Sam Barnhart is no stranger to the WSOP Circuit. Last year he won the Main Event in Tunica which qualified him for the National Championship where he also emerged victorious. As if it couldn't get any better, Barnhart went on to place 17th in the Main Event for the biggest cash of his career.
Barnhart essentially became an overnight sensation, but his run good didn't carry over to today's event. The man from Arkansas was unable to get anything going and tended to a short stack all afternoon. He recently decided to commit his last 17,000 with from the cutoff after a middle-position player had moved all in for 26,500. Unfortunately for Barnhart, his opponent held and he was unable to catch as the board ran out .
While his Main Event came to an end, Barnhart informed us that he'll be jumping into Event #12 at 5pm, the last ring event here in St. Louis.
"This speech is my recital, I think it's very vital
To rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time)
It's tricky Trippy is the title, here we go..."
We reported Tripp Kirk as the end of Day 1 chip leader when actuality it was the now departed Blake Barousse; nonetheless, only a few thousands separated the two. While Kirk is still alive, he hasn't gotten much going today. Despite that, he is still sitting with an above-average stack.
In a recent hand, an early-position player opened for 5,200 and found a caller in the form of Kirk from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 7,200 on the flop before both players checked the turn. When the appeared on the river, Kirk took the initiative and bet 15,600, which was enough to take down the pot. Immediately after, Kirk's table was broken.
Our attention was drawn to this hand at the river with a sizable pot in the middle. Peter Brooks was agonizing over an all in bet on the river by Terry Stuhldreher. The board read and Stuhldreher's all in was just over 75,000 and there was approximately about 50,000 in the pot already.
Brooks was in obvious agony over the bet and spent a good deal of time in the tank. He finally announced a call and Stuhldreher tabled for a flopped set. Brooks, though not required to, showed for third pair.
Nadya Magnus opened for 6,500 under the gun only to have Michael "Carwash" Schneider three-bet all in for 36,000. Action folded back around to Magnus and she called off holding and she was racing against Schneider's .
Much to Magnus' dismay, the flop fell , giving Schneider the lead. She was unable to catch a queen on the turn and river, putting an end to her day here in Level 16.
Meanwhile, Joe Hebda has also been eliminated from the Main Event.
From under the gun Ping Liu opened to 6,500 and action folded around to Gary Bolden in the cutoff. Bolden called and the blinds released. The flop came , Liu checked an Bolden bet 17,000. Liu called and the turn produced the . Liu checked again and Bolden took just a little bit of time to move all in for 79,000.
Liu went deep into the tank. He counted out calling chips, counted what would be behind and shuffled his chips repeatedly. Bolden was a statue as Liu stared him down and finally tossed in calling chips after a lengthy tank.
"Damn," Bolden said, thinking he was beat. He tabled and was pleasantly surprised when Liu turned up .
The river was the and Bolden's better full house earned him the pot and a spot among the chipleaders.
Ross Bybee was under the gun and opened things with a raise, only to have the player to his immediate left three-bet to 10,500. Action folded back around to Bybee and he put in the four-bet to 27,000. His opponent thought for about 15 seconds before five-betting to 100,500.
Bybee only had around 105,000 behind, so it was essentially for his stack. The Texan thought long and hard, about three minutes in fact, before giving up his hand.
from the cutoff after a middle-position player had moved all in for 26,500. Unfortunately for Barnhart, his opponent held 
and he was unable to catch as the board ran out 
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flop before both players checked the 
appeared on the river, Kirk took the initiative and bet 15,600, which was enough to take down the pot. Immediately after, Kirk's table was broken.
for a flopped set. Brooks, though not required to, showed 
.
, Liu checked an Bolden bet 17,000. Liu called and the turn produced the 
. Liu checked again and Bolden took just a little bit of time to move all in for 79,000.
and Bolden's better full house earned him the pot and a spot among the chipleaders.
