Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Brandon Waalen was in the cutoff and opened to 125,000. Phil Mader slid forward his stack and the players in the blinds folded, prompting Waalen to ask for a count. The number was totaled to be 395,000.
Walen thought for about 20 seconds and then sent his cards to the muck, "NIce bet," he added as the pot was shipped Mader's way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Mader |
700,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Brandon Waalen |
550,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
Brandon Waalen jammed all in for 525,000 in early position and received action from Dedric Henderson, who was in the cutoff.
Brandon Waalen:
Dedric Henderson:
Waalen needed to spike a deuce and found no help on the runout as it came to result in him finishing in ninth place in the tournament. With the elimination, all remaining players are now guaranteed five-figure paydays.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dedric Henderson |
3,100,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Brandon Waalen | Busted |
Derek Mcmaster opened to 130,000 in early position and action made its way to Phil Mader, who three-bet all in for 530,000 on the button. Mcmaster asked how much and then quickly saw Mader's stack size and announced a call.
Phil Mader:
Derek Mcmaster:
The two were off to the races and Mader pulled in front on the flop . However, the turn gave him seven more outs at a straight and the river came to fill Mcmaster up to Broadway, topping Mader's top two pair to result in him leaving the tournament in eighth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Derek Mcmaster |
2,310,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
|
||
Phil Mader | Busted |
Derek Mcmaster had taken a series of small pots prior to knocking out Phil Mader and just defended his big blind to an open from Dennis Stevermer, who was on the button.
The flop fell and Mcmaster checked to Stevermer, who made a continuation-bet of 140,000. Mcmaster reached for chips and put out a check-raise to 325,000. Stervermer thought for a couple of seconds and let his hand go, resulting in another pot being shipped Mcmaster's way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Derek Mcmaster |
2,550,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
Dennis Stevermer |
1,350,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
Dennis Stevermer opened to 130,000 in middle position and action folded around to Daniel Hendrickson, known locally as "DQ Dan" as a reference to being a Dairy Queen owner.
Hendrickson defended to take action heads up to a flop of and he led out with a bet of 130,000. Stevermer slid his cards forward along the felt shortly thereafter and "DQ Dan" took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Hendrickson |
2,105,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
Dennis Stevermer |
1,100,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Kevin Boyer went all in for 605,000 in middle position and Dedric Henderson dropped in a chip to call on the button after getting confirmation of the amount. Both players in the blinds then folded.
Kevin Boyer:
Dedric Henderson:
Boyer hit a jack on the flop and then saw the turn come , giving Henderson three more outs to Broadway. However, the river was safe and he locked in the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dedric Henderson |
2,610,000
-490,000
|
-490,000 |
Kevin Boyer |
1,440,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Daniel Hendrickson opened the action with a raise to 135,000 under the gun and received calls from Derek Mcmaster on the button, Kevin Boyer in the small blind, and Umut Ozturk in the big blind.
The four players saw the flop come and Boyer checked. Ozturk put out a bet of 225,000 and all three players folded to earn him the pot with his flop bet to bring him to around 1.5 million
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dedric Henderson |
2,780,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Derek Mcmaster |
2,250,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||
Daniel Hendrickson |
1,920,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
Umut Ozturk |
1,500,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
Nathan Fair |
1,220,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Kevin Boyer |
1,170,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
Dennis Stevermer |
860,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |