Ryan Leng's pocket threes held up in a preflop all in vs a short stacked opponent who had / The board would run out and Leng boosted his stack via the elimination.
With around 15,000 in the middle and the board reading , Kobie Wilkerson was facing an all-in shove for 31,000. Wilkerson thought for a moment and then made the call.
His opponent tabled but Wilkerson had him beat with . The turn was the and Wilkerson had his opponent drawing dead to the on the river.
Just a couple of hands later, Wilkerson and the player on his left limped in only to have Robert Hankins raise it up from the hijack. Both Wilkerson and the other limper called to see a flop of .
The action checked to Hankins who continued with a bet and both of his opponents called. The turn was the and Wilkerson led out for 20,000. The opponent on his left snap-called and Hankins came along as well.
The paired the board on the river and Wilkerson counted out another 25,000. His opponent instantly called again only to have Hankins shove all in for 86,000. Wilkerson called and the other player folded. Hankins tabled for a full house while Wilkerson showed for two pair.
Steve Spunt raised it up from early position and was called by the player on his left and Irene Carey in the big blind. The flop came and Carey checked to Spunt who continued for 6,000. The player on his left called and Carey folded.
The turn brought the and Spunt fired out another 7,000. His opponent still called and the paired the board on the river. Spunt tossed in another 10,000 and his opponent looked him up. Spunt tabled for a flush and was awarded the pot.
Action was picked up on the turn as chips from the flop action between Josh Reichard in the big blind and Maurice Hawkins from the cutoff, were being pulled into the pot.
The turn came to make the board read . Reichard led out with an all in jam which Hawkins called after about ten seconds. Reichard turned over the for a set while Hawkins feebly turned his hand over flashing a and started to immediately turn his cards back face down as the came on the river to give Reichard an unneeded case trey to take the big pot.
The action folded to the cutoff who raised it up to 4,000. Michael Marder called from the small blind along with Antonio Payne in the big blind. The flop fell and Marder checked to Payne who led out for 5,500. The cutoff called and Marder got out of the way.
The turn brought the and Payne fired out another bet of 10,500. His opponent still called and the completed the board. Payne dropped in another bet of 22,000 and his opponent went into the tank for over two minutes. He eventually decided to fold and Payne showed .
"Did you have a king?" Payne questioned, under the assumption that he was bluffing but got no response.
After the break, the final few players have finished trickling into the field as the tournament clock shows 360 entries for Flight A. Ryan Leng was one of them as he just recently busted Event #9 prior to the final table.
Steven Grybas raised it up from early position and the button jammed all in for around 20,000. The blinds folded and Grybas made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Steven Grybas:
Opponent:
The two players were flipping and the flop of left Grybas in the lead. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing as Grybas sent his opponent packing.