Adedapo Ajayi called, a player in the hijack made it 2,000 and Brian Hou raised to 8,000 in the next seat. Action folded back to the hijack, who called. Both players checked to a board of . The hijack checked and folded to 7,500.
On a flop, a player in the small blind bet out 2,500 only to have Ian Pelz shove from early position. His opponent had about 14,000 back and she opted to call it off with for top pair and a straight draw. Pelz had for top two.
The turn gave Pelz more cards to sweat but the was safe.
Will Givens recently took a seat. The bracelet winner is a native of Colorado, and back in March 2014, he got sixth in an MSPT tournament here for $15,855.
Nader Wahdan got his chips in the middle preflop with , dominating Ryan Dodson's . Unfortunately for them both, Derek McMaster had the best of it with and he held on despite Wahdan flopping a combo draw.
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Two players checked to Josh Levin in the hijack on and he bet 3,800. Only the big blind called. That player, however, check-folded to a bet of 8,500 on the turn.
A short-stacked player in the big blind who defended his blind shoved all in on a flop. George Medina set him at risk from the cutoff with and was up against for a draw. The and didn't complete that draw, and the busted player knuckled the table and sent his 10,000 or so over to Medina.