From middle position, Paul Hails raised to 27,000 and was called by Michael Simon from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Simon checked. After Hails fired 35,000. Simon folded.
Level: 23
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
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First into the pot from the cutoff seat, Michael Simon opened to 29,000, and Seneca Easley folded his button. In the small blind, Lori Nunes spent several long minutes in the tank before making the call for a significant chunk of her remaining stack, and it was heads up to the flop.
The dealer burned and spread 
, and Nunes slowly checked. Simon announced a covering all in, and once more Nunes would spend some quality time in the tank. She had about 130,000 chips left in front of her, and she eventually settled on a fold to save that remainder for a better spot.
"Nice play, Michael," someone at the table said.
"Thanks," he answered. "I don't know how to play post-flop so I just shove."
From middle position, Patrick Karschamroon raised to 29,000, and both the small and big blind -- Paul Hails and Hayden Fortini -- came along to see the flop.
It brought 
, and Hails took the betting lead with 32,000. Both Fortini and Karschamroon quickly called, and that led them three-handed to the 
turn. Hails gathered another bet and fired 50,000 at the pot, more than half his remaining stack. Fortini spent a good long while in the tank before releasing his cards, but Karschamroon once again made the quick call to see the last card.
It was the 
, and Hails moved all in for his last 49,000. Karschamroon must have missed; he quickly sent his cards back to the dealer face-down, and that means Hails gets to drag a relatively big pot as far as he's concerned.
After starting the hand with 157,000 chips, he's more than doubled up to 339,000 with no showdown.
In middle position, Paul Hails opened the pot to 27,000, and he was called in three places. Narinder Khasria (button), Patrick Karschamroon (small blind), and Michael Simon (big blind) all came along to see a four-way flop.
The dealer fanned out 
, and everyone checked to the button. Khasria took his cue to fire 57,000 at the pot, and Karschamroon quickly folded. Simon, however, wasn't going anywhere. He cut the calling chips out of his stack of ~300,000 and shuffled them for a moment before announcing a check-raise all in. That folded Hails, but Khasria instantly made the call with his covering stack. "That can't be good," Simon astutely noted. "I just have a nine."
Showdown
Simon: 
Khasria: 
Simon asked the dealer for a sweat card on the turn, but the left him drawing dead to the river. The meaningless 
filled out the board as Simon was already shaking hands and gathering his belongings.
He's out in 8th place, good for nearly $8,000 for the former WPT champ.
With that pot, Khasria looks to have moved up into second place overall with more than 800,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
760,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
755,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
475,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
|
315,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
205,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
135,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Patrick Karschamroon opened the pot from the cutoff seat before Lori Nunes shoved her short stack in from the small blind. It was about 120,000 total, and Karschamroon made the call with his towering stack.
Showdown
Karschamroon:
Nunes: 
Nunes knelt on her chair with her head down, her lips moving as she asked the poker gods to save her tournament life. Her cries would fall on deaf ears, though, as the 
flop crushed her pocket pair to leave her dead to the two-outer. The turn 
was no change, and the river 
was close but no cigar for the lady.
It was a fine run for the mother of four boys here in Rincon, but Nunes' day has been cut short in seventh place. That's good for more than $10,000 and her largest cash by far.
Karschamroon is really taking control of this table, now holding nearly a third of the chips in play. He's got about 1.125 million by our count.
Seneca Easley raised to 29,000 and Paul Hails called from the small blind. Hayden Fortini called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. After Hails checked. Fortini bet 37,000. Easley folded and so did Hails, allowing Fortini to win the pot and move to 610,000 in chips.
Paul Hails opened from middle position with a raise to 32,000. Narinder Khasria made the call from the small blind and Patrick Karschamroon called form the big blind.
The flop came down 
with Khasria and Karschamroon checking to Hails. He bet 60,000 and that was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
770,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
360,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Under the gun, Shaun Walker opened to 30,000, and the table passed around to the button. There, Seneca Easley three-bet it to 100,000 straight, and the action came back on Walker. He had just 148,000 chips left in front of him, and he spent a minute or two mulling over the decision. He had though, and Walker figured he pretty much had no choice. All in he went, and Easley quickly called the remainder to put Walker at risk. The shorty was in fine shape to double as Easley tabled the dominated 
.
The 
flop gave Easley another four outs to make a wheel, and the turn opened up six more chop outs for him to take his chips back. The river was the 
, though, a good card for Walker, securing his double up. He's back to 386,000 now, sliding Easley back to about 520,000 in the process.
