We heard all in and a call from Arthur Hahn's table, and saw that there was a big pot between him and Kirk. The flop had come down , and Kirk figured to be in good shape with his . However, he was in a coin flip against the of Hahn. "I lost count of how many outs I had," Hahn said with a chuckle.
According to the Pokernews odds calculator, Kirk was a 54% favorite against Hahn's hand. That percentage shot up to 70% when the came on the turn. However, the on the river gave Hahn two pair, and he eliminated Kirk.
After that pot, Hahn is now up to 330,000, while Kirk is eliminated short of the final two tables.
Action folded around to Jesse Gerber on the button, and he moved all in for his last 70,000. Jonathan Chehanske was in the small blind, and he made the call. The big blind folded, and Chehanske saw that he was in great shape for a knock out.
Chehanske:
Gerber:
The flop was a good one for Gerber, coming down . This gave Gerber some chop outs, and the on the turn gave him more. Gerber would win the pot with a three, or chop it with a five or any card higher then an eight. However, the on the river didn't get that done, and Gerber was eliminated.
Dana Kellstrom opened shoved from the button for his last 30,000, and Arthur Hahn called from the big blind. Hahn's were well out in front of the of Kellstrom, and that stayed true as the board ran out .
Hahn scored the knockout, and upped his stack to 220,000 in the process.
On the first hand after the table redraw, action folded around to David Randall on the button. He raised it up, and Kenna James moved all in from the big blind. Randall snap called, and James saw that he was in big trouble.
Randall:
James:
The board ran down , and Randall took the pot to get back into the chip lead, with 620,000.
For the second straight year, Eric Baldwin will have to deal with the bitter sweet taste of a small cash in this event. We didn't catch the hand, but Ray Henson gave us a brief recap. Baldwin opened up in early position, and Erik Roussakis, who seemed to be his nemesis all day, three-bet him. Baldwin then jammed with , and was immediately called by Roussakis with .
The board ran clean for Roussakis, and he scored the knockout, as well as securing the chip lead with 560,000.
Loni Harwood got her chips in great preflop, holding against the of Jonathan Chehanske. The flop was a bad one for Harwood, coming all diamonds, . Chehanske held the lone diamond, and he got his flush when the hit the turn. The meaningless river was the , and Chehanske collected the pot to up his stack to 390,000.
The players are back in their chairs, and we are ready to get started again. Once we are down to 27 players, the players will do a redraw, and when that happens, we will get updated counts for everyone.
, and Kirk figured to be in good shape with his 
. However, he was in a coin flip against the 
of Hahn. "I lost count of how many outs I had," Hahn said with a chuckle.
came on the turn. However, the 
on the river gave Hahn two pair, and he eliminated Kirk.
. This gave Gerber some chop outs, and the 
on the turn gave him more. Gerber would win the pot with a three, or chop it with a five or any card higher then an eight. However, the 
were well out in front of the 
of Kellstrom, and that stayed true as the board ran out 
.
, and Randall took the pot to get back into the chip lead, with 620,000.
against the 
of Jonathan Chehanske. The flop was a bad one for Harwood, coming all diamonds, 
. Chehanske held the lone diamond, and he got his flush when the 