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07-25-2021 22:42 UTC-6

Erickson Folds to the Check-Raise

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Level 32 : 125,000/250,000, 40,000 ante

Jim Erickson opened to 550,000 on the button and Timothy Gundrum defended his big blind. Both players checked the flop . The turn came and Gundrum checked again. Erickson fired a delayed continuation-bet of 550,000 and Gundrum slid in a check-raise to 1.2 million.

Erickson took about five seconds and then let his hand go, earning Gundrum the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Gundrum	12,800,000 600,000	600,000
Jim Erickson	5,100,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Jim Erickson Timothy Gundrum

07-25-2021 22:32 UTC-6

Three-Handed Chip Counts

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Level 32 : 125,000/250,000, 40,000 ante

No major hands have occurred of late and chips have exchanged hands fairly evenly through the first few orbits of three-handed play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Gundrum	12,200,000 575,000	575,000
Wesley Cannon	5,720,000 820,000	820,000
Jim Erickson	5,350,000 740,000	740,000

Level: 32

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 40,000

07-25-2021 22:18 UTC-6

Stephen Torre Eliminated in 4th Place ($58,412)

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Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Stephen Torre open-jammed for 1.9 million in the small blind and Jim Erickson was waiting for him in the big blind.

Stephen Torre:
Jim Erickson:

After Torre had doubled once, he ran his weak ace into a pair of cowboys and found nothing more than a trey on a runout of to fall in fourth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Erickson	6,090,000 2,390,000	2,390,000
Stephen Torre	Busted

Tags: Stephen Torre Jim Erickson

07-25-2021 22:14 UTC-6

Gundrum Gets a Huge Double

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Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Wesley Cannon raised to 425,000 in the cutoff and Timothy Gundrum three-bet to 1 million on the button. Stephen Torre cold four-bet all in and then Cannon folded, sending action back to Gundrum.

"Call," announced Gundrum after close to a minute in the tank.

Timothy Gundrum:
Stephen Torre:

Gundrum's jacks remained best, making a full house on the runout to earn the double and leave Torre with just 725,000 behind.

Torre then doubled through Jim Erickson to get back to nearly 2 million when his held versus .

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Gundrum	12,775,000 8,610,000	8,610,000
Wesley Cannon	6,540,000 1,260,000	1,260,000
Jim Erickson	3,700,000 520,000	520,000
Stephen Torre	1,970,000 6,480,000	6,480,000

Tags: Jim Erickson Stephen Torre Timothy Gundrum Wesley Cannon

07-25-2021 22:02 UTC-6

Cannon Chips Up Some More

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Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Wesley Cannon opened to 425,000 in the cutoff and Timothy Gundrum called on the button. Jim Erickson also came along in the big blind and the three players saw a flop of .

Erickson led out for 525,000 and Cannon called, prompting a fold from Gundrum to take action heads up to the turn . Erickson tapped the felt, sending action over to Cannon who took close to a minute before putting out a bet of 1.2 million.

Erickson asked for confirmation of the amount and then set it aside from the rest of his stack. He thought for a few moments more and then slid his cards forward across the felt to give up contention of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Cannon	7,800,000 1,065,000	1,065,000
Timothy Gundrum	4,165,000 180,000	180,000
Jim Erickson	3,180,000 525,000	525,000

Tags: Jim Erickson Timothy Gundrum Wesley Cannon

07-25-2021 21:50 UTC-6

Mike Estes Eliminated in 5th Place ($44,034)

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Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

On the first hand back from break, Jim Erickson opened to 450,000 on the button and Wesley Cannon re-jammed for 4.445 million. Mike Estes called all in for less and Erickson folded, remarking that he would have called one shove but could not call both all-in bets.

Mike Estes:
Wesley Cannon:

It was a classic coin-flip situation with Estes needing to hold to stay alive, but instead two aces fell on the flop of a runout to give Cannon trip aces and knock out Estes in fifth for a payday of $44,034.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Cannon	6,735,000 1,510,000	1,510,000
Jim Erickson	3,705,000 105,000	105,000
Mike Estes	Busted

Tags: Jim Erickson Mike Estes Wesley Cannon

07-25-2021 21:47 UTC-6

Chip Counts from Break

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Hill Kerby

Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Torre	8,450,000 350,000	350,000
Wesley Cannon	4,445,000 780,000	780,000
Timothy Gundrum	4,345,000 1,395,000	1,395,000
Jim Erickson	4,185,000 585,000	585,000
Mike Estes	1,765,000 35,000	35,000