It was another four-way limped pot at Hieu Luu's table. There have been several of those recently. On a flop of Luu bet 200,000 after both blinds checked. Only Kevin Schaffel, who had position on Luu, made the call.
The turn was the . Luu checked to Schaffel and induced a bet of 400,000. Luu check-raised that bet to 1.2 million, but Schaffell -- perhaps aware of Luu's highly aggressive tendencies -- re-raised back all in for 3.3 million total. Luu folded.
Marco Mattes open-raised to 130,000 from the button, and Christopher Bach responded by pushing all in for his last 755,000 from the big blind. Mattes made the call.
Bach showed and Mattes . The flop was and the turn the , and Bach was down to his last card. But the river brought the , and Bach is still with chips.
Donnie Peters
Bradley Craig cashed in the Main Event back in 2005, but has no other cashes on his resume. He has just joined us at the secondary feature table in seat eight.
Craig Boyd - 55th Place
We're down to six tables after the recent elimination of Craig Boyd in 55th place. Boyd open-shoved from the button for 850,000 with . Ben Lamb was in the small blind and decided to look Boyd up witih . Boyd paired kings on a flop of , but Lamb spiked an ace on the turn, . That left Boyd looking for any king, ten or queen on the river. Instead he found the useless .
Boyd's elimination moves Lamb up to 5.5 million in chips.
Donnie Peters
Leo Margets, last woman standing
Leo Margets raised to 135,000 from the hijack seat. She was called by Jason Brice in the cutoff and Grayson Ramage on the button. The flop came down .
Margets led with a bet of 340,000. First Brice folded, then Ramage folded. Margets showed the and scooped the pot.
Dennis Phillips was part of a three-way pot that was raised preflop to 175,000 by Joseph Cada, but in the end it was Nick Maimone who took the brunt of the damage. On a flop of Cada bet 250,000 and was called only by Maimone. The turn brought another bet from Cada, this time 450,000 chips. Again Maimone called.
The river fell , not completing many obvious draws. Cada bet a very healthy 900,000 and was called by Maimone one last time. Cada showed down top set, .
"Wow," said Maimone as he flashed top two pair, , and mucked. "I could have raised so easily there on the turn and been drawing dead."
Christopher Bach limped in from middle position, Tommy Vedes raised to 235,000 from the cutoff, and Bach made the call. The flop came . Bach checked, Vedes continued for 275,000 and Bach called. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought the . Bach checked, Vedes bet 420,000, and Bach made the call. Vedes turned over , and Bach mucked. After that one, Vedes was up to 9.44 million, and Bach down to 1.1 million.
The pair were back at it again soon afterwards. In that one, both limped in from late position and saw a flop of along with Phil Ivey in the big blind. Ivey checked, Bach bet 125,000, Vedes called, and Ivey folded. The turn was the . Bach bet 100,000 this time, and Vedes called.
The river was the . Bach checked, Vedes took the opening to make a bet and Bach quickly folded. Now Vedes has 9.9 million and Bach is down to 700,000.
Yesterday Hieu Luu was wearing a t-shirt that read "I'm a Lucky Donk". It was fate, therefore, that he should wind up drawing the same table today as Tom "DonkeyBomber" Schneider. Once Jack Effel told his dealers to shuffle up and deal, the game was afoot!
Luu doubled Scheider up earlier, but he wasn't about to give up. Luu got the better of Schneider in a recent pot that was limped four-ways to a flop of . Luu, in early position, bet 175,000 after both blinds checked. Only Schneider called.
The turn was the . Again Luu made a bet, this time for a very healthy 400,000 chips. Schneider called that bet too, then folded to an all-in shove of 1.86 million on the river.
Schneider is almost exactly on 4 million chips now. Luu is up to 2.7 million.
Luu bet 200,000 after both blinds checked. Only Kevin Schaffel, who had position on Luu, made the call.
. Luu checked to Schaffel and induced a bet of 400,000. Luu check-raised that bet to 1.2 million, but Schaffell -- perhaps aware of Luu's highly aggressive tendencies -- re-raised back all in for 3.3 million total. Luu folded.
, Jordan Smith was just now all in for his tournament life against Adam Bilzerian. Smith held 
, and Bilzerian 
.
and the river the 
, and Smith survives with 2.5 million. Bilzerian, meanwhile, falls to 1.85 million.
. The flop was 
and the turn the 
, and Bach was down to his last card. But the river brought the 
, and Bach is still with chips.
. Ben Lamb was in the small blind and decided to look Boyd up witih 
. Boyd paired kings on a flop of 
and Lichtenberger mucked.
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and scooped the pot.
brought another bet from Cada, this time 450,000 chips. Again Maimone called.
, not completing many obvious draws. Cada bet a very healthy 900,000 and was called by Maimone one last time. Cada showed down top set, 
turn.
. Bach checked, Vedes bet 420,000, and Bach made the call. Vedes turned over 
. Bach bet 100,000 this time, and Vedes called.
