One-time MSPT champ and six-time final table participant Jeremy Dresch just jumped into the lead here after a massive three-way all in pot.
Facing an 8,000-chip bet into a 12,000-chip pot on a flop, Peixin Liu pushed all in for close to 15,000. Dresch jammed his 31,000 in behind and the original raiser called it off with just a few thousand left behind.
Dresch:
Liu:
Third Player:
Dresch had flopped a set and filled up on the turn and river to scoop, jump to 90,000, send Liu home empty handed and vault into the chip lead.
Current MSPT Player of the Year leader Mark Hodge has just under 27,000 in chips.
It's not much to speak of, but this represents a high water mark for him, now on his fourth and final bullet here at Canterbury.
"I'm excited because this is the first time I've been above the starting stack in four bullets here," he said.
It's also around the same amount of chips that Hodge held when he went on a massive heater last month at MSPT Meskwaki, becoming the first player past the one-million chip mark and moving on to a final table appearance in Iowa.
Just before the break, structure guru Allen Kessler shoved the over a raise and got called by pocket sixes.
He lost the race and declined the re-entry option.
In the meantime, MSPT Pro Nick Pupillo got caught with queens against aces to go broke. He decided re-entry was a good idea and has started a run already, shoving the after the break and getting looked up by one shorty on the .
Rob Wazwaz has moved firmly into the chip lead now on 120,000.
His latest move up the ladder included a three bet to 8,700 from the small blind over a Rex Clinkscales 2,100-chip open that was called by the button. No one called the three bet.
Clinkscales got those chips back and more a few hands later, three-betting over a 2,300 open, making it 5,000. The raiser called and they both checked a flop. A delayed c-bet of 3,100 on the turn was enough to take it down for Clinkscales.
When the player on his right led out with a raise preflop, Bob Cassioppi three-bet. The raiser was the only caller and they both checked a flop.
The raiser checked the turn, but check-raise-shipped it in when Cassioppi fired out 6,000. Cassioppi snap-called with the and was miles ahead of his opponent's .
Aces held after the river and Cassioppi crested 100,000.
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flop, Peixin Liu pushed all in for close to 15,000. Dresch jammed his 31,000 in behind and the original raiser called it off with just a few thousand left behind.
turn and river to scoop, jump to 90,000, send Liu home empty handed and vault into the chip lead.
board.
flop. A delayed c-bet of 3,100 on the 
turn was enough to take it down for Clinkscales.
turn, but check-raise-shipped it in when Cassioppi fired out 6,000. Cassioppi snap-called with the 
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