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Kunal Patel opened to 6,500 from the button, and Allen Kessler flatted in the small blind. In the big, Shannon Shorr squeezed all in for 69,900 total, drawing two folds and allowing him to chip up to 85,300 without a showdown.
From the cutoff seat, Shannon Shorr opened to 7,000, and Gary Friedlander three-bet to 19,200 from the button. When it came back to Shorr, he shoved for an additional 79,700, and Friedlander tanked and folded to slip back to a still-quite-healthy 545,000.
Shorr looks like he's going to shove his way back into contention here. That last pot drags him up to 125,000.
The hardest stack to count is that of Harry Cullen, and we're not the only ones who noticed. A moment ago, Matt Waxman asked, "After this hand, could you stack your chips in twenties?" Cullen made a comment about it taking up too much space, and Waxman tried again. "Forties?" Cullen again refused, and Waxman was getting a little frustrated. "It's kind of hard to count." Cullen made another comment, and Waxman finished up, "I understand. Because it's really difficult to stack them in twenties, I know." #sarcasm
That was the end of the issue at the time, but we now see a floorman stacking Cullen's chips for him. They're in twenty-fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
340,000 | |
|
240,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
205,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
160,000 | |
|
||
|
124,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
117,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
100,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
91,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
90,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
85,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
83,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Under the gun, Gary Friedlander opened to 8,000, and Kunal Patel three-bet shoved for 75,600 on the button. The action came to Shannon Shorr, and he too shoved, all in for about 140,000 from the big blind. "I'm out," Friedlander said, and Patel was at risk as the cards were tabled.
Showdown
Patel: 
Shorr: 
"Good luck," Shorr said, but he may want to swallow those words now. The dealer ripped off a 
flop, and Patel slid a foot out from under the table and began to stand up. Halfway through his motion, the 
hit the turn, and Patel froze as he'd picked up eight outs to the double. He was still frozen in place as the 
filled out the board, and he dropped right back down into his chair after finding that lucky run-out.
Shorr is a bit disappointed as he gives away more than half his stack, dropping to 66,200 while Patel doubles to 155,100.
That's another level down with not much action and no eliminations. That's to be expected with the deep stacks, though, and we'll be right back with some counts to show you just how deep they are. The players return in 15 minutes, and we'll be coloring up those pesky black T100 chips in the meantime.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
587,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
362,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
270,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
189,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
162,500
79,500
|
79,500 |
|
|
150,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
145,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
66,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
55,500
-104,500
|
-104,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
52,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
|
41,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Under the gun, Gary Friedlander opened to 11,500, and AJ Jejelowo came along with a call from the cutoff seat.
The flop came 
, and Jejelowo called another bet of 16,500 to see the 
on the turn. Friedlander showed down now with a check, and he called 25,000 from Jejelowo. On the 
river, Jejelowo's final bet of 70,000 was called as well, and we'd never get to see Friedlander's cards. The 
was shown up by Jejelowo, and it was good enough to take down the pot.
With that exchange, Jejelowo has taken over the chip lead with 490,000 to Friedlander's 460,000.
Allie Prescott opened to 9,000 from the button, and Jeremiah Vinsant defended his small blind with a call to see the flop.
It came 
, and the last 37,500 of Vinsant's chips went into the middle. Prescott was right there with 
, but Vinsant and his 
had that crushed. The turn 
and river 
completed Vinsant's double, and he's back up over 80,000 while Prescott falls to 107,000.
Jeremy Gaubert got his last 88,000 chips into the pot from the cutoff seat with 
, and that was a problem. Next door, Matt Waxman showed down , his covering stack poised for the knockout.
The 
flop was blank, but the turn 
pulled Gaubert into a big lead with one to come. He just needed to fade the kings and jacks left in the deck and the river was as blank as it gets.
Finding his two-outer, Gaubert has doubled up to 180,000, leaving Waxman a bit short with 83,000 chips left.
