Joe Pelton raised to 600 from under the gun, and it folded back around to Shane "Shaniac" Schleger who called from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way.
The flop came . Schleger checked, and Pelton bet 1,000. Schleger paused for a bit, then check-raised to 3,100. Pelton quickly announced he was all in. "Call," said Schleger. No hesitation that time.
Schleger turned over -- he'd flopped the nut flush. Pelton showed . The turn was the and the river the , and Pelton was eliminated.
Annie Duke
Annie Duke opened with a raise preflop to 525 from middle position and found two callers, from late position and the big blind.
They took a flop of and the big blind checked to Duke, who fired a 1,350 continuation bet. The late-position player folded with the big blind making the call.
The turn was the and again it was checked to Duke, who fired out 2,300. The BB then check-raised to 8,300 and Duke was forced to give up her hand.
She was down to 24,500 before the following hand came up. Duke raised to 600 from the button and Duc Pham called in the big blind.
They took a flop of and Pham checked to Duke, who fired out 700. Pham made the call. The turn was the and Pham this time led out for 2000, before Duke popped it up to 6,600. Pham called. The river was the . Pham checked, Duke bet out 10,000 and Pham once again called.
"You got it," said Duke, as Pham showed for two pair, which was good to take down the pot. Duke is now left with less than 6,000 chips.
Dominic Kay is back to his 20,000 starting stack. Holding pocket kings, he was up against an opponent with pocket eights. The flop came queen-high but contained an eight. Kay led out on the flop but check-called the turn. He was ready to check-fold the river, as he was sure his hand was no good, but his opponent checked, too, revealing his set.
With the board reading , Chris Ferguson's 11,800 river bet was paid off by his opponent in the cutoff. Ferguson turned up for the full house and raked in a sizable pot, pushing his stack up to 28,500.
Chris Overgard just made a huge leap forward in his quest to take down the Main Event. With 7,800 chips in the pot preflop, his opponent moved all in for 14,000 on a flop of . Overgard made the call with a huge draw: . He was in even better shape when his opponent turned over . The turn made a lock hand for Overgard; the river was a meaningless .
Overgard is now up to 42,000. His opponent was eliminated.
On a flop of a player in the small blind bet 600 into Shawn Cunix. Cunix called. The same action occurred on the turn of the . The river of the was checked by both players.
Cunix showed for jacks and his opponent showed for air.
On a board of , John Murphy and his opponent were all in. Murphy held for trips with top kicker while his opponent held pocket threes for a full house.
Murphy found no help by the river and was eliminated from the field.
We missed a Le brother. It turns out that Nam Le's other other other brother, Leroy Le, is also playing here in Buzio's. They all signed up at the same time and ended up in the same location, though at different tables. Leroy Le has 30,000.
. Schleger checked, and Pelton bet 1,000. Schleger paused for a bit, then check-raised to 3,100. Pelton quickly announced he was all in. "Call," said Schleger. No hesitation that time.
-- he'd flopped the nut flush. Pelton showed 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Pelton was eliminated.
and the big blind checked to Duke, who fired a 1,350 continuation bet. The late-position player folded with the big blind making the call.
and again it was checked to Duke, who fired out 2,300. The BB then check-raised to 8,300 and Duke was forced to give up her hand.
and Pham checked to Duke, who fired out 700. Pham made the call. The turn was the 
. Pham checked, Duke bet out 10,000 and Pham once again called.
for two pair, which was good to take down the pot. Duke is now left with less than 6,000 chips.
after pushing his last chips in on the river with 
and finding a caller holding 
for the full house and raked in a sizable pot, pushing his stack up to 28,500.
. Overgard made the call with a huge draw: 
made a lock hand for Overgard; the river was a meaningless 
was checked by both players. 
for air. 
, John Murphy and his opponent were all in. Murphy held 
