A short-stacked Johannes Steindl doubled up once during the second row, but his second attempt ended in his elimination. Robert Mizrachi completed the bring-in directly to Steindl's right. Steindl squeezed out his hand and then raised, folding all other players back to Mizrachi. He put in another raise, which was enough to get Steindl all in.
Steindl's board came about as ragged as it could possibly come. He was drawing dead going into the river after Mizrachi made jacks and treys. Just to add insult to injury, Steindl drew a complete blank to finish his last hand with an ace-high pai gow. He's been eliminted in 16th place and will leave with $8,349.
We joined the action on fourth street as Cahail bet his king-nine, and Reslock raised to two bets. Awad called both bets, and Cahail flicked in the extra 8,000 as well.
On fifth street, Reslock bet all in for her last 6,000, and both opponents called. Cahail got bets in on sixth and seventh streets, with Awad calling both.
Cahail had (X) for two pair, so Reslock's trips were safe on that side. Awad, however, turned up for the straight, and Reslock would need some help from her final card to stay alive. She shook her head and flipped over , then her final card, the useless .
Unable to improve her trip fours, Ming Reslock has been sent to the exit in 15th place.
Dustin Leary brought it in with the showing, and Allen Kessler completed with the . James Van Alstyne called with the (though he would check-fold on fourth street), and Leary came along with the call as well.
Leary: (X) (X) / / (X)
Kessler: (X) (X) / / (X)
Leary bet right out on fourth street, and Kessler's raise was the one that pushed Van Alstyne out of the pot. Leary called quickly though.
On fifth street, Leary check-called a bet, and he check-called another one on sixth street. On seventh, Kessler checked, and he called when Leary made the bet.
Leary quietly said, "Flush," and he turned up . Kessler could hardly believe it as he threw his arms up in the air and shook his head back and forth slowly. He studied his own cards for about 30 seconds, and, unable to find anything good enough for half the pot, slung them into the muck.
Daniel Ospina's completion bet on third street was called by three other players, including Hina Awad. Ospina kept the betting lead on fourth street and fired again, folding two opponents but earning another call from Awad. Ospina tried a bet a third time on fifth street; again Awad called.
Awad's board started to show a lot of possibilities on sixth street, and that may have been why Ospina decided to check. Awad obliged with a bet that Ospina called. It was the same action on the river. At showdown, Awad produced as his hole cards, a heart flush. It was good enough to earn him the pot. His stack now totals 660,000. Ospina is down to 245,000.
Regis Burlot completed third street and was raised by Konstantin Puchkov. That isolated the action heads-up to fourth street, where Puchkov bet the lead and Burlot called. Both players checked fifth and sixth streets. Down the river, Burlot bet and Puchkov called. Burlot made aces up with , but so did Puchkov, with . Burlot's aces and fours were no good against Puchkov's aces and queens.
Burlot is now among the short stacks with about 80,000 chips. Puchkov has 470,000.
Two hands of hold'em liquidated James Van Alstyne's remaining chips and sent him to the rail in 14th place. First, Van Alstyne played a pot from the big blind against Dustin Leary. On the turn, with the board showing , Van Alstyne checked and called a bet. The river brought the . Van Alstyne checked again, drawing another bet from Leary of 20,000. Van Alstyne had only 37,000 behind and tanked for about a minute before calling.
"Just an ace," said Leary. He opened . Just an ace was good enough after Van Alstyne mucked.
A few hands later Van Alstyne was all in pre-flop against Andrew Revesz and Ken Lennaard. Revesz and Lennaard checked all the way to the river, . That's where Lennaard's bet folded Revesz. Lennaard opened for the nuts. Van Alstyne mucked and headed out to collect his prize money.
Allen Kessler opened with a raise, and Andrew Revesz called from the small blind.
Heads up, the two men took a flop of , and Revesz check-called a bet. On the turn, he checked again, but this time he snuck in a raise when Kessler bet a second time. Kessler called the extra bet, and he called one more bet on the river.
Revesz:
Kessler:
Revesz had made his lucky wheel, and Kessler could not believe it. "You were dead to a deuce," Kessler reminded him.
"I know. Very lucky," Revesz responded as he stacked the pot. Kessler is now down to just 11,000 lonely chips.
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/ (X)
(X) for two pair, so Reslock's trips were safe on that side. Awad, however, turned up 
for the straight, and Reslock would need some help from her final card to stay alive. She shook her head and flipped over 
, then her final card, the useless 
showing, and Allen Kessler completed with the 
. James Van Alstyne called with the 
(though he would check-fold on fourth street), and Leary came along with the call as well.
/ (X)
as his hole cards, a heart flush. It was good enough to earn him the pot. His stack now totals 660,000. Ospina is down to 245,000.
. Van Alstyne checked again, drawing another bet from Leary of 20,000. Van Alstyne had only 37,000 behind and tanked for about a minute before calling.
river.
