Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Marc Gardner bet 5,000 from early position on a board of 2♠K♥Q♥10♥ before Craig Dick moved all in for 23,100 on the button. "Ah, man. It's a weird time to do that," Gardner moaned as he took a minute before calling.
He showed A♠K♦ for top pair, while Dick was on a flush draw with A♥8♠. The 9♦ river was no help to Dick, and he was sent to the rail.
"And it's his birthday today," the dealer said about Gardner, who received the big pot as a present.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Busted |
With around 15,000 in the pot on a flop of 3♠10♠8♣, Jim Wyatt moved all in for 21,000 from middle position, Lonnie Price reshoved in the cutoff, and the rest of the table got out of the way.
Jim Wyatt: 10♦9♦
Lonnie Price: Q♦Q♣
Wyatt had flopped top pair, but Price was ahead with his queens. The rest of the board ran out J♠J♦, and Wyatt was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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Busted |
Blair Hinkle took his seat in the tournament shortly after coming back from break, as did Day 1a bubble boy Ben McCoy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Huy Nguyen three-bet to 16,000 in the small blind and Cody Krause called in the hijack.
The flop came 9♣3♠3♣ and Nguyen moved all in. Krause snap-called for his last 22,000.
Cody Krause: 10♣10♠
Huy Nguyen: Q♦Q♠
Krause showed two tens, but Nguyen had him dominated with his queens. The Q♥ turn improved Nguyen to a full house, and Krause was drawing dead going to the 5♦ river and headed to the rail.
"Easy come, easy go," Krause said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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Busted |
Heads-up on a board of 10♦K♥4♣8♦, Brantley Grace bet 3,500 from the button and an opponent called in middle position.
The river was the Q♣ and the middle-position player moved all in for 7,500. Grace snap-called and turned over K♠K♣ for top set, while his opponent could only show Q♠4♠ for two pair as he headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Players are going on the first 20-minute break of the day.
On a flop of 5♥6♥K♥, Cody Krause got in his last 22,000 from early position, a player on the button also moved all in for 30,000, and the cutoff had both players covered and at risk.
Cody Krause: A♠K♣
Button: 6♣6♦
Cutoff: J♥8♥
The cutoff had flopped a flush to take the lead, but the K♦ turn improved the button to a full house. Krause also got some hope with trips, and he hit the A♥ on the river to make a full house and earn the miraculous triple up.
"You better win this now. From worst to first," a tablemate told him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Four-handed on a flop of K♥10♣5♦, Brent Gregory bet 2,500 from under the gun and only an opponent on the button called.
Both players checked the 6♠ turn. Gregory then bet 6,000 on the 9♥ river, and his opponent quickly called.
Gregory showed A♦K♣ for top pair, and his opponent mucked A♣10♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |