Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
After another two hours the field has been sent on a 15 minute break.
Troy Weber moved all in preflop from early position for a little under 15,000. He got one caller who tabled
and Weber turned over
.
The flop came
and the turn was
. It was at that point Weber stood up from the table to leave when the river came
. He sat back down after spiking Broadway has 32,000 to keep him alive.
Harold Dennis limped in from middle position, the small blind called and Craig Burgeron checked his option out of the big blind.
The flop was 

and the first two players checked to Dennis who bet 7,000. The player in the small blind folded but Burgeron threw out 50,000 in chips, enough to put Dennis all in. After a lengthy debate, Dennis decided to make the call tabling 
.
"Two pair?! ... I thought I was way ahead," Burgeron said. No matter though. The turn was the
, counterfeiting Dennis' two pair. The river
kept Burgeron in the lead and Dennis was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Luis Reyes raised to 6,500, first to act. A woman called him from the hijack position before the player in the big blind moved all in for 22,800. Reyes thought a bit before raising enough to put his opponent behind him all in. She folded and Reyes took a shot solo to eliminate a competitor.
Reyes: 

Opponent: 

The flop was 

which all but ended things. The
turn made it official and the
was dealt on the meaningless river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dale Robinson was in early position and opened for 5,600. Randy Pfeifer called from late position and the big blind came along as well. The flop fell
, the big blind checked, Robinson checked and Pfeifer bet 11,800. The big blind got out of the way and Robinson called.
The turn came
, Robinson checked a second time and Pfeifer bet 19,200. Robinson check-raised to 40,500, which sent alarms off in Pfeifer's head. "Do you have ace-queen?" he wondered aloud. He counted out some raising chips and stewed a little more.
Pfeifer folded his hand and Robinson chipped up to over six-figures.
Facing a raise to 5,300 and a call, Jacob Bazely moved all in for 34,600 from the small blind. The initial raiser made the call while the third player got out of the way.
Bazely: 

Opponent: 

The flop was 

and Bazely took control. The turn was the
, leaving his opponent drawing to just one out. The
river was a blank and Bazely is back up to over the average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000 |
A player in early position opened the pot with a raise to 5,300 and was called by two players in middle position and the player in the big blind.
The flop was 

and the player first to act moved all in for just 1,400. The preflop raiser was next to act and moved all in over the top for about 35,000. The next player folded while Bob Cole made the call having his opponent just barely covered.
Cole held 
while his nearly even-stacked opponent had 
. The third player with a short stack had 
. The turn was the
and and the river was the
. Cole was able to avoid his opponent filling up with a boat and he successfully busted two players in one hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
97,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Mark "Pegasus" Smith and Luis Reyes built a 20,000 pot by the time the flop was
. Smith had bet and Reyes moved all in. Smith called and tabled
for a flopped two-pair and Reyes had pocket aces.
The turn gave Reyes the lead when the board paired with the
. Smith needed another king or jack to retake the lead, but blanked when the river fell
.
Reyes moved to among the chipleaders while Smith was able to keep his stack around average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
75,000 |