William Lord limped in and Patrick Houchins raised in late position. Lord then re-raised all in and Houchins made the call.
Showdown
Lord:
Houchins:
The was a fun one, giving Lord a leading pair of nines and Houchins the nut-flush draw. The on the turn was a blank, but the spiked on the river giving Houchins the best hand and eliminating Lord from the tournament.
Houchins is head and shoulders above everyone in the room with 485,000 chips.
Brad McFarland began today among the chip leaders, but suffered through a tough level-and-a-half before finding himself all in with versus Albert Winchester's . The board ran out , and McFarland is out. Winchester now sits with about 275,000
There are currently 57 players remaining -- 12 more eliminations until the cash bubble bursts.
On September 11th, 2001, Mike Kosowski dashed into the World Trade Center like countless other first responders. He suffered a handful of herniated discs in his back and neck, but thankfully he survived when the South tower fell.
In the aftermath, Kosowski started picking up poker and in 2009 he had the opportunity to compete in a televised Million Dollar Challenge. Kosowski won every challenge, including a final heads-up battle against Daniel Negreanu for $1 million.
Today he's in the field, and he just busted fellow New Yorker Joseph Chaplin. It was quite a cooler, the two got all the money in preflop with Kosowski's aces crushing Chaplin's kings. Chaplin did not improve his hand and was eliminated from the tournament.
Kosowski now has 310,000 chips and is looking to add to his poker resume.
Mike Leah opened with a raise from middle position, David Fruchter reraised behind, and it folded back around to Leah who made the call.
The flop came . Leah checked, Fruchter bet 20,400, and Leah called. The turn brought the and a bet of 20,700 from Leah. Fruchter called.
The river was the . This time Leah carved out 35,600 and with a disgusted look Fruchter quickly called. Leah flipped over for trip queens, and Fruchter unhappily tossed his cards to the center of the table.
Leah chips up over 200,000 with that pot, while Fruchter falls to the 60,000-chip range.
Chris Barton open-shoved his last 25,100 from the cutoff seat and John Andress flat-called on the button. Both blinds released and it was showdown time.
Showdown
Barton:
Andress:
The dealer rapped the table and delivered a flop of .
"Uh oh," Andress said smiling.
The on the turn brought chop-outs, but it was the on the river that did Barton in. Andress scooped the pot and is now up to 275,000 chips.
Vasilios Hrisafinis opened to 9,000 from early position and Peter Lee called in the small blind. Raymond Otazu three-bet shoved for around 50,000 and Hrisafinis re-shoved for nearly 100,000. Lee folded and we were off to the races.
Showdown
Hrisafinis:
Otazu:
The flop not only kept Otazu in the lead, but he was open-ended in case Hrisafinis spiked an ace or king. The turn was indeed the and now Otazu needed a seven, nine or four to stay alive.
The on the river was no help however, and Otazu hit the rail.
There have been a flurry of eliminations in the past few minutes and we are now on the money bubble.
One of the key eliminations came in a hand with Patrick Houchins. A player opened to 13,000 and Houchins re-raised to 40,000 from the small blind. The original raised moved in and found out he was crushed.
Opponent:
Houchins:
The board ran out and the player was eliminated from the tournament.
It appears as though the cash bubble has burst before hand-for-hand play could begin. Amid that spate of eliminations that just happened, Vincent Moscat went out on one table just as Vasilios Hrisafinis went out on another. Not sure, but it looks like those two might be chopping 45th-place prize money. (Details of Hrisafinis' elimination -- and the cashout situation -- to come.)
In any event, the tourney was paused for a few minutes while all was sorted out, and it looks like we're about to get started again with 44 players left.
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was a fun one, giving Lord a leading pair of nines and Houchins the nut-flush draw. The 
on the turn was a blank, but the 
spiked on the river giving Houchins the best hand and eliminating Lord from the tournament.
versus Albert Winchester's 
. The board ran out 
, and McFarland is out. Winchester now sits with about 275,000
. Leah checked, Fruchter bet 20,400, and Leah called. The turn brought the 
. This time Leah carved out 35,600 and with a disgusted look Fruchter quickly called. Leah flipped over 
for trip queens, and Fruchter unhappily tossed his cards to the center of the table.
on the turn brought chop-outs, but it was the 
on the river that did Barton in. Andress scooped the pot and is now up to 275,000 chips.
and the player was eliminated from the tournament.