Maxx Coleman opened in early position for 2,500 and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop came and the player in the big blind led out for 5,500. Coleman grabbed his stack of T5,000 orange chips and put them into the middle, effectively setting his opponent all in. His opponent made the call — his stack having a total of 20,700 — and turned over for middle pair. Coleman had two overs and a gutshot straight draw with and would be unable to improve when the turn was the and the river was the .
Coleman, who made a deep run in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event when he finished 21st for $285,408, slipped to 38,000 after that loss.
Picking up with the action on the flop, Kyle Bowker was heads up with an opponent on . Bowker was first to act and shot out a bet of 3,200. His opponent flatted from the button, allowing the to hit the felt on fourth street.
Bowker slowed with a check and his opponent elected to do the same. The paired the board on the river and Bowker checked once more. His opponent bet 5,500 and Bowker instantly tossed out a call.
Bowker's opponent rolled over for jack-high. Bowker tabled a winning and took down the pot. He now has around 90,000 in chips.
We made our rounds around the tournament area and found a rather large stack sitting in front of Cole Sockwell. The Texas native is sitting with 280,000 in chips right now which is good enough for the current chip lead. Still a long ways to go as play should run into the early hours of the morning. There are 178 players remaining and they will play until 47 remain.
Action folded around to the player in the cutoff who made it 4,000 to go. Nate Kogel was on the button and cut out a three-bet to what looked like 10,000. The blinds folded and action came back around to the cutoff. He called to see a flop.
The two were heads up as graced the felt. Action checked to Kogel who continued out for 8,500. Kogel's opponent came over the top with a check-raise to 23,000, eliciting a fold from Kogel. With this hit, Kogel's stack has been knocked down to about 105,000.
Just before the break, we caught a hand with Seneca Easley that put his stack right around the 150,000 chip mark. The hand began with Easley opened to 3,500 from early position. Action trickled around to the cutoff and he made it 8,800 to go. The button and blinds folded and Easley flatted the three-bet.
The flop came down and Easley checked to the raiser. His opponent continued at the pot for 9,000 and Easley came over the top with a check-raise, moving forward enough to put his opponent all in. Easley's opponent called for roughly 45,000 and the hands were turned over.
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Easley's pocket jacks were int he lead and they stayed that way through the turn {(qh}) and the river (). Easley scored the elimination and boosted this stack to around 150,000.