From the hijack seat, Arthur Molloy raised to 36,000. Michael Traylor called from the big blind and the flop came down . Traylor checked and Molloy followed up his preflop aggression with a continuation bet on the flop worth 40,000. Traylor didn't go anywhere, putting out the chips to make the call.
The turn brought the and Traylor checked. Molloy moved all in for 200,000 or so and Traylor snapped him off, tabling the for a turned set of eights. Molloy held the for an overpair of queens.
The river completed the board with the and Molloy was eliminated from the tournament. Traylor won the massive pot and his stack skyrocketed to 765,000 chips.
We love us some shout outs, and we understand Ned Mantua has his family following along with us from their respective homes scattered about the country. But Mitch, Nate, Dominic, and Tania (and respective spouses and grandchildren), hello from your pops! He's doing just fine over there at Table 2, sitting pretty with just about 600,000 chips in front of him.
Joseph Mongkoluaaree raised to 45,000 from the cutoff seat. Ray Martin moved all in for 260,000 on the nose from the small blind. Action got back to Mongkoluaaree and he thought and thought. He finally folded, claiming to give Martin "a lot of respect."
Tom Masinter raised from the button to 30,000. Donna Jetter called from the small blind and then Stanley Quinn reraised from the big blind to 105,000. Masinter and Jetter both folded and Quinn picked up the chips.
First in from the small blind, Stanley Quinn came in raising to 28,000. He only had to get through Leroy Patitz, but the big blind promptly moved all in for 150,000 total. Quinn took some to consider before making the call with the covering stack. The news was not good for the at-risk Patitz as the cards were turned up:
Quinn:
Patitz:
The flop was a bit of help as it came to give Patitz another four outs to work toward the wheel. The turn was a miss, but the river was just what the double-up doctor ordered. Patitz makes that wheel to move over 300,000, knocking Quinn down below him with about 275,000.
Ray Martin limped in from the button and John McNeilly completed in the small blind spot. Michael Traylor raised from the big blind to 52,000. Martin moved all in for about 280,000 and after McNeilly folded, Traylor called.
Traylor held the dominating to Martin's . The board ran out and Martin was sent home in 12th place. With 11 players left, Traylor is the big chip leader with 1.125 million in chips.
Stanley Quinn and Leroy Patitz saw the flop come in blind-versus-blind action. Both checked to see the fall on the turn. Quinn bet the turn for 20,000 and Patitz raised to 70,000. Quinn moved all in and Patitz called. Patitz was the player all in, calling off for 166,000. He held the for top two against the for Quinn. The river completed the board with the and Patitz doubled up.
Michael Traylor raised to 42,000 from under the gun. Joseph Mongkoluaaree made the call on the button and the flop came down . Traylor fired 80,000 and Mongkoluaaree folded. Traylor showed just the and scooped the pot. He's up to about 1.32 million now.
Dan Black just doubled up from 253,000 to over half a million after his two black kings ruined the party that Leroy Patitz's two black ladies were throwing. All the money went in preflop and the board ran out to keep Black's kings in front. Patitz is down to 120,000.
. Traylor checked and Molloy followed up his preflop aggression with a continuation bet on the flop worth 40,000. Traylor didn't go anywhere, putting out the chips to make the call.
and Traylor checked. Molloy moved all in for 200,000 or so and Traylor snapped him off, tabling the 
for a turned set of eights. Molloy held the 
for an overpair of queens.
and Molloy was eliminated from the tournament. Traylor won the massive pot and his stack skyrocketed to 765,000 chips.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
to give Patitz another four outs to work toward the wheel. The turn 
was a miss, but the river 
was just what the double-up doctor ordered. Patitz makes that wheel to move over 300,000, knocking Quinn down below him with about 275,000.
. The board ran out 
and Martin was sent home in 12th place. With 11 players left, Traylor is the big chip leader with 1.125 million in chips.
in blind-versus-blind action. Both checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Quinn bet the turn for 20,000 and Patitz raised to 70,000. Quinn moved all in and Patitz called. Patitz was the player all in, calling off for 166,000. He held the 
for top two against the 
