A player under the gun shoved for 10,500 and got one call for slightly less, and Nick Pupillo picked up and put both at risk. He was against and and managed to hold despite three hearts hitting the flop.
Big blind Kou Vang checked on the end in a small pot with the community having come . Former Mid-States Poker Tour champ Nick Jivkov bet 1,500, and Vang put him all in for 8,300 more. Jivkov thought for a minute before flipping in his T5,000 chip, and Vang turned over for a boat.
At another table, John Hayes entered the tournament.
Mark Kroon called a raise of 4,500 from the button, and his opponent in middle position continuation-bet 7,500 on a flop. Kroon called, and a hit. The middle player checked, and Kroon bet 7,525. His opponent tossed in 3,525, thinking that was the bet, and lamented that he should have asked before calling the proper amount. He checked the river, and Kroon shoved. His opponent asked for a count, and it looked to be about 30,000, roughly pot-sized. The player mucked after a couple of minutes.
Blake Bohn got his last 13,525 in preflop with against . Kings have been a cursed hand lately according to Bohn's twitter feed, as he's repeatedly dropped monster pots in various tournaments, and things looked no different this time as flopped. The turn helped Bohn with a four-flush, and the river was one of the cards he needed to take the pot.
"That would have been 1-for-11," Bohn said of his recent skid with cowboys.