Dennis Thurman raised it up in early position, and Thomas Sheets three bet it out of the small blind. Thurman tagged along, and the flop came down . Thurman open shoved all in for his last 348,000, and after some deliberation, Sheets made the call.
Sheets:
Thurman:
Sheets had the worst hand that Thurman could have seen, as two of his outs were gone. Thurman was looking for a seven or one of the two queens left to complete his straight, but the turn and river came down the and .
After that hand, Sheets is up to 850,000, while Thurman drops down to 525,000.
Raymond Morgan raised it up to 42,000 in the hijack, and Allie Prescott made the call in the cutoff. Action came to John Holley in the small blind, and after about 30 seconds of thought, he squeezed by shoving all in for 408,000.
It got back around to Morgan, who took his time with the decision. After breaking down the chips in his stack, he elected to make the call. Prescott folded, though he did say he would have called had Morgan not.
Morgan:
Holley:
Morgan was well out in front, but that all changed when the flop came down . Holley now had the big lead, and Morgan would need to catch the three outer now. He couldn't do it though, as the board completed and .
A dejected Morgan sent the chips over to Holley, knocking him down to 805,000 in the process. Meanwhile, Holley is now up to 860,000.
After that initial flurry of short stacks — and Dave Fox — being eliminated, play has slowed considerably as we move through the second half of Level 25.
With the average stack at 771,429 (a little less than 50 big blinds), even the shorter stacks are deep enough to be patient at present.
Tony Sinishtaj opened for 35,000 from middle position and it folded around to John Holley in the small blind who called. The flop came all spades — — and Holley checked. Sinishtaj bet 38,000 and Holley called.
The next two streets saw Holley checking dark, then calling bets from Sinishtaj. The turn brought the and a call from Holley after a 65,000 bet, and the river the and another, somewhat exasperated call from Holley after Sinishtaj bet 125,000.
Sinishtaj then showed for the nut flush, and Holley mucked.
Hend Matthews opened for 40,000 from middle position and picked up two callers in Joseph McKeehen (button) and Tom Dobrilovic (big blind).
The flop came . Dobrilovic checked, Matthews bet 75,000, and McKeehen called. Dobrilovic thought for a while, then finally let his go. The remaining two players then both checked the turn card.
The river brought the . Matthews set out a bet of 160,000, and after pausing a few beats McKeehen set out a column of pink (10,000) chips to call.
"Good hand," said Matthews, tossing her forward face up. McKeehen then showed his and scooped the chips.
. Thurman open shoved all in for his last 348,000, and after some deliberation, Sheets made the call.
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. Holley now had the big lead, and Morgan would need to catch the three outer now. He couldn't do it though, as the board completed 
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— and Holley checked. Sinishtaj bet 38,000 and Holley called.
and a call from Holley after a 65,000 bet, and the river the 
for the nut flush, and Holley mucked.
. Dobrilovic checked, Matthews bet 75,000, and McKeehen called. Dobrilovic thought for a while, then finally let his go. The remaining two players then both checked the 
