Chris Swanson opened to 30,000 and Jeff Blessing moved all in and was quickly called by Swanson when action was back on him. Blessing held but was behind the that Swanson held.
The board ran out and Blessing was eliminated. Swanson moved north of 800,000 in chips with the win.
We didn't catch the pre-flop action but got to the table with three players all in and Ronald Widman the biggest of the three stacks in great shape to deliver a double knock out with . His two opponents were Alexi Hernandez who had and Kelvin Foster with .
All was looking good for Widman after a flop but the turn card was the giving Foster a flush draw. That was precisely what would come on the river in the form of the and Foster scooped the massive pot eliminating Hernandez in the process.
It was folded to Gregg Fund in the small blind who moved all in. Nick Mann looked down at his two cards and quickly called. He had and was well ahead of Fund and his .
The board ran out and Mann doubled up to 385,000 in chips and cut Fund's stack in half as he had 185,000 after the loss.
Andrew Macdonald moved all in for 86,000 and Kelvin Foster made the call. Ronald Widman also joined in calling all in for 50,000 total. The cards were turned over:
Macdonald:
Foster:
Widman:
The flop was a great one for Widman as it came . The turn was the and the river was the and Widman tripled up to 175,000 while Foster took the side pot eliminating Macdonald in the process.
We didn't catch the pre-flop action but there was an all in and a call and Fred Miller was at risk with against Amelio Amato's . A run out of would give Miller the big double up to 675,000 and knock Amato down to just 115,000 after the hand.