Mid-States Poker Tour Pro Blake Bohn raised under the gun to 20,000. Peixin Liu called in middle position. It folded around to Yousri "Chicago" Ali on the button who shoved all in. Bohn folded. Liu asked for a count. Upon hearing the total of 105,000, Liu called.
Liu:
Ali:
Liu flops Broadway on but is in danger of the board pairing as Ali had flopped a set of jacks.
The turn and river do not improve Ali's hand and he is eliminated in 25th.
With about 350,000 already in the middle, we found Jeff Bryan all in and at risk against Justin Thurlow and Ken Coy.
Thurlow and Coy remained active in a side pot. They both checked the flop and did the same on the turn.
The river was the . Thurlow bet 147,000. Coy double checked his cards and called.
Thurlow showed for the nut flush, besting Bryan who had flopped a set of jacks with . Coy showed for a pair of nines before his hand was pulled into the muck.
Bryan fell in 17th place while Thurlow increased his stack to 1,350,000 and extended his chip lead.
Dave Gonia raised to 45,000 in the hijack and Mark Sandness shoved all in over the top for 348,000 from the big blind. Gonia called and the hands were turned over.
Gonia:
Sandness:
The board ran out , keeping Gonia's ace-king high in the lead. After a close count of chips, Gonia had Sandness covered by only 40,000, and with that Sandness was sent to the rail.
Angelina Rich raised to 50,000 from the hijack. Tony Frost was next to act and he shoved all in from the cutoff. Blake Bohn re-shoved over the top, and Rich folded.
Bohn:
Frost:
The board ran out , keeping Bohn's aces in the lead to eliminate Frost in 13th place.
Blake Bohn raised to 48,000, Ken Coy shoved all in for 410,000 from his direct left, and Bohn called when action folded back his way..
Bohn turned over and was ahead of Coy's .
The flop came . The turn was the , and the river the , and Coy was sent home in 12th place. Bohn dragged the pot and increased his stack to about 1.6 million.
Angelina Rich completed from the small blind, prompting Blake Bohn to move all in from the big blind. Rich called all in for her tournament life and the hands were turned over.
Rich:
Bohn:
The board ran out , eliminating Rich on the unofficial final table bubble.
Phil Mader raised to 70,000 in middle position, and Greg Gates shoved all in for nearly 400,000 from the cutoff. Mader quickly called for his own tournament life.
Mader:
Gates:
The flop came giving Mader a pair of aces, but Gates a set of queens. The turn was the .
Mader called for a ten, but the river came the , sending him home in 9th place.