James "Drew" Marks eliminated in 17th
James "Drew" Marks got his money all in with against the of Jake Solis. Marks had plenty of outs as the flop produced along with a blank. But failing to connect on the turn or the river, Marks shipped his remaining short stack over to Solis, who collected his second bust-out since the money.
Marks will take home $7,042 for his efforts this weekend. Solis is up to 250,000 after the hand.
Rick Troendly
Rick Troendly replayed his double-up hand for us: Holding aces, Troendly min-raised from late position and was called by Clements, who was in the small blind. The flop came and Clements checked to Troendly who shoved all in for a total of 46,900. Clements made the call and tabled .
The turn and river filled out an inconsequential , and Troendly raked in the pot worth over 100,000. Clements, meanwhile, dropped to 74,000 in the loss.
Chris Dombrowski's all-in move
Chris Dombrowski raised to 11,000 from middle position before the action folded around to Travis Erdman in the small blind. Erdman, after some deliberation, reraised to 32,000 prompting Dombrowski to declare himself all in for his remaining 40,000. After deciding to look Dombrowski up, Erdman tabled to the of Dombrowski.
The window revealed an and was accompanied by . The turn was the , and the river added insult to injury as it fell .
Dombrowski collected the last $7,042 payday before the prize money bump. Erdman added to his stack and is now at 251,000.
Micheal Cooper has seen better flops
Micheal Cooper open-shoved from the button for his last 36,500 and was called by small blind Travis Erdman. Cooper had decided to make his stand with , while Erdman countered with . The flop contained a lethal ace, as it was spread . The turn and river bricked out a , respectively, signaling the end for Cooper.
His elimination will gross him $8,323. Erdman is now adding to his chip lead as he sits on 370,000 in chips.
Ty Stewart
Travis Erdman opened the pot with a raise to 10,000 from late position. Michael Binger then kicked it up a notch from the cutoff, making it approximately 46,000 to go. The button folded and when the action landed on Ty Stewart in the small blind, he moved all in for a total of 22,500. Allen Kessler folded his big blind, and Erdman folded as well, sending Binger and Stewart straight to the showdown: Showdown:
Binger:
Stewart:
The board ran out and Binger was drawing dead by the turn.
After the hand, Binger commented, "First move I make all day... It would've worked, except he wakes up with ace-queen!"
Stewart stacked up about 50,000 in new chips after the hand, while Binger absorbed the bee sting of a hit, dropping slightly to 109,000.
Emilio Porcalla
Facing a middle-position raise of 14,000 from Bill Bostick, Emilio Porcalla decided it was time to shove and did so for his remaining 35,000 total. With little more than an afterthought, Bostick called and was all too happy to show his . Porcalla brought to the face-off. The flop was not the heart-rich flop Porcalla was hoping for as it came , and the all-but-out-of-here Porcalla watched the close out his day. The river was a irrelevant .
Porcalla battled most of the day with a below-average chip stack; his sharp play helped him to survive and claim 14th place. Bostick was up to 98,000 after the hand.