Ludovic Lacay opened with a raise to 60,000, got one caller, then John Martin repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, Lacay reraised again to 600,000, the cold-caller folded, then Martin made it 2.2 million.
"Show me if I fold?" asked Lacay. Martin said nothing.
James Akenhead opened from the button preflop before small blind Randy Propson moved all in. It wasn't much; Akenhead made the call from behind with . Propson's was in the lead and connected hard with a flop of .
The turn drew some murmuring from the table. "Guys -- you know he just picked up a gutshot, right?" said Propson dismissively. Turns out that not only did Akenhead pick up the gutshot, but he hit it with a river to send Propson to the rail.
Kent Goulding started the action with a raise to 75,000 from early position. On around the table, Joseph Sanders made a reraise all in for his last 334,000. Next to him, Christian Tardea moved all in himself for 650,000. Goulding was the only man left, and he made the call with the covering stack to put both players at risk!
Showdown
Goulding:
Sanders:
Tardea:
As the dealer was knocking the table and burning the first card, a chorus of cheers broke out at the table and along the rail. “Jack! Jack!” “Come on, Queen! Queen!” The table would soon be silent though as the dealer ran out a blank board of . With his kings holding, Kent Goulding snaps off two opponents, vaulting up to 2,100,000 in the process. For Sanders and Tardea, it's better luck next year.
After some preflop action built a modest-sized pot the flop came . Ludovic Lacay bet 175,000, and Joel Patchell called. Both checked the turn. The river brought the . This time Lacay bet 300,000, and when Patchell called Lacay mucked without even waiting to see Patchell's hand.
Lacay is at 2.8 million, and Patchell 1.6 million.
In a fairly large pot, Frank Rusnak and Thai Tran were heads up on the river. The board showed , Rusnak had put out one final bet, and Tran called. Rusnak tabled , and his quad jacks were plenty good enough to take down the pot plus a little bonus. After the hand, the folks from Jack Link's brought him the token prize pack for his wild jacks.
"All the jerky you can eat, bro," said Tournament Director Robbie Thompson as he delivered the loot to Rusnak. He's up to 1,250,000 in chips and up to his eyeballs in beef products.
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Ludovic Lacay opened for 60,000 from UTG, John Martin called on the button and Tom Schneider three-bet to 310,000 from the big blind. Both opponents called, creating a million-dollar pot preflop.
The flop came down . Schneider led out for 650,000, Lacay folded and Martin moved all in. Schneider made the call for the 1,250,000 he had behind.
Schneider turned over , his overpair well ahead of Martin's top pair with . The turn was the , the river was the and Schneider doubled up to 3,480,000 to squeals of excitement from his wife Julie, who is sweating him from the rail.
J.C. Tran - Out
Dennis Phillips came into the pot with a raise, and J.C. Tran gave him action from the blind. Heads up, the flop came down . Tran had what looked like 87,000 chips left, and they all went into the middle. Phillips made the small call to put Tran's tournament life in jeopardy.
Dennis tabled for top pair, and J.C.'s was not looking so good. The turn was a blank to leave him drawing dead to an ace. The that hit the river was indeed not an ace, and that will spell the end of J.C. Tran. As he departed, Tran wished his table luck and received a warm ovation from the players and fans gathered around the featured table.
Donnie Peters
On the flop of , Bob Whalen bet out before being raised by Joseph Ward to 400,000 more than the bet. Whalen then reraised to one million before Ward moved all in for 1,170,000 total. Whalen made the call.
Whalen held . "I thought I could get you off that." said Ward as he tabled .
The turn brought the which was no help to Ward. "Four! Four!" he yelled.
The river was just was Ward needed, the ! The final card made him a straight and he was able to double to 2.4 million. Whalen dropped all the way down to 600,000.
You called with what?
Noah Boeken made it 80,000 to go from the cutoff, Bradley Craig reraised to 195,000 from the small blind, Boeken moved all in and Craig called all in for 1,264,000.
Craig
Boeken
The flop was , Craig hitting two pair. The turn and river were both deuces and Boeken shipped most of his hard-earned stack across the table. He was left with 795,000 while Craig is up to 2,580,000.
Kasper Cordes took his time on every street of the action. Darvin Moon snapped on every street of the action. Cordes was first to act on an uncoordinated flop of . He bet 125,000 before Moon made it 325,000 to go. Cordes took his time cutting off 325,000 over that raise and then slid the chips into the center of the table. Moon snap-called.
The turn was the . Again Cordes deliberated for about a minute before settling on a bet of 450,000. Moon snap-called a second time, taking the two men to the river. Cordes, perhaps sensing the strength that Moon was giving off, checked and watched as Moon instantly moved all in for 1.7 million. That was enough to convince Cordes to muck his hand.
After that adventure, Cordes has dropped to 750,000. Moon is on about 4.1 million.
. Propson's 
was in the lead and connected hard with a flop of 
.
drew some murmuring from the table. "Guys -- you know he just picked up a gutshot, right?" said Propson dismissively. Turns out that not only did Akenhead pick up the gutshot, but he hit it with a river 
to send Propson to the rail.
. With his kings holding, Kent Goulding snaps off two opponents, vaulting up to 2,100,000 in the process. For Sanders and Tardea, it's better luck next year.
. Ludovic Lacay bet 175,000, and Joel Patchell called. Both checked the 
turn. The river brought the 
, and his quad jacks were plenty good enough to take down the pot plus a little bonus. After the hand, the folks from Jack Link's brought him the token prize pack for his wild jacks.
. Schneider led out for 650,000, Lacay folded and Martin moved all in. Schneider made the call for the 1,250,000 he had behind. 
, the river was the 
and Schneider doubled up to 3,480,000 to squeals of excitement from his wife Julie, who is sweating him from the rail.
. Tran had what looked like 87,000 chips left, and they all went into the middle. Phillips made the small call to put Tran's tournament life in jeopardy.
was not looking so good. The turn was a blank 
.
! The final card made him a straight and he was able to double to 2.4 million. Whalen dropped all the way down to 600,000.
, Craig hitting two pair. The turn and river were both deuces and Boeken shipped most of his hard-earned stack across the table. He was left with 795,000 while Craig is up to 2,580,000.
