Over at the eight-handed Table 364, Thomas Koral opened for 3,300 from the hijack seat, then Paul Magriel made a big reraise to 44,000 from the cutoff. Steve Hohn then called the reraise with the rest of his stack -- about 20,000 -- from the button. The blinds and Koral got out, and the players tabled their cards.
Magriel showed , while Hohn had . The flop came , then the came on the turn. "Six!" said Magriel, hoping to backdoor a straight. But the river was the , giving Hohn the hand.
Hohn is up to 53,000 and Magriel now down to 24,000. Sean Grover leads the table at present with 110,000.
With the board showing , Tommaso Briotti got the last of his chips in the middle versus Derric Haynie. Briotti had , but Haynie had rivered a pair of aces with and Briotti is out.
Haynie is the big chip leader at the three-handed Table 374 right now. Haynie has 285,000, Joseph Morneau has 95,000, and Berry Wheeler 70,000.
With the board reading , Richard Hawes checked to Johanssy Joseph who bet 6,300. Hawes called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river, and Hawes opened for a pair of queens. Joseph mucked his hand and Hawes was shipped the pot.
Michael Binger and Paul Magriel have been engaged in a lengthy discussion ever since their table began today. We aren't sure what the discussion is about exactly, but we heard something about a "point-four differential" and Binger had his iPhone out to help with the calculations in order to clarify the matter.
We were able to follow the poker hand the two just played, however.
Binger raised from the button to 3,300, Magriel reraised all in for 25,000 from the big blind, and Binger called. Magriel showed and Binger .
The flop was , giving both a pair. The turn was the , giving Magriel trips. The river was the , and Magriel took the hand.
Magriel is up to 50,000 on that one and Binger down to 10,000. (We counted using our fingers.)
Three players were all in preflop at Table 371 including Adam Schoenfeld and Steven "pikappraider" Burkholder who had both of his opponents covered. Schoenfeld was way ahead:
Showdown
Schoenfeld:
Burkholder:
Opponent:
Burkholder spiked a set on the flop however, snatching the lead away from Schoenfeld. The case ace didn't fall on either the turn or the river and Burkholder sent both players to the rail.
The table is now five-handed, and Burkholder has the chip lead with 134,000 chips.
Berry Wheeler was just eliminated from Table 374, meaning we have our first heads-up battle of the day underway between Derric Haynie and Joseph Morneau.
Haynie has the advantage over there at the moment, with about 315,000 to Morneau's 135,000.
In one of the last hands of the fourth level, Annette Obrestad eliminated Scott Sitron. All of Sitron's chips went in following a flop. He held , but Obrestad had a flush draw with . The turned, giving Obrestad the flush. The river was the , and Sitron is out.
Obrestad is up to 117,000 and leads her seven-handed table.