There was all in action preflop between the small blind player and Anthony Allison from the big blind.
Anthony Allison: 
Opponent: 
Allison had his opponent crushed until the 
flop fell.
Allison's opponent tripped up with the 
turn but it also gave him the nut flush draw.
Luckily for Allison, he completed with the 
and eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 |
With roughly 15,500 in the middle on a board that read 
Cole Sudeck checked to Gregg Merkow who bet 7,600 and Sudeck grabbed a tower of 1,000 chips for a raise to approximately 30,000. Merkow took about 30-seconds before deciding to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000
14,400
|
14,400 |
|
37,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
142,500
14,700
|
14,700 |
|
110,000
83,200
|
83,200 |
|
||
|
80,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
|
71,200
18,300
|
18,300 |
|
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
62,000
40,200
|
40,200 |
|
55,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
52,100
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
||
|
|
45,200 | |
|
|
42,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
41,200
13,100
|
13,100 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
29,600
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
25,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
17,400
32,600
|
32,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,600 | |
|
68,500
35,800
|
35,800 |
|
54,500
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
48,700
14,300
|
14,300 |
|
|
42,300
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
35,300
24,900
|
24,900 |
|
32,400
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
25,500
2,300
|
2,300 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
High Roller players are on their dinner break, action will resume in 60-minutes.
Alan Baker raised in early position to 2,000 and Antoine Norris defended the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Norris check-raised the 3,000 bet all-in for roughly 12,000 which Baker snap-called and both hands were tabled.
Antoine Norris: 
Alan Baker: 
Both players were open-ended but Baker was in the lead with King-high. The turn was no help for either player when the 
landed and the on the river meant Norris was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,500 | |
|
|
Busted |
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant.
In Event #3: $400 NLH Multi-Flight, 898 runners created a $296,340 prize pool that was paid out to the top 132 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Charles Barker (14th - $2,972), Will Berry (24th - $1,870), Bart Bogard (29th - $1,523), Craig Savage (36th - $1,354), and Kevin Nguyen (41st - $1,320).
In the end, NeilVolaski raked in $53,796 and his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring Sunday evening at his regular casino stomping grounds, Choctaw Durant.
“I’ve had my opportunities in the past and I’ve probably made mistakes that I shouldn’t have when I played just because it was the first time being there,” Volaski stated. “It was a turbo and it was like two in the morning and I had to go to work the next day and I just made a mistake that I should have never made. It hurt.”
Volaski made it through Day 1A with a middle-of-the-pack stack, giving him a day of rest before the restart Sunday afternoon. On Day 2, he cruised all the way to heads-up action against a familiar opponent, gold ring winner Chad Smith.
“I’ve played with Chad before and he’s a really good player,” said Volaski. “Today, when we were heads up and I had a 2-1 chip lead I knew it was gonna happen.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Volaski | Prosper, Texas | $53,796 |
| 2 | Chad Smith | Plano, Texas | $33,246 |
| 3 | James Jewell | Rudy, Arizona | $23,682 |
| 4 | Noah Nodine | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $17,159 |
| 5 | Jonathan Bolyen | Denton, Texas | $12,649 |
| 6 | Louis Barlow | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $9,490 |
| 7 | Shomari Williams | Fort Worth, Texas | $7,249 |
| 8 | Aditya Kelkar | Plano, Texas | $5,639 |
| 9 | Alan Cummins | Trophy Club, Texas | $4,469 |
Adnan Aidi opened under the gun for 1,600 and the big blind player defended to see a 
flop.
The big blind player check-raised Aidi's 2,200 bet to 7,200 and Aidi quickly called to see the 
fall on the turn.
The big blind player lead out for 6,500 but mucked his hand after Aidi raised to 19,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 |
Ulrich Leutwyler limped under-the-gun, John Gallaher called on the button and the big blind checked his option.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and all three players checked to the see the 
on the turn. The big blind checked once again and Leutwyler bet out 2,000 which Gallaher raised to 6,500 and the big blind announced all-in, Leutwyler announces he is all-in as well and Gallaher snap-calls.
Big blind: 
Ulrich Leutwyler: 
John Gallaher: 
All three players smashed the board, with Leutwyler having two pair, while the big blind had the straight with a flush draw and Gallaher had a flopped straight as well. The river however, was the giving Leutwyler the full house to eliminate the big blind and scoop the entire pot. Gallaher finished third in the hand but had both opponents covered, leaving him with 10,600 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
10,600
31,900
|
31,900 |
