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Not much you can do there
Michelle Hiers was the lone woman remaining in the field when she raised to 1,200 preflop and was called by Mark Eddleman. After the flop came down , Hiers bet out 2,500. Eddleman made the call.
The turn brought the and Hiers bet 4,000. Eddleman made the call again.
The river then brought the and Hiers fired all in. Eddleman quickly called with a straight flush and the stone nuts, . Hiers held pocket nines, turning a full house and giving her a complete cooler. She was eliminated by Eddleman as he moved up to 53,300 chips.
Preflop, Jeffrey Bryan limped in from the button. The small blind called as well, and Mclean Karr moved all in. Jeffrey Bryan gave him action with a call, while the third player ducked out. Karr tabled and saw that he was racing for his tournament life against the of Bryan.
The flop was jack-high but contained two hearts, which was awfully troublesome for Karr. The turn was a safe repeat jack. Unfortunately for the all-in player, the river was the ace of spades, which Bryan found to be the prettiest card in the deck. His aces up wins him the pot, sending Karr marching to the exit.
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Tim Begley - Eliminated
After some preflop action, Timothy Begley moved all in over the top of Harold Kruger's bet on the flop of . "Whatever it is I call it," said Kruger. Begley turned up , but was behind Kruger's nuts with the .
"Let's get there!" exclaimed Begley in hopes of filling up and staying alive in the tournament. But when the turn came the and the river the , that would be it for Begley's tournament. He did take down Full Tilt Poker's Sunday Mulligan last night to ease his pain, but is still disappointed to go out with top set.
Kruger, on the other hand, has amassed quite the chip stack and is approaching 100,000.
David Dicken - Eliminated
From early position, David Dicken opened the action with a raise to 1,000 straight. Three players called him, including both blinds.
With four-way action, the dealer spread out a flop of . The blinds checked, and Dicken continued out with 2,400 chips. That folded one player, while Jesse Hale called from the small blind. Big blind David Hiers announced a raise, flicking out 7,000 chips. Quickly, Dicken moved all in, prompting Hale to fold, and putting his own tournament life on the line.
Showdown:
Hiers:
Dicken:
Dicken was all in and way behind. The on the turn left him drawing to a gutshot straight, but the on the river was useless. With that, Dicken stood, wished his table luck, and headed for the door.
The Hiers family, both Michelle and David, are alive and well here in the Championship Event.
Phil Mader came into the pot with a raise to 1,200, and Dewayne Blaha made the call in the next seat over. Action was on our latecomer, Tim Olsen, and he moved all in for a total of 7,725. Mader went into the tank for several minutes before making the call, while Blaha ducked out. With Olsen's tournament life on the line, both players seemed reluctant to table their cards. After 10 or 15 seconds of staring at each other, Mader finally cracked first.
Showdown:
Mader:
Olsen:
The board ran dry for the all-in Olsen, coming out . Failing to improve his suited ace, Tim Olsen is headed to the rail early.
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Stiglets still alive, but short-stacked
Drazen Ilich raised to 1,225 from early position and C. A. Walker called in middle position before Eric Stiglets moved all in from the big blind. The total all-in bet from Stiglets was 7,750. Ilich then announced that he was all in and had Walker covered. Walker folded.
"I ran into them didn't I?" said Stiglets as he turned up pocket kings. Ilich just flipped up his hand without response, revealing the other two kings.
Both players chuckled as the board ran out clean without either player making a flush and they chopped the pot.
Jesse Hale is back with us here in the Main Event, although he does still have a chip stack waiting for him in the Omaha event. The table talk is all garbled over there on Table 29, as Omaha strategy is leaking into this hold'em affair.
"It's all about blockers and pot odds," said Hale, giving his tablemates a free Omaha lesson. Looking up at the reporters, he repeated, "It's allllll about blockers and pot odds... and you can quote me on that!"
In a battle of the blinds, the small blind limped in, and Mark Eddleman checked his option. Heads up, the flop came down . Both players checked. Fourth street was a repeat . This time, the small blind led out with a bet, and Eddleman made the call. The last card off was another repeater, a third . The small blind kept the pressure on with a bet of 5,000, but Eddleman was having none of it. He moved all in over the top, having his opponent covered. The player in the small blind called all in for his tournament life.
Showdown:
Small Blind:
Eddleman:
A full house is good, but quads are just a bit better. Eddleman puts another notch in his belt, knocking off a player and climbing back up to 47,000.
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The board read after the turn between Steve Peasley, Jeff Elseman, and John McDonald. Peasley was first to act and fired out 1,700. Both Elseman and McDonald called.
The river brought the and Peasley checked. Elseman thought for a moment and then fired out 7,000. After some time in the tank, McDonald stood his ground and made the call while Peasley ducked out of the way.
"One pair," said Elseman as he turned up . McDonald tabled a Broadway straight with the to take down the pot despite the four diamonds on board.
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Wilbur Futhey checked the flop of over to Steve Senger. Senger bet out 4,000 and Futhey called.
The turn brought a scare card with the and both players checked. The river paired the board with the and Futhey checked again to Senger. Senger didn't fall for anything and checked behind.
"Full house," announced Futhey. Senger nodded his head as he saw Futhey turn over pocket threes. Senger showed pockets himself -- pocket aces.
, Hiers bet out 2,500. Eddleman made the call.
and Hiers bet 4,000. Eddleman made the call again.
and Hiers fired all in. Eddleman quickly called with a straight flush and the stone nuts, 
. Hiers held pocket nines, turning a full house and giving her a complete cooler. She was eliminated by Eddleman as he moved up to 53,300 chips.
and saw that he was racing for his tournament life against the 
of Bryan.
, but was behind Kruger's nuts with the 
.
on the turn left him drawing to a gutshot straight, but the 
. Both players checked. Fourth street was a repeat 
to take down the pot despite the four diamonds on board.
over to Steve Senger. Senger bet out 4,000 and Futhey called.
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