Richard Shorten has every right to complain. On a board of , he got all in with Michael Brummelhuis. Shorten's was a 10-to-1 favorite over the of Brummelhuis. The turn came the dirtiest out in the deck, the , to make tens full of sevens against Shorten's sevens full of tens. There no miracle seven on the river for Shorten. He is out.
Aggression is vitally important in six-handed play. Sometimes, even ace-high has showdown value -- or, in this case, king-high.
Tom Braband bet 5,000 on a board of . Dave Zand made the call to see a turn of . Braband checked it over to Zand, who made it 25,000 to go. Braband considered his action and decided the best course was to check-raise all in for 84,000 total. Zand made the call to see that both players were on a draw:
Braband:
Zand:
The river missed both players. Zand won the pot with king-high and now has 165,000 chips. Braband is on life support with about 10,000.
Steve Rassi's day is over. On a board of , Rassi checked to Christian Closson, who bet 4,000. Rassi thought for about fifteen seconds before check-raising all in for 18,000.
"Hmmm," agonized Closson. "That's a good bet." He pondered his action.
"I call," he finally announced. "I'm on a draw." He showed . Rassi turned over . "Yeah, you have a king," Closson acknowledged. "I figured. Come on dealer. Diamond -- one time."
The river was the .
"Yes!" shouted Closson.
Rassi was not pleased. "You gotta be kidding me," he muttered. "Jesus Christ. Holy sh*t." He shook his head.
Cody Slaubaugh
Cody Slaubaugh, who started the day with 72,400, raised from the small blind with and was reraised by Anatoly Shilyuk in the big blind. Slaubaugh reraised all in and Shilyuk called, showing .
The flop brought the and Slaubaugh was looking good, but the turn was the and the on the river was no help to Slaubaugh.
Another player picking up suited connectors means another player eliminated. This time, Ernie Rossi got the remainder of his in preflop holding . He was called by Peter Marr's . A flop of made Marr a prohibitive favorite. His two pair held up when the board bricked out .
After a day chock-full of eliminations and action, in less than 12 minutes, four players have been sent to the rail after moving all in before the flop.
Here's one:
Nghia Lee was the first player down, moving all in with and getting called by Thomas Patzner, who had in the big blind.
The board ran out .
And another:
Edward Damidot raised all in for his last 16,000 and was called by Zachary Clark with . Damidot showed Q-J. The board came , and Clark is up to 115,000.
We missed the action, but caught up with this hand in time to see Neil Channing, holding , eliminated by Michael Brummelhuis and his pocket jacks on a board of .
We thought eliminations might slow down somewhat today now that players are getting deeper in the money, but so far that hasn't been the case.