In the very next hand after doubling with quads, Cord Garcia lost the majority of his stack to Brendan Waite's four fours.
The hand began when Trevor Deeter opened for 60,000 from the hijack and Garcia called from the cutoff. Waite called from the button and Blair Hinkle came along from the big blind, and it was four-way action to the flop. Two checks put action on Garcia and he bet 110,000, which only Waite called. Garcia then check-called a bet of 135,000 on the turn before checking the river.
Waite took the opportunity to bet a hefty 435,000, and after thinking about it for 90 seconds or so, Cord called. Waite anxiously tabled the for quads, and Cord lobbed his cards to the muck while dropping to 400,000.
The action folded around the table to Mark Bonsack in the small blind. Electing to raise to 80,000, Bonsack got reraised by Trevor Deeter's all in of 575,000. Bonsack snap-called and their cards were turned up:
Deeter:
Bonsack:
Bonsack's ace high was leading for the moment and the flop left Deeter needing to catch a king or eight. Deeter would not get lucky as the and peeled off on the turn and river.
Deeter, a 29-year-old native of Longhorne, PA, finished in sixth place for $23,448.
Blair Hinkle opened for 60,000 from the cutoff and Brendan Waite defended from the big blind. The latter check-called bets of 90,000 and 180,000 on the flop and turn respectively, and then led out for 420,000 on the river.
Hinkle leaned back in his chair before making the call, and Waite confidently tabled the . Much to his surprise, Hinkle tabled the winning .
Anyone can win a WSOP Circuit ring, but it takes a talented individual to win two. That’s what Mark Bonsack did in Event #6 $365 Limit Omaha 8 or Better when he topped a field of 134 players to win $11,254. The win gave Bonsack, who finished 12th in last year’s National Championship, his second non-hold’em ring—the other came in 2011 in a $365 H.O.R.S.E. event at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe for $7,484.
“Hopefully I’ll get back to [the National Championship] and have another chance at it,” said Bonsack, a 52-year-old contractor from Cle Elum, Washington. “I really want to get a bracelet. I probably still need a few more [points], but I’m close.”
The good news is that Bonsack will be back at the National Championship. Thanks to his deep run here in the Main Event, Bonsack will either win and earn a seat or capture the stop's Casino Championship. Either way, he's in. Now all Bonsack is focused on is improving over his finish here last year when he took fifth for $25,127.
Here's a look at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #6 Limit Omaha Eight or Better final table:
Facing the button raise of Mark Bonsack, Cord Garcia, with a short stack of 425,000, went all in on the big blind and got snapped called by Bonsack's . Garcia begrudgingly turned over his under pair of . Garcia, who was sporting a Run Good Gear hoodie, was in bad shape and with the flop, he needed runner-runner. The peeled off on the turn giving him a gutshot draw, but it was not Cord's time for the "one time" as the came on the river.
Garcia, a 23-year-old poker pro from Houston, TX, was eliminated in fifth place taking home $30,365.
The four remaining players seemed to playing their cards close to their chest. There haven't been any significant pots since the elimination of Cord Garcia. With that said, there are only eight minutes left in the level, so the price of poker is about to go up.
In the last hand of Level 28, Mark Bonsack raised to 65,000 from the small blind, and the big blind, Brendan Waite, made the call. The flope came and both players checked. When the came on the turn, Bonsack's bet of 80,000 was reraised to 280,000 from the short stack of Waite. Bonsack made the call and the peeled off on the river. Both players checked and flipped up their cards:
Bonsack:
Waite:
Waite took down the pot with a pair of eights and now sits at 1,200,000 in chips.
We just saw our first major pot of four-handed action, and it was one that left one player visibly frustrated.
It began when Blair Hinkle opened under the gun for 90,000 and received calls from Brendan Waite and Sean Small in the small and big blinds respectively. All three players checked the flop, and then Waite led out for 135,000 on the turn. Small called, Hinkle folded, and the completed the board on the river.
Waite slowed down with a check and Small thought for about 25 seconds before betting 375,000. Waite responded with an all-in check-raise to 1.17 million and Small made a relatively quick call. Waite tabled the for a rivered full house, and Small slammed down his cards, the , in frustration. After the chips were pushed, Waite took over the chip lead while Small fell to the short stack.
The last fifteen minutes have been mostly preflop raise-and-take-it scenarios. The best action we've seen in awhile was the last pot which was reraised preflop to 280,000 when Blair Hinkle moved all in for 1,500,000 and took it down.
flop. Two checks put action on Garcia and he bet 110,000, which only Waite called. Garcia then check-called a bet of 135,000 on the 
turn before checking the 
river.
for quads, and Cord lobbed his cards to the muck while dropping to 400,000.
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flop left Deeter needing to catch a king or eight. Deeter would not get lucky as the 
and 
peeled off on the turn and river.
flop and 
. Much to his surprise, Hinkle tabled the winning 
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. Garcia begrudgingly turned over his under pair of 
flop, he needed runner-runner. The 
peeled off on the turn giving him a gutshot draw, but it was not Cord's time for the "one time" as the 
came on the river.
and both players checked. When the 
came on the turn, Bonsack's bet of 80,000 was reraised to 280,000 from the short stack of Waite. Bonsack made the call and the 
flop, and then Waite led out for 135,000 on the 
