Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Craig Trost bet an unknown amount from the big blind on an board, and Jason Schimelpfenig made it 30,000 in the small blind on a check-raise. Trost decided to call, and an brought a four-flush to the community. Schimelpfenig bet 32,000, and Trost quickly called.
"King of clubs?" Trost asked as Schimelpfenig confidently moved to show. It was , for a flush on the turn.
"Wow, I dodged that bullet," Trost said, turning over . "I was going to shove in on the turn, but I wanted to get more out of you."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Schimelpfenig |
251,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
Craig Trost |
95,500
-76,500
|
-76,500 |
Chad Holloway check-called 9,500 from John "JohnnyGstaks" Hayes from the blinds on an flop, and a hit the turn. Holloway checked again, and Hayes bet 15,000. Holloway responded with an all-in shove, to which Hayes quickly folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chad Holloway |
170,500
56,500
|
56,500 |
|
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John Hayes |
93,000
49,500
|
49,500 |
Brett Reichard bet 40,000 from under the gun on a board, and Thomas Peebles called from the button. Reichard showed for fives full of queens, beating Peebles' .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Peebles |
230,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Brett Reichard |
191,000
92,500
|
92,500 |
PokerNews Senior News Editor Chad Holloway said he opened to 11,500 with only to have Ashor Ochana shove for 137,000 from middle of position. Action folded back to Holloway, and he called for all all but 21,000 of his chips. Ochana tabled , and it was a race, that is until Holloway found himself nearly dead on the flop. The turn and river blanked, and Holloway sent over the majority of chips.
In the next hand, Holloway shoved his short stack all in under the gun holding and the player on the button called with the . The board ran out clean and Holloway fell about 10 spots shy of the money.
Players are on break for 10 minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chad Holloway | Busted | |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Craig Trost |
450,000
354,500
|
354,500 |
Mandy Caffee |
400,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Zach Shelton |
400,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Chris Karambinis |
330,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Ken Rosheisen |
310,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Ernest Garrett |
300,000
215,500
|
215,500 |
Ben Wiora |
285,000
145,500
|
145,500 |
Mark Hodge |
265,000
-50,500
|
-50,500 |
Will Stone |
265,000
-27,500
|
-27,500 |
Joe Barnard |
250,000
170,500
|
170,500 |
Adam Sivertson |
200,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
Matthew Alexander |
196,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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John Hayes |
195,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Todd Adler |
175,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
WJ Vincent |
165,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
Jeff Petronack |
125,000
-103,500
|
-103,500 |
Patrick Kellogg |
105,000
-41,500
|
-41,500 |
Nick Jivkov |
100,000
-148,000
|
-148,000 |
|
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Mike Holm |
62,000
-74,500
|
-74,500 |
Joan Sandoval
|
55,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
Zach Shelton check-called 15,000 from Matt Alexander on a flop, and he check-called another 28,000 on the turn. Shelton switched gears and came out firing with 40,000 on the river, and Alexander folded quickly.
Shelton showed , causing Alexander to chuckle.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zach Shelton |
440,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Matthew Alexander |
125,000
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
|
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Mark Hodge got lucky to survive as he just doubled up with against the of Ken Rosheisen, taking the pot despite being dominated preflop.
Hodge followed a similar path at Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces, coming into Day 2 with a massive stack only to bleed most of it off in the early going before coming charging back for a final table run. We'll see if history repeats.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Hodge |
255,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Ken Rosheisen |
248,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |