Hand #1: Patrick Suzuki shoved just under a starting stack in from middle position over two limpers and action folded around to Caleb Meyer, who re-jammed in the big blind and forced the two limpers out of the pot.
Patrick Suzuki:
Caleb Meyer:
Upon seeing Meyer's hand, Suzuki stood up to sweat the runout for his tournament life. That sweat lasted all of about a second as the flop gave him the nuts. The turn and river made the hand official and the double was shipped his way.
Hand #2: Moments later, Suzuki got stacks in preflop once more from early position against a re-jam from Carlos Lopez in middle position for 37,700.
Carlos Lopez:
Patrick Suzuki:
Lopez was the one who stayed on top, winning the coin flip by way of making a full house on a runout of to take him above three starting stacks while sending Suzuki down to just a handful of big blinds remaining in his stack.
A player jammed for 9,600 in middle position and the cutoff called, as did Rich Schiffer in the big blind. Schiffer then fired out 10,000 into the side pot on to force the cutoff out of the pot.
All-In Player:
Rich Schiffer:
Schiffer's top pair, top kicker had two outs to fade and saw low, but safe cards come as the turn and river completed the runout to earn him the pot and take him over 100K in the process.
A player in early position limped in before Carlos Lopez announced he was all in for just above starting stack from the hijack. The cutoff re-jammed for slightly more, and all remaining players folded.
Carlos Lopez:
Cutoff:
Lopez wound up holding and ultimately making a full house as the board ran out to score the double and leave his opponent on fumes in the process.
Frank Wise opened to 5,000 in middle position and was called by the small blind. The big blind then shipped in a fresh stack of 23,500, minus his big-blind ante, and Wise made the call with the small blind folding behind.
All-In Player:
Frank Wise:
The all-in player found himself with 10 outs after the flop , but the turn and river failed to connect and he was quickly sent to the rail.
"I wonder how long he waited to do that," said another player at the table once the eliminated player had left the immediate area.
Alex Prompovitch opened in early position and called a re-jam from a player in middle position for just under 25,000 once action got back to him.
All-In Player:
Alex Prompovitch:
The flop came to give Prompovitch's opponent top pair, but with 12 outs of his own to hit.
"Always gotta make it interesting," said tablemate Nader Wahdan. Prompovitch then added five more outs to his total on the turn , causing even more excitement among hte table before the river landed to put Prompovitch back on top when all was said and done.