On a flop of , two players checked and James Hoelschen bet 5,100. After another player folded, Steve Anderson check-raised a large amount. The other player folded and Hoelschen snap-called off for 22,500.
Anderson:
Hoelschen:
Hoelschen was well out in front with aces, and he shipped the double after the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
With a board reading , Nebraska farmer Phil Mader bet 4,500 from the small blind, a middle-position player folded, and Julian Levy called to see the river.
Mader fired out 4,500, which was a bet Levy quickly called.
"You're good," Mader admitted and showed he'd missed his straight with the . Levy then tabled the for a straight of his own and the win.
Fan favorite Kevin Boudreau was just eliminated from the tournament after shipping his last 3,000 with pocket sevens. His opponent held , found a jack on the flop, and then went runner-runner to improve to jacks full of aces.
Boudreau's first bullet was short and not at all sweet, but he's already jumped back in action. Likewise, current MSPT Season 6 Player of the Year Mark Hodge has reentered.
Ben Keeline, who is on his third bullet in this tournament, opened for 400 from the cutoff and Steve Anderson defended from the big blind. When the flop came down , Anderson check-called a small bet of 300, and then action went check-check on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Anderson checked for a third time and Keeline put out a big bet of 3,000. Anderson seemed suspicious, but after thinking about it for a bit he released his hand.
Tyler Corbett always seems to do well here at Golden Gates Casino. Back in August, he topped a field of 281 to take down the Colorado Poker Championships $1,100 Main Event for $52,320, and the last time the MSPT visited the property, he finished runner-up to Kane Lai (who finished third in chips on Day 1a this year) for $58,518.
Corbett is in action today and looking to finish one spot better than he did the last time around, and he's certainly off to a good start.
We missed the action in a recent hand, but we do know there was around 15,000 in the pot and a board reading . Corbett managed to get his stack of approximately 36,000 in, and his opponent, who had just a bit less than that, called off.
Corbett tabled the for aces full of queens, which best his opponent's aces full of deuces.
Jeff Lewis opened for 525 from middle position, and Phil Mader, who was to his direct left, made the call. The player on the button came along, both blinds folded, and three players saw a flop of , which they all checked.
When the dealer burned and turned the , Lewis led out for 750 and took down the pot.
In the first to levels it seemed Kevin Boudreau was on the right track, but somewhere in between lady luck must have turned on him as he's now on a shorter stack.
In a recent hand, there was roughly 5,500 in the pot and a board reading when a player checked to Boudreau, who shipped for his last 4,000. It did the trick as his opponent released. It looks like Boudreau is now in rebuild mode.
, two players checked and James Hoelschen bet 5,100. After another player folded, Steve Anderson check-raised a large amount. The other player folded and Hoelschen snap-called off for 22,500.
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
, Nebraska farmer Phil Mader bet 4,500 from the small blind, a middle-position player folded, and Julian Levy called to see the 
river.
. Levy then tabled the 
for a straight of his own and the win.
, found a jack on the flop, and then went runner-runner to improve to jacks full of aces.
completed the board on the river, Anderson checked for a third time and Keeline put out a big bet of 3,000. Anderson seemed suspicious, but after thinking about it for a bit he released his hand.
. Corbett managed to get his stack of approximately 36,000 in, and his opponent, who had just a bit less than that, called off.
aces full of deuces. 
, which they all checked.
when a player checked to Boudreau, who shipped for his last 4,000. It did the trick as his opponent released. It looks like Boudreau is now in rebuild mode.
