Recently, every time Jason DeWitt has won a hand, his railbirds have shouted "BOOYAH GRANDMA!" We're not sure why.
DeWitt was not involved in a hand between Michael Noda and Jorg Peisert. Noda raised to 125,000 preflop and Peisert called from the blind. Peisert check-folded to an all in bet on a flop of . He flashed as he mucked.
The short stacks are passing chips around while Jorg Peisert looks for spots to pick them off. Jason DeWitt opened all in from the small blind. Benjamin Gilbert was sitting behind 635,000. He looked down at and pushed his chips in. DeWitt was holding . The card in the window on the flop was the , but when the dealer spread the rest of the flop she found a and a to make a set of jacks for Gilbert. The rest of the board came and to give Gilbert the double-up.
DeWitt is down to 520,000 chips and is now in the Dank Position.
Benjamin Gilbert's grip on Jason DeWitt's chips must not have been strong. DeWitt opened all in for 510,000 with and was called by Gilbert, who once again showed pocket jacks. This time there was no set on a flop of . DeWitt's pair of kings held with a turn and river.
The shortness of the stacks are forcing much more action now. In a battle of the blinds, Jason Somerville opened all in from the small blind with . Jason DeWitt called with . When neither player improved, Somerville was off to the cage as the first six-figure winner of this tournament. He will collect $103,591.
Jorg Peisert has had an excellent run today, but even he is prone to losing to a thin draw. Peisert opened for 150,000, then snap-called after Michael Noda moved all in. Noda knew he was in trouble with ; Peisert showed . Neither player hit the flop, but Noda spiked an ace with the turn. He dragged the pot after the river fell .
That lucky turn card increased Noda's count to 1.75 million and brought Peisert back to the pack with 3.255 million.
Jason DeWitt reraised to 375,000 after Michael Noda raised to 125,000. Noda was on the button and DeWitt was in the small blind. The flop came down nice and low, and DeWitt fired out 350,000. Noda mucked his hand, showing only the and the cheers of "Booyah Grandma!" rang from DeWitt's cheering section.
Jorg Peisert raised to 170,000 from the button. Next to act was Michael Noda and he reraised to 430,000. With action back over to Peisert, he four-bet by sticking a bunch of chips out in the middle. Noda then shoved all in and Peisert snapped. With the way Peisert acted, everyone expected him to roll over two aces, but his hand wasn't quite that good as he held . Noda held .
The flop came down and kept Noda in the lead. The turn brought the and nailed Peisert's hand. The river couldn't give help back to Noda as the rolled off and he was eliminated from the tournament. Peisert pumped his fist and yelled "Yessss! Yessss!" as he walked over to slap fives with his cheering section who were applauding triumphantly. He's now up to 4,900,000.
Jason DeWitt raised to 130,000 and Jorg Peisert called. The flop came down and Peisert led for 225,000. DeWitt raised all in and Peisert folded, prompting the "Booyah Grandma!" roars from the crowd.