Players are on break for 15 minutes.
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
Justin Donato opened early to 60,000, James Wheelock made it 300,000, and Donato tanked awhile then put him in for the last 25,000.
Wheelock had 8♠8♥ and won the race against K♦Q♠ as the board ran 6♣A♣3♥2♠A♦.
Kevin Helming had just 40,000 left. He got it all in and was at risk with 10♣7♦ against the K♦9♣ of Jim Decker.
Both players flopped a pair on 2♥K♣7♠, but Decker remained ahead. The K♠ turn sealed the deal.
Ben Hopper shoved under the gun for 135,000 with A♥7♦ and was at risk against the 6♣6♥ of Ricky Fryer in the small blind.
"That's a good card," Hopper said as the 7♥ was revealed in the window, followed by 8♠10♣.
The Q♣ was safe for him, but the 6♦ river gave Fryer a winning set.
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Charles Rexroat opened in the hijack and called the shove of a short-stacked Tommy Young on his left, who had about 90,000. Rexroat showed A♣A♦, much to the dismay of Young, who revealed A♠6♠.
The 2♠9♥6♥ flop paired Young, but he found no further help on the Q♣ or 9♦.
Craig Welko opened to 45,000 in the cutoff and called a shove from big blind Charles Rexroat, who had 175,000.
Welko's Q♠Q♦ were slightly ahead of A♣K♣, but the 5♣6♠7♦K♥10♣ board favored Rexroat.
Kao Saechao lost most his chips when he paid off JJ Kuchenmeister all in on the river, losing to queens full.
He had 115,000 left and put it all in from late position with A♣4♣, slightly ahead of the K♣Q♦ shown by Craig Welko in the big blind. The 6♦3♥9♠10♦ board looked good for Saechao, but the river was the Q♣.