[user66118]
Chuck Kelley becomes the second player to crest the 200,000 chip mark after dragging in his most recent pot. On a flop showing , Kelley bets 10,000. His lone opponent, Jack Schanbacher puts in a raise to 25,000, and Kelley makes the call.
The turn and river come , and the hand is checked down on both streets. Kelley shows the winning hand, , and now has approximately 210,000.
[user42991]
Under the gun, Ed Jatho raises to 6,000. Blake Purvis and Suja Abraham both call. David Babin then reraises all in for 15,800 total. Jatho, Purvis and Abraham all call.
Purvis looks over at Jatho and asks, "How much do you have left? We're going to have everyone in the money after this hand."
The flop comes and is checked around. On the turn of , Purvis makesa bet of 25,000. Jatho tanks for a few minutes and then stands up. He says, "Give me a second guys." Purvis states, "Take all the time you need." After about five minutes Jatho makes the call.
The river card falls the and Jatho says, "I'm all in, sir." Purvis asks for an approximate count and Jatho states, "About 57,000. That's chump change for you."
Purvis: "Can you beat jacks?"
Jatho: "We can find out can't we?"
Purvis finally folds and Jatho shows for nines full.
After the hand, Jatho is over the 100,000 mark and David Babin is eliminated in 29th place.
[user66118]
The tension in the room is becoming tangible, as we have reached a crucial stage in the tournament.
With five minutes remaining in the level, we are now down to 28 players. The next player eliminated will go home with nothing but a bruised ego, while the remaining players will earn a spot in the money. We are now playing hand-for-hand as we find out who will claim the maligned bubble boy position.
donpeters
Jeff Tims has gone through the entire tournament with a bottle of contact solution for his eyes. Despite having to wash out his contact lenses every few minutes, Tims seems to be doing pretty well. He clearly doesn't have an issue reading the cards or his opponents, as he has amassed a chip stack over 180,000.
[user66118]
We have an all in and a call on Table 13. Devin Jarreau and Blake Purvis get all their money in before the flop, and the entire room gathers around as we await the outcome.
Purvis wishes Jarreau luck, who laments his precarious position, being at risk of an out-of-the-money finish. "Who are you kidding, nobody here is rooting for me!" he exclaims. "Everyone throw $100 on the floor for me."
From across the room, Marc Fratter hollers, "I'm not going to have $100 until they pay me!" which draws a rare belly laugh from the whole room.
A few players, Ed Jatho and Floyd Vanderford among them, draw $100 bills from their pockets, content to pay Jarreau off to ease the situation in a show of classic sportsmanship.
The hands are turned over, with Purvis showing , and Jarreau racing him with the .
Salvation comes on the flop, as the dealer runs a board of , and Jarreau doubles up to stay alive.
donpeters
Jack Schanbacher
Actions folds around to Marc Fratter in the small blind. Fratter raises the action up to 9,000. Jack Schanbacher looks at his cards and then moves all in for just over 30,000 total. The players around the table stand up in anticipation that Fratter will make the call.
Fratter makes the call with the and Schanbacher turns over the . The same hands that were involved in a hand that doubled Schanbacher up earlier. Schanbacher is going to need to improve again here in order to stay alive in the field.
The tournament announcer allows all other hands to end before allowing the action of this hand to run.
Schanbacher removes himself from his comfortable massage and stands up to watch his fate. The flop is no help for Schanbacher with the . The turn is the and the river is the . Schanbacher is eliminated in 28th position and is the bubble boy.
Some of the other players in the tournament that were waiting for the bubble to burst have offered Schanbacher a couple hundred dollars each in cash as a nice gesture.
donpeters
David Fox
Doug "Rico" Carli and Allen Kessler are trying to figure out if David Fox is still left in the field. When they find out that he is no longer in the tournament, Carli comments, "Well, I guess he's going to have to keep the beard."
Kessler chuckles before explaining that the reason Fox has such a long, shaggy beard is because he hasn't run well recently and refuses to shave before he can go deep into a tournament. With his elimination before the money, Fox's beard is left to grow longer and be seen at a future event.
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, Kelley bets 10,000. His lone opponent, Jack Schanbacher puts in a raise to 25,000, and Kelley makes the call.
, and the hand is checked down on both streets. Kelley shows the winning hand, 
, and now has approximately 210,000.
and is checked around. On the turn of 
, Purvis makesa bet of 25,000. Jatho tanks for a few minutes and then stands up. He says, "Give me a second guys." Purvis states, "Take all the time you need." After about five minutes Jatho makes the call. 
and Jatho says, "I'm all in, sir." Purvis asks for an approximate count and Jatho states, "About 57,000. That's chump change for you."
for nines full.
.
and the river is the 
. Schanbacher is eliminated in 28th position and is the bubble boy.
