Another table has opened up to accommodate some late registrants, and once again the table is chock-full of pros including Crown regular Michael Kanaan; American Ray Henson; Canadians Mohsin Charania and Mike Watson; and Slovenia's all-time money winner Casey Kastle.
With 800 in the pot and a board reading , the player in the big blind bet 350 and Millionaire Maker champ Jonathan Dimmig raised to 900 from the under-the-gun position. The big blind thought long and hard before making the call, and then both players checked when the put three clubs on board.
The big blind tabled the for a pair of aces, but it was no good as Dimmig held two pair with the .
Meanwhile, Jack Salter became an early elimination from the tournament.
We missed the action unfold, but we do know that action exploded on a flop between Dale West and two other players. The trio got all the chips in, and West had both covered with the best hand.
West:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:
The turn was of no consequence, and the river actually improved West to a flush. He scored the double elimination, which means he has already locked up $1,000 in bounties.
Jeff Madsen opened for 125 under the gun and received a call from a player in middle position. Former Octo-Niner Russell Thomas then called from the button, [Removed:17] came along from the big blind, and four players saw a flop of . Three checks put action on Thomas, and he bet 300. One by one his opponents folded, and Thomas won the pot.
Not much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on some chip counts.
On a five-way flop of , Brian McAllister moved all in for 2,525 chips and the opponent in seat two went over the top for 3,750 chips. The player in the big blind took some time before releasing his cards and McAllister needed help to avoid the elimination.
McAllister:
Opponent:
The on the turn secured the double up for the finalist of the Accumulator Event and the meaningless completed the board.
"Unbelievable how I am running down under," Ray Henson said on Twitter. Indeed, he had just found himself on the wrong end of a set-over-set situation.
It happened when he called a raise from the big blind in a six-way pot. The flop saw action explode between him and Jason Aksoy, who had limped preflop. By the end of it all, Henson was all in for 5,450 and the rest of the players had folded.
Aksoy:
Henson:
Henson was on the bad end of set over set, and Aksoy had him covered by just 100 in chips. Neither the turn nor river were the case ten Henson needed, and he was terminated in Level 2 while Aksoy collected the $500 bounty.
Preflop action exploded between Bruno Kawauti, Dylan Wilkerson, and the player in the hijack that resulted in a three-way all-in pot.
Wilkerson:
Kawauti:
Hijack:
Wilkerson was all in for 1,575, which meant Kawauti and the hijack were also playing for a 6,000 side pot. The flop was as dry as could be, and the turn kept Wilkerson well out in front. Kawauti looked as if he would suffer the most, but then the spiked on the river.
The case ace gave Wilkerson the triple with a full house, but it also gave Kawauti a pair of aces to win the side pot and send the hijack to the rail.
[Removed:17] was short when he got his last 625 all in preflop holding and found himself up against an opponent's . The flop was no help to Yan, and he watched helplessly as both the turn and river blanked to put an early end to his Event #4.
Despite having to fold on a river to a bet of 1,750, George Danzer is still up and already claimed one bounty. One table over, Ryan Riess just claimed a bounty after seeing a three-way flop of . Riess bet with pocket sevens, the player one seat over called and a shorter stack moved all in with pocket fours.
Riess called with the set and the player from one seat over folded aces. Both the turn as well as the river bricked and Riess is up to almost three times the starting stack.
, the player in the big blind bet 350 and Millionaire Maker champ Jonathan Dimmig raised to 900 from the under-the-gun position. The big blind thought long and hard before making the call, and then both players checked when the 
put three clubs on board.
for a pair of aces, but it was no good as Dimmig held two pair with the 
.
flop between Dale West and two other players. The trio got all the chips in, and West had both covered with the best hand.
turn was of no consequence, and the 
. Three checks put action on Thomas, and he bet 300. One by one his opponents folded, and Thomas won the pot.
, Brian McAllister moved all in for 2,525 chips and the opponent in seat two went over the top for 3,750 chips. The player in the big blind took some time before releasing his cards and McAllister needed help to avoid the elimination.
river were the case ten Henson needed, and he was terminated in Level 2 while Aksoy collected the $500 bounty.
flop was as dry as could be, and the 
and found himself up against an opponent's 
flop was no help to Yan, and he watched helplessly as both the turn and river blanked to put an early end to his Event #4.
river to a bet of 1,750, George Danzer is still up and already claimed one bounty. One table over, Ryan Riess just claimed a bounty after seeing a three-way flop of 
. Riess bet with pocket sevens, the player one seat over called and a shorter stack moved all in with pocket fours.
