A short-stacked player shoved in late position holding and Hiren Patel called from the small blind holding . The board ran , Patel made trips and eliminated the unknown player.
Nick Palma was all in when we got to his table for about 33,000 in the small blind. David Lopez called in the big, and Kevin Grabel reshoved in middle position for 29,700 more.
"I guess at this point, I can't fold, no?" Lopez mused.
Lopez:
Grabel:
Palma:
Palma was looking solid for a triple up but that changed in a hurry as flopped, giving Grabel a big lead with kings. The turn and river helped nobody, and Grabel raked in the whole pot.
Johanssy Joseph shoved from early position for 26,400 and got a call from the player in the cutoff. Joseph held and was racing against , but he survived when the board ran out jack-high.
Layne Flack has been hot the past few levels and is now challenging for the chip lead after busting another opponent. He shoved all in for about 50,000 effective from early position into a pot of around 65,000, and his opponent called with jacks on a board. Flack had him in bad shape with , and the river was a blank.