Ryan Fair came in raising to 200,000, and he found a caller in Darvin Moon. Heads up then, the flop came out , and both men checked. The turn card was the , and this time Fair led out with a bet of 300,000. Moon quickly called, and the river brought the . After a check from Fair this time, Moon elected to put out a bet of 650,000. Fair instantly called, and Darvin turned over . Fair would hold his cards in his hands for a few seconds, apparently beaten by the rivered two pair. Indeed, he slid his cards into the muck, and the pot goes to the big stack.
Steven Begleiter made a button raise to 225,000 and Jesse Haabak called from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop. The turn came the and Haabak led out for 315,000. Begleiter called. The river was the and Haabak fired out another 600,000. Begleiter gave it up and Haabak took down the pot.
This one may not have been an Internet hand but it was definitely a cooler. The action was opened for 195,000 from early position before Jamie Robbins called from the small blind. That call prompted Joe Ward to re-raise an additional 850,000, folding the early-position player. With action back to Robbins, he moved all in for 3.645 million total. Ward shrugged and said, "I call."
Ward:
Robbins:
Once again it was kings for Ward, but this time he wasn't up against queens and jacks -- he was up against aces. And it was the aces, not the kings, that flopped a companion on a flop of . Ward was dead to running kings. He didn't get them.
New counts:
Ward - about 6 million
Robbins - about 7.5 million
Donnie Peters
Grayson Ramage - 35th Place
After Kevin Schaffel raised the action up from middle position, Grayson Ramage moved all in for around 800,000. Schaffel made the call.
Schaffel tabled against Ramage's .
The board ran out and that was the end of the line for Ramage.
Jesse Haabak opened with a raise to 225,000 from early position, and it folded around to Tommy Vedes who called from the small blind. Steven Begleiter decided to come along as well from the big blind.
The flop came . Vedes checked, and Begleiter bet 600,000. Haabak thought for a while, giving Begleiter a look, then made the call. Vedes folded.
Both players subsequently checked the turn and river. Begleiter showed for eights, but Haabak had the better pair with .
Haabak moves just past 4 million on that one, while Begleiter has 7.575 million.
Donnie Peters
Jason Brice - 33rd Place
Jeff Shulman raised to 250,000 from middle position before Jason Brice moved all in for about 800,000 from the small blind. Shulman made the call.
Shulman tabled and was racing with Brice's .
The board ran out and Brice was eliminated in 33rd place.
Donnie Peters
After the elimination of Jason Brice, the secondary feature table was paused for a few minutes while they waited for another player to join. Ryan Fair was the player to join the table and is now occupying Brice's old seat, seat five. Fair has about 3.5 million in chips.
Marco Mattes and Scott Sitron
Ludovic Lacay opened for 200,000 from the hijack seat, and Marco Mattes, sitting to his left in the cutoff seat, promptly pushed all in for 1.8 million. Scott Sitron didn't waste much time either committing his stack of 1.7 million from the button. The blinds and Lacay folded, and the hands were revealed:
Mattes
Sitron
The flop came , putting Mattes ahead. The turn was the , and Sitron was still looking for an ace or king. But the river was the , and Sitron is the next to be eliminated in 32nd place.
Joseph Cada opened the pot with a raise to 200,000 from late position. Next door, Francois Balmigere made the call before Warren Zackey re-raised to 600,000 total with trembling hands. Cada would duck out, but Balmigere came along once more with another call.
The flop rolled out , and Balmigere checked to the raiser. Zackey continued out with a healthy bet of 1,000,000 even, and Balmigere would mull it over for a bit before sticking in the call.
The turn revealed the , and Balmigere checked it once more. Zackey didn't waste much time announcing, "All in," committing his remaining 3,600,000 chips to the pot. That move would push Balmigere deep into the tank, and he would think it over for several minutes before releasing his hand into the muck.
Zackey opened up his and began stacking the sizable pot. With that win, he's moved his way up to 7,200,000, and he and Balmigere are now virtually even in chips.
, and both men checked. The turn card was the 
, and this time Fair led out with a bet of 300,000. Moon quickly called, and the river brought the 
. After a check from Fair this time, Moon elected to put out a bet of 650,000. Fair instantly called, and Darvin turned over 
. Fair would hold his cards in his hands for a few seconds, apparently beaten by the rivered two pair. Indeed, he slid his cards into the muck, and the pot goes to the big stack.
flop. The turn came the 
and Haabak led out for 315,000. Begleiter called. The river was the 
and Haabak fired out another 600,000. Begleiter gave it up and Haabak took down the pot.
. Ward was dead to running kings. He didn't get them.
against Ramage's 
and that was the end of the line for Ramage.
turn and 
and Brice was eliminated in 33rd place.
, putting Mattes ahead. The turn was the 
, and Balmigere checked to the raiser. Zackey continued out with a healthy bet of 1,000,000 even, and Balmigere would mull it over for a bit before sticking in the call.
