Brandon Crawford is back near the top of the counts.
Brandon Crawford opened in early position for 3,600, the player on the button called and Leroy Spires called from the small blind. The flop came , Spires checked, Crawford bet 7,000, the button folded and Spires called. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the , Spires bet 13,000 and Crawford raised to 36,000. Spires announced call and Crawford showed him bad news when he tabled for the rivered full house. Spires exhaled and flashed the before mucking.
Kevin TaylorDevo takes a bite out of Zhao's stack.
We mentioned earlier that we were expecting fireworks between these two, and we were not disappointed, as these two just got in a huge pot preflop. Action started with Zhao raising in the cutoff to 3,600. Bryan Devonshire was next on the button, and he three bet it to 8,300. Action folded back around to Zhao, who took about 20 seconds before tossing out a reraise to 28,000 total. Devo took only about 10 seconds before announcing himself all in. Zhao eyeballed his stack, decided that she was pot committed, and made the call.
Devonshire:
Zhao:
Zhao had two live cards, and based on how she's been running today, she was probably the favorite. However, Devo got a great flop of . Zhao would need runner runner, but the door shut on that when the turn came the . The meaningless river was the , and Devo caught the big double up to over 125,000, while Zhao dips back below 300,000.
David "ODB" Baker was one of the most accomplished players remaining in the field, but he has just been eliminated in a rather interesting hand. We caught the action with 11,000 in the pot and the board reading . Baker's opponent bet out 6,000, and Baker made the call. The river came the , completing a flush. Baker's opponent asked him how much he had , then announced all in, having Baker slightly covered.
Baker went into the tank, looking back to sip on his Jamba Juice a few times. After about two minutes, another player at the table called the clock. Baker asked the floor what was an appropriate time to call the clock, and she said a couple of minutes. Baker nodded his head, then call about 10 seconds later. His opponent turned over , which at first glance looked like a bluff. However, it turned out to be a surprising straight. Baker mucked his hand, and left for the exits.
Jeff Vertes opened in middle position to 3,500 and action folded around to Phil Hellmuth in the big blind. Hellmuth took his time measuring his action and after a few short moments he announced all in for 22,500 more.
After a little while of Vertes sitting motionless Hellmuth said, "In the past I would have raised a little less in this game."
Not 30 seconds after Hellmuth said that Vertes announced a call. The hands were tabled and they were off to the showdown.
Hellmuth:
Vertes:
"Wow, ace ten?" Hellmuth remarked.
The board ran and taking a page from Barry Greenstein, Vertes knocked out Hellmuth with an ace on the river.
"Nice hand buddy," Hellmuth said as he gathered his belongings.
"You were short Phil," Vertes replied. Hellmuth quickly left the tournament area and while he was stacking the chips he said, "Well, that was the biggest knockout of my life."
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, Spires checked, Crawford bet 7,000, the button folded and Spires called. The turn brought the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
, Spires bet 13,000 and Crawford raised to 36,000. Spires announced call and Crawford showed him bad news when he tabled 
for the rivered full house. Spires exhaled and flashed the 
before mucking.
. Zhao would need runner runner, but the door shut on that when the turn came the 
, and Devo caught the big double up to over 125,000, while Zhao dips back below 300,000.
, completing a flush. Baker's opponent asked him how much he had , then announced all in, having Baker slightly covered.
, which at first glance looked like a bluff. However, it turned out to be a surprising straight. Baker mucked his hand, and left for the exits.
