You Liked That Kirk?
Peter Jepsen raised it up to 950 from early position and Kirk Morrison made the call on the button.
They took a flop of and Jepsen led for 2,000. Morrison made the call. The turn was the and both players checked.
The river brought the and Jepsen fired out 5,000. Morrison chirped "I think I got you...but I'm not gonna raise you!" before making the call and tabling . Jepsen tapped the table and mucked his cards as he slips to 19,000 while Morrison is now back up to over 28,000.
On a flop of , Eric Morris, editor of Bluff magazine, checked and his opponent led out. Eric quickly raised and his opponent moved all in for another 16,000. Eric called and showed Q-J for a flopped two pair against his opponent's A-Q. The two pair held up for Eric, who's up to 41,000 after the hand.
Donnie Peters
Bill Chen - event #53
From early position, Bill Chen raised to 700. Bart Hanson called from the cutoff and the big blind called as well. landed on the felt for the flop. The big blind checked and Chen bet 1,200. Hanson folded. The big blind called.
The turn was the and it was checked to Chen. He bet 2,500 and the player called. The river was the and once again it was checked to Chen. He made a bet of 5,000 and the player called.
Chen showed for tens full of eights. The other player flashed the and then mucked his hand.
Bill Chen calculated his chip stack to be 35,200 after this hand.
Within moments, we had two eliminations at two tables right next to each other.
The first to go, just, was Jameson Painter after he got it all in preflop with versus an opponent's .
The board ran to felt him.
The next was Matt McCullough who was holding versus Dan Heimiller's .
It all went in, and it's easy to see why, on a flop. There was hope with the on the turn but McCollough was already heading off as the dropped on the river.
As Heimiller was stacking his 35,500 stack he joked that he only wants to bust players to get the Everest Poker green cushions the players were given to sit on.
Kara Scott
A middle position raiser made it 800 to go and Kara Scott called from late position as did Justin Bonomo from the small blind.
The flop came and Bonomo led out for 2,300. The middle position player folded and Scott raised to 6,500. Bonomo, who had Scott barely covered, moved all in for over 25,000 and Scott made the call. The players showed:
Bonomo:
Scott:
The turn fell the and the river was the . Scott made quads on the river and stacked the pot. She doubled through Bonomo leaving him with just 400 chips while she climbed to just over 66,000.
Mimi Tran Playing an Earlier Event
From under the gun, Mimi Tran opened with a raise to 900. Action passed all the way around to Christian Fyke in the small blind, and he made the call for a small discount.
The two players saw a flop of . Fyke bet out into Tran, pushing forward 1,125 chips. Mimi came back with a raise to 5,150, and Fyke reraised another 5,000 on top, enough to put his opponent all in. Mimi Tran did indeed make the call, showing down . Fyke had the lead and Mimi's tournament life in his hands with his .
As the table awaited the dealer to run out the last two cards, Fyke looked at Mimi and smiled, saying, "No matter what happens, I have a story for the people back home now."
And it's not going to be a bad beat story. The turn and river provided nothing useful for Mimi. The and that came down failed to improve her hand and she finds no salvation from being eliminated.
Justin Bonomo - Eliminated
Just a few hands after being crippled by Kara Scott, Justin Bonomo called all in for his last 375 chips before the flop. He showed and was behind the of his opponent.
Donnie Peters
T.J. Cloutier - event #52
Nicole Mummey raised to 800 and then T.J. Cloutier reraised to 2,800, the Mummey called. The flop came down . Cloutier led out for 3,500 and was raised to 7,000. Cloutier then made the move to put his tournament life on the line and shoved all in for 15,600. Mummey made the call.
Cloutier:
Mummey:
When Mummey saw this, she said "Ooohhhhh," and wasn't that excited anymore.
The turn came the and then the river the to keep Cloutier in the lead. He is now up to 36,000 while Mummey dropped to just 600 chips.
and Jepsen led for 2,000. Morrison made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
and Jepsen fired out 5,000. Morrison chirped "I think I got you...but I'm not gonna raise you!" before making the call and tabling 
. Jepsen tapped the table and mucked his cards as he slips to 19,000 while Morrison is now back up to over 28,000.
, Eric Morris, editor of Bluff magazine, checked and his opponent led out. Eric quickly raised and his opponent moved all in for another 16,000. Eric called and showed Q-J for a flopped two pair against his opponent's A-Q. The two pair held up for Eric, who's up to 41,000 after the hand.
and it was checked to Chen. He bet 2,500 and the player called. The river was the 
and once again it was checked to Chen. He made a bet of 5,000 and the player called.
for tens full of eights. The other player flashed the 
and then mucked his hand.
versus an opponent's 
to felt him.
versus Dan Heimiller's 
.
flop. There was hope with the 
on the turn but McCollough was already heading off as the 
. The opponent has but 
and Richey busts his hapless opponent, moving up to 65,000.
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of his opponent.
and Bonomo bounced.
to keep Cloutier in the lead. He is now up to 36,000 while Mummey dropped to just 600 chips.
