Lowery Recovers Some Chips
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
Dan Lowery has been leading the field with over 100,000 chips for quite some time now, but recently saw his stack fall back into the five-figure mark. However, with around 15,000 in the middle, Lowery went heads up to the flop of 
.
His opponent led out for 10,000 and Lowery stuck in a stack of T5,000 chips, enough to put his opponent at risk for his remaining 22,500 chips. He thought for a minute and then made the call, only to see a bad result. Lowery turned over 
while his opponent tabled 
.
The turn was the 
and the river brought the 
, securing the win for Lowery and eliminating his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,300
-13,700
|
-13,700 |
, there was 33,000 in the middle, dwarfing Allen Kessler's remaining stack of 14,000 or so. His lone opponent in the pot shoved all in to put him at risk. 
for a set. Kessler flicked in his 
and needed improvement but was live against 
flop looked like it would reward him with a double but the 
and the action checked to Patrick Eskandar in late position. Eskandar bet 4,500 into a pot of around 6,000 and Joon Cho check-raised to 14,500. The action was back on Eskandar who made the call.
and Cho splashed in a bet of 15,000. Eskandar went deep into the tank for nearly three minutes before sticking in his last 28,200. Cho quickly called and the cards were tabled with Cho showing 
and Eskandar trailing with 
. 
and Cho's pocket kings held on to eliminate Eskandar on Day 1a.
, but he had to send out a double to Steve Ma after raising under the gun and calling a shove of 15,400, as Ma paired up with 
. The board ran out 
and the action checked to Kempe who bet 3,000. Pengelly was the only player to make the call.
