| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,500 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
23,700 | |
|
12,600 |
A player raised to 1,000 from the hijack, and Michael Perrone three-bet to 3,200 from the cutoff. Action folded back to the hijack, who called.
The hijack checked a 
flop over to Perrone, who fired 2,500. The hijack folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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George Dietz raised to 1,000 from under the gun, and was called by Roland Israelashvili next to act, Gerald Heath in the hijack, and Bradley Jansen in the small blind.
Action checked through a 
flop, and Jansen led out for 1,400 on the 
turn. Only Dietz called.
Both players checked the 
river, and Dietz tabled 
. Jansen mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,700
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
40,300
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
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Players are off on their second fifteen-minute break of the day.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event, 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 Potawatomi.
In Event #5: $400 NLH Turbo, 155 runners created a $55,155 prize pool that was paid out to the top 24 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the official final table were Thai Dinh (10th- $915), Jason Alonzo (13th - $787), Gerald Heath (14th - $787), James Pupillo (18th - $699) and Cole Sudeck (23rd - $604).
In the end, it was Illinois native Ken Donarski who collected every chip in play to win his second gold ring along with a $13,127 payday.
The one-day event was moving fast-paced as most turbo events are and bodies kept flying to the payout desk even after the final table was reached. It wasn’t until three players were remaining until chips were evened out and play slowed down.
Once Donarski eliminated Jeff Halcomb in third place, he took a sizable chip advantage into the heads-up match against Gordie Jones.
The heads-up battle lasted didn’t look like it was going to last very long as all the chips were in the middle the very first hand. Donarski flopped top-pair and was ahead until Jones turned his open-ended straight leveling the playing field.
The back-and-forth battle continued to a point where Jones took the commanding chip lead and the two players were all in once again. It was a race for Donarski’s tournament life as he held big slick while Jones held a made hand of nines. Jones was looking good to secure the title until an ace fell on the river giving Donarski the double-up and turning the tides once more in his favor.
The heads-up match continued with one more all in where Jones got his stack in on the turn holding two-pair while Donarski flopped his ace. Jones got his money in good once more, but it was like he was in a bad dream playing over as Donarski rivered a third ace to send Jones out the door in second place.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Donarski | Willow Brook, IL | $13,127 |
| 2 | Goride Jones | Nekoosa, WI | $8,114 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Halcomb | Chicago, IL | $5,649 |
| 4 | David Tyler | Oconomowoc, WI | $4,030 |
| 5 | Jeremy Johnson | Green Bay, WI | $2,947 |
| 6 | Joseph Reiman | Waukesha, WI | $2,210 |
| 7 | David Watters | Neenah, WI | $1,701 |
| 8 | Fredrick Bailey | N/A | $1,346 |
| 9 | Kyungmin Park | Northbrook, IL | $1,094 |
WSOP Bracelet winner Robert Mitchell checked an 
board over to Craig Trost, who told us during the break that "he was down to three-and-a-half bigs an orbit ago!"
Trost, now armed with above starting stack, bet 3,500 into the pot of 3,600, and Mitchell check-raised to 9,000. Trost called.
Mitchell bet 10,000 on the 
river, and Trost tanked for a few moments, then called. Mitchell flipped over 
for a pair of eights, but Trost held the winner with 
for a set of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
50,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
73,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
||
|
72,500 | |
|
69,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
67,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
44,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
39,000
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
|
|
36,000
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
|
||
|
28,900 | |
|
||
|
28,000 | |
|
27,000
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
||
|
23,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
19,500
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
19,000 | |
Aaron Massey checked a 
board from middle position, as did the player in the hijack. Jerod Smith bet 5,000 into a pot of 10,000 from the cutoff, and only Massey called.
The fell on the river, and Massey tanked for a minute before announcing, "Fourteen-thousand." Smith called after his own stint in the tank, only to muck after Massey rolled over 
for a rivered straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
11,900
-23,600
|
-23,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
102,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
77,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
71,000
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
|
63,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
62,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
54,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
52,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
46,200
16,200
|
16,200 |
|
42,000 | |
|
37,000 | |
|
|
35,000
22,400
|
22,400 |
|
|
31,500
14,100
|
14,100 |
|
30,500
-2,900
|
-2,900 |
|
29,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,700
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
|
28,100
-29,800
|
-29,800 |
|
28,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
25,700
18,400
|
18,400 |
|
22,000
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
|
19,700
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
18,600
-20,600
|
-20,600 |
|
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