Those were the words of Jesus Cantu, who was all in from the big blind for about 10,000 when we got to his table. The flop had come and a player in middle position had raised to 20,000. William Hesser made it about 70,000 in the hijack, and the initial raiser was in the tank. He finally folded.
"I need runner-runner of some kind," Cantu said, tabling .
He was right as Hesser had for a set. The turn did bring a backdoor flush possibility for Cantu but the river was a .
Hesser asked if the third player had ace-king, and he claimed to have mucked aces.
Two players checked to Nipun Java in the cutoff and he bet 29,000 into approximately a 75,000 pot with on the felt. Small blind William Hesser tanked a bit and mucked, and the third player quickly folded as well.
"Show one time?" Hesser pleaded.
Java asked if Hesser folded a queen. Hesser said he had jacks, and Java flashed .
Mike Dentale finally found a spot to shove his dwindling stack and the player to his left immediately shoved all in. Dentale wasn't frustrated and turned over . He was up against . He flopped a ten and turned another one to double up. Tablemate DJ Alexander said that it was him wishing Dentale good luck that got the job done.
At the table next to them, Mo Khan busted a player when he flopped a set of jacks against . The flop came ace-high, but also had a jack and Khan didn't give up the lead.
Todd Weers got 15th in this event last year but will need some Day 1c magic to make it happen again as he just busted the last few crumbs he had. He stuck the last 11,500 in from middle position, and big blind DJ Alexander called blind.
Weers:
Alexander:
The board bricked out for both players: . That meant queen-high was a winner, and Weers said he'll be back to fire tomorrow.
Gaurav Raina bet 44,000 from the big blind on a board of and a player in the hijack called off for slightly less. The cutoff came along as well, causing Raina to raise his eyebrows and double-check his cards. The river was a and Raina bet small, only about 40,000. The cutoff folded immediately.
and both Alexander and Otake checked. The turn was the 
and Alexander bet 8,000. Otake folded and Alexander showed 
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and missed his flush draw to hit the rail. Alexander won the pot.
. Greenblatt had 
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, giving Greenblatt a straight and the double up.
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for a set. The 
turn did bring a backdoor flush possibility for Cantu but the river was a 
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on the felt. Small blind William Hesser tanked a bit and mucked, and the third player quickly folded as well. 
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. He was up against 
and a player in the hijack called off for slightly less. The cutoff came along as well, causing Raina to raise his eyebrows and double-check his cards. The river was a 
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