We saw Kyle Julius sitting with a mountain of chips and the seat formerly occupied by Aaron Massey was empty. A quick check with Julius and he confirmed that he'd done the deed.
According to him it happened after Massey opened for 625, Josh Reichard three-bet to 1,500 and Julius four-bet to 2,600. Massey then five-bet to 5,100, Reichard folded and Julius called, bringing about a flop. Long story short, Julius held the and Massey had . The money actually got in on the turn, and after the river was run out, a dejected Massey took his leave from the 2013 Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship.
Froehlich was way behind and in need of some help, but he'd find none as the board ran out . Gibralter, who hails from Rockwall, Texas, was pushed the pot while Froehlich made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
Registration is open until the start of Day 2 here in the Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship, and tournament director Jack Effel has suggested that a few players may be flying in to do just that.
Now, thanks to Twitter, we know one of those players is Jason Mercier, who just busted a tournament in Las Vegas and has opted to hop a flight to come compete for his third bracelet.
We saw Ben Reason, who was recently featured in PokerNews' popular Circuit Grinder series, standing on the rail. He confirmed that he was eliminated prior to the dinner break when a six-bet pot resulted in him being all in preflop holding against the of Kurt Jewell.