Wasim Mahfooth was in the big blind and managed to get all of his 7,675 chips in preflop against the button.
Wasim Mahfooth:
Opponent:
Mahfooth was in good shape to get a double up but an eight in the window of the flop had him now drawing to just two outs.
The turn was a brick and Mahfooth got up from his chair and was ready to walk away, but the on the river saved his tournament life as he sat back down and now has 16,000 chips to play with.
A player in early position raised to 1,200 and Irene Carey called. The player in the small called and Steve Kettler came along from the big to see a flop.
Two checks saw the original raiser continue for 4,200 and Carey called. The small blind moved all in for 30,200 and Kettler called off for 16,950. The original raiser called off as well, and Carey put everyone at risk by calling.
Irene Carey:
Seat 1:
Small Blind:
Steve Kettler:
The turn was gin for Kettler giving him the straight flush. The meaningless was run out on the river and Kettler took down the large pot while Carey took a hit to her stack.
A player in middle position opened for 1,000, the player next to act called and Kris Bradshaw three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff. The player in the small blind cold-called and the first two players folded.
The flop came and the player in the small blind led out for his whole stack of 22,450. Bradshaw didn't waste much time before he called.
Kris Bradshaw:
Opponent:
Bradshaw got the clean run out he was looking for as it came and . Bradshaw sent his opponent to the rail and now sits with 56,000 chips.
We missed the hand play out in real-time but learned some details after the fact about a wild hand involving Scott Poling, George Dietz, and Henry Zou.
Four players were involved and the quartet got all the chips in preflop, which included Dietz being at risk.
Henry Zou:
Scott Poling:
George Dietz:
Opponent #2:
Poling's pocket rockets held after a runout to give him the juicy pot and the elimination of Dietz. Meanwhile, Zou was left with crumbs.
With 7,000 already in the pot, action checked to Travis Samona in the cutoff, who moved all in for 18,325 on a flop of . His lone opponent in the hand was under the gun and went into the tank before he eventually called.
Travis Samona:
Opponent:
Samona needed to dodge a queen or a spade with two cards to come and he did just that as the board ran out and to give Samona a full double up.
Jeff Fielder raised to 700 from early position and picked up calls from players in middle position, the cutoff, and in the big blind.
All four players checked the flop and then the player in the big blind jammed for 2,425 after the dealer burned and turned the . Fielder called and the other two players got out of the way.
Jeff Fielder:
Big Blind:
Fielder's ace kicker was good but his opponent was drawing to a gutshot straight flush draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It was a brick for the big blind and Fielder scored the elimination.
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The player under the gun raised to 800 and JJ Adkins three-bet to 1,800 from middle position. His opponent called and they went heads up to a flop.
Adkins put out a continuation bet of 1,000 when the flop came and his opponent called.
The came on the turn and Adkins wasn't slowing down as he bet 2,500 when the action was checked to him. His opponent called again and they went to a river which was the . The under the gun player checked and Adkins fired a third bet, this time 5,000. His opponent found a fold this time and Adkins took down the pot without a showdown.