First in from the cutoff seat, Bernard Lee moved all in with the ol' jack-seven. Next door, the button woke up with to make the call, and the big blind put his last few chips into the middle with and a chance to triple up.
The board ran , and nobody caught a piece. That gives the pot and the double knockout to the player with Big Slick, and Lee has been eliminated.
In a battle of online heavyweights, Ari Engel raised to 4,200 from middle position, and Zach Gruneberg called to see a heads-up flop.
It came , and Engel relinquished the lead with a check. Gruneberg bet 5,500, and Engel made a relatively quick call. That brought them to the turn, and Gruneberg announced, "Eighty-five," after another Engel check. The call came once again, and Gruneberg fired another 12,500 on the turn. Engel took a long pause to consider this time, long enough that someone called the clock on him. Engel eventually surrendered his cards, slipping back to about 165,000.
The player under the gun shoved for 13,500 and action folded around to Allen Kessler in the cutoff. He three-bet shoved for just a little more and the rest of the table folded.
Kessler tabled , leading his opponent's . Kessler held up through the board and is up to about 30,000.
We picked up the action late, but Miguel Borrero would appreciate it if we told you about this double up.
It happened on a flop where a series of bets and raises left Borrero all in for 65,600 total. His opponent had the covering stack, and his had flopped a flush. It was second best, though; Borrero tabled the , needing only to fade the pesky five of hearts to stay alive.
The turn was a blank, and the river ensured there would be no one-out hilarity.
With that monster pot, Borrero has doubled up to about 140,000 and in the top few of our chip counts.