Patrick Houchins and John Andress were heads up in a raised pot with the board reading . Houchins checked, Andress bet 7,500 and Houchins check-raised to 27,500. Andress called.
The turn was the and Houchins led for 32,000. Andress min-raised to 64,000 and Houchins called.
Both players checked the on the river and Houchins opened for a pair of eights. Andress mucked his hand and was angry at himself for not firing a third bullet. Houchins slapped the table with elation and raked in the monster pot to push his stack to 360,000 chips.
Andress got some back the very next hand though. He opened with and Brett Rehfeld moved all in for around 20,000 with . Andress called and the board ran , eliminating Rehfeld and increasing Andress' stack back to 130,000 chips.
Michael "The Huginator" Hug opened to 6,000 from middle position and Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah three-bet to 16,000 right next to him. The action folded back to Hug who called and the flop came down .
Hug checked to Leah who continued for 8,500. Hug called.
The turn was the and Hug checked again. Leah fired 18,500, Hug folded and Leah was shipped the pot.
We've lost seven players during the first half-hour of play today, leaving us with 74 still with chips. All of those appear present and accounted for except for one, Robert Johnson, his starting stack of 113,000 sitting patiently at his chair.
Maybe he got caught in a traffic jam down at the crossroads.
Action folded to David Zeitlin who opened to 7,800 on the button. Brad McFarland three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind and Dylan Drazen went deep into the tank before folding his big blind. Zeitlin thought for a moment then four-bet to 49,200. McFarland five-bet jammed for 144,000, Zeitlin snapped it off and we had ourselves a 300,000-chip pot.
Showdown
Zeitlin:
McFarland:
The flop did not make McFarland a pair, but he was now drawing to the nut-flush. The turn wasn't a heart, but the was enough for McFarland to snatch the lead away. The bricked on the river and McFarland is now around 300,000 chips.
Zeitlin is still somewhat healthy, he has over 75,000 chips.
Action folded to Ben Kreupp on the button who moved all in for around 30,000. Man Nguyen released and Robert Pfeister went into the tank. After about a minute he called and Kreupp didn't look pleased.
We just had a double-knockout, with Joe Udine the one responsible for sending two more players to the rail.
After Walter Taylor had open-pushed all in for just under 40,000 from middle position, Manh Nyguen reshipped from the button for a little over 100,000. Udine, who had Nyguen just covered, called from the big blind.
Udine
Taylor
Nguyen
The five community cards came , and both Nguyen and Taylor are gone. Udine bounces up to about 250,000 on that one.
Peter Lee opened from middle position and Jorge Carvalho three-bet to 20,000 near the button. Lee called and the flop fell . Lee checked and Carvalho moved all in for almost twice the pot. Lee quickly called.
Showdown
Lee:
Carvalho:
Carvalho was in a world of hurt and did not improve on the turn () or the river (), eliminating him from the tournament.
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. Houchins checked, Andress bet 7,500 and Houchins check-raised to 27,500. Andress called.
and Houchins led for 32,000. Andress min-raised to 64,000 and Houchins called.
on the river and Houchins opened 
for a pair of eights. Andress mucked his hand and was angry at himself for not firing a third bullet. Houchins slapped the table with elation and raked in the monster pot to push his stack to 360,000 chips.
and Brett Rehfeld moved all in for around 20,000 with 
. Andress called and the board ran 
, eliminating Rehfeld and increasing Andress' stack back to 130,000 chips.
and Hug checked again. Leah fired 18,500, Hug folded and Leah was shipped the pot.
flop did not make McFarland a pair, but he was now drawing to the nut-flush. The turn wasn't a heart, but the 
and Kreupp headed towards the exit.
, and both Nguyen and Taylor are gone. Udine bounces up to about 250,000 on that one.
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