Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Michael Hahn busted just before the break when he got the last of his short stack in with ![]()
and lost to a player with ![]()
.
Players are on a 10-minute break.
Robbie Frank bet about 50,000 on the river on a board of ![]()
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, and Evan Niemeier made the call. Frank tossed ![]()
into the middle; he was playing the board. Niemeier showed ![]()
for ace-high.
At the other table, Crystal Utley bowed out in 17th, followed by Joe Leisure in 16th.
We found the cards face up at one of the remaining tables, with Drake Espenlaub at risk.
Espenlaub: ![]()
David Hobbs: ![]()
Espenlaub stood up in anticipation, but he had little to worry about on the ![]()
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run out.
Hobbs, down to 84,000, busted moments later.
From middle position, Michael Hahn bet 15,000 on a ![]()
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flop, and Evan Niemeier made it 55,000 to go in the cutoff.
"Is that 50?" Hahn asked, taking a bite of his lunch. After getting the count, he pushed forward about 250,000, enough to put Niemeier all in, who snap-called.
Niemeier: ![]()
Hahn: ![]()
Hahn needed to fill up, but the last two streets brought low bricks, and the Day 1a leader is under 10 big blinds.
Byron Hubert opened for 16,000 on the button and called the shove of Joe Leisure, who had 100,000 in the big blind.
Leisure: ![]()
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The community came ![]()
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, doubling Leisure up.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Joshua Turner and Weston Berner got all in preflop with Berner at risk. Turner flopped a set with ![]()
to eliminate Berner, who had ![]()
.
With the eliminations of Michael Sumner and Ricky Stinson, just two tables remain.