Lawrence Jacobs came in raising to 4,000, and Brian Senie and Dan Heimiller both called in position. From the button, Chad Brown squeezed in a reraise to 20,000, and Jacobs and Heimiller would fold. Senie, though, reraised all in over the top, and Brown called off the remaining ~70,000 of his chips to put himself at risk. He was racing.
Showdown
Senie:
Brown:
Brown needed to find a card, but he could not catch up as the board ran to send him on his way. With that pot, Senie jumps out to a big chip lead with 370,000 chips piled in front of him.
In a battle of the blinds, AJ Jejelowo kicked off the action with a raise to 4,200 from the small. Grayson Ramage raised to 10,300 from the large, but Jejelowo came right back over the top with a four-bet to about 28,000. Ramage five-bet shoved for 82,500 after the dealer told Jejelowo the exact amount, he called.
Ramage:
Jejelowo:
The flop was a pretty good one for Ramage, giving him extra outs. However, the hit the turn and locked up pot for Jejelowo. The was merely a formality as Ramage graciously wished the table good luck as he exited.
Brian Senie opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and Dan Heimiller three-bet to 10,000 on the button. The blinds folded, Senie called, and the flop came down .
Both checked to see the turn. Again both checked, leading to the river. Senie bet 16,000 and Heimiller called, clearly upset with himself when he saw Senie table for a flush. Heimiller flashed as Senie collected the chips.
Byron Kaverman shoved his last 17,500 chips in before the flop with , and he was poised to double up as AJ Jejelowo made the call with . Kaverman's hand was superior only until the flop, though, and he could not catch up on the turn or river.
Two outs are enough for Jejelowo, knocking Kaverman out in 27th place.
On a flop, Jeremiah Vinsant got all 42,100 of his chips into the middle with . He was the one doing the shoving, and Lawrence Jacobs made the call with and chips to chase his big draw.
The turn was a blank to keep Vinsant in the lead, and the river secured his double up. He's closing in on 100,000 after dragging that big pot, while Jacobs falls back to about 65,000.
Prince Gaspard found a much needed double up with , getting action from Byron Kaverman who held . The board ran out , safe for Prince to get back to about 40,000.