ turn and J♦ river offered no help to Masters and the pot was pushed Wiemers' way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
94,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
84,000
57,500
|
57,500 |
Action went heads-up to a flop of 2♣8♣6♦ in a hand between Dalton Smith in the small blind and Robert Sherraden in the big blind.
With about 18,000 in the pot, Smith check-called a bet of 4,000 from Sherraden, bringing the 3♠ turn.
Smith check-called again, this time for 15,000, and the river fell the 2♥ where both players checked.
Smith tabled 10♥6♥ for two pair, sixes and deuces and Sherraden mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
175,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Jessica Anderson raised to 4,000 from under the gun and was three-bet by Liam Gannon on the button to 13,000. Anderson then four-bet jammed to put Gannon at risk, who had 36,500 behind. Gannon snap called.
Liam Gannon: A♠A♦
Jessica Anderson: K♣K♥
The board ran out 8♦2♣10♦Q♥5♣ with Gannon's pair of aces earning him the big double up.
"That queen scare you, Liam?" asked another player at the table.
"Yeah, it did," replied Gannon as he stacked his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
60,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
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