From the cutoff, Kyle Kloeckner raises to 25,000 for the second hand in a row. Next to him, John-Paul Kelly moves all in for a total of 64,000. Action passes back around to Kloeckner, and he pauses for a minute before making the call. The hands are shown down:
Kloeckner:
Kelly:
There's an ace right in the door for Kloeckner, as the flop comes down . The turn and river come and , doing nothing to help Kelly. He came into today on the short stack, and he is headed out just a few minutes into the action. For his three-day effort, he will pocket more than $22,000.
Jonathan Depa raised to 25,000. Action folded to Minh Ly in the big blind. Ly announced "pot" and reraised the pot. Depa moved all in and Ly called.
Depa:
Ly:
The door card was great to Depa on the flop. Ly needed to catch another jack to eliminate Depa.
The turn came another five, the . The river then came the which wasn't what Ly was looking for. After some confusion on the chip stacks, Ly was left with only 4,000 chips and would be all in in the small blind next hand.
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Play has switched back to Omaha, and with the exception of the two early elimination hands, play has been rather timid so far. The players appear to be feeling each other out to some extent. Allen Cunningham raised maybe seven or eight times in that half hour, making it 25,000 each time, and each time winning the blinds. Only once did he get played back at, when Kyle Hegeman reraised him to 75,000. Cunningham ducked out, flashing .
Besides Cunningham, Kloeckner has been the other active player. He, too, has put in numerous 25,000-chip raises and won the blinds each time. Lennart Holtkamp is the only other player, apart from those two, who has raised multiple pots. Each time he raises, he buries his head in his hands, elbows on the rail, defying the attempts of his tablemates to get a read on him.
It will be interesting to see how play develops in the next half hour of Omaha.
The two biggest names at the table clashed on this hand. Kyle Kloeckner raised to 25,000 and Allen Cunningham called from the small blind as did Max Pescatori from the big blind.
The flop came and Cunningham led out for 50,000. Pescatori tanked for a few minutes before announcing that he raised the pot. Kloeckner folded. Cunningham asked him if he had more chips behind and Pescatori said he had about 20,000 left.
Cunningham showed the as he mucked and said, "I don't think it's coming."
Kyle Kloeckner raised to 25,000 from under the gun and only Kyle Hegeman made the call.
The flop came and both players checked. When the turn came the , both players checked again.
On the river, the , Hegeman led into Kloeckner for 28,000. Kloeckner thought and then made the call. Hegeman announced that he had the wheel and took the pot with a straight, .