Dan Shak raised in the hijack, and Joe Ritzie, to his immediate left on the button, reraised. Shak flat-called. There was perhaps 250,000 in the pot by this point.
They saw a flop and Shak immediately announced all in. Ritzie immediately called.
Shak: for a flush draw and a somewhat dodgy low draw
Ritzie: for aces and the nut low draw
Turn: making Ritzie a wheel for the low and Shak a flush for the high
River:
They chopped it up.
"Wow, and I was going to do the stop and go no matter what," drawled Dan Shak, sounding amazingly like Jack Nicholson. "Risky, boy, risky. Gamble gamble gamble."
Erik Seidel started the day in 20th place out of 21 players. He's now threatening to chip up to an average stack with 12 players to go after doubling through Jeremy Harkin. Seidel opened for 40,000, then called all in for 123,000 total after Harkin re-raised. Harkin called with , not the greatest hand to take against Seidel's . Seidel made trip kings on the flop, , then had a relatively easy turn and river with the and . He doubled up to about 250,000.
We arrived to see a flop reading and David Nowakowski betting pot. Perry Green made the call.
They saw a turn, but not before Nowakowski had gone all in blind for his last 60,000. After a moment, Green made the call.
Nowakowski:
Green:
River:
Nowakowski took three quarters - two pair, jacks and sevens, for the high, and they chopped the low. Nowakowski moved on up to 250,000. Green meanwhile remained a big stack on 555,000.
Jeremy Harkin has a few supporters here on the rail that have drawn the attention of the cantankerous David "Devilfish" Ulliott. Ulliott opened for 32,000 and was called by Harkin. Ulliott tried another 30,000 on a flop of . Harkin called again.
Both players checked the turn. Devilfish also checked the river, prompting Harkin to bet 55,000. After thinking about his decision for about a minute, Devilfish called. Harkin asked if Ulliott had two pair as he showed down, , the nut low and a pair of aces. Ulliott said he had red double-suited kings and mucked, drawing applause from Harkin's supporters.
"Well that got all the f***ing monkeys clapping, didn't it," remarked Ulliott dryly.
The plan, by the way, is to play nine levels tonight regardless. With a bit of luck this will be over by then, but if it's not then players and TDs will reassess then.
Jeremy Harkin opened pre-flop for 40,000 and was called by both blinds, Leif Force and Dave Ulliott. All three players checked a paired flop, . When the turn came the , Force, who had first action, bet 75,000. That bet chased Ulliott out of the pot but Harkin called to see the river double-pair the board with the . Force made a small bet of 65,000 that went uncalled as Harkin folded.
David Nowakowski opened to 40,000 in early position and to his immediate left Joe Ritzie made it 125,000. It folded back around to Nowakowski, who threw in too many chips and a moment later announced, "I call." For a moment he looked horrified, worrying that it might be deemed another raise. But the dealer gave him change, and they saw a flop.
As it happened, Nowakowski quickly moved all in on the flop anyway, and Ritzie called.
Nowakowski:
Ritzie:
Turn:
River:
Both made players made two pair, aces and threes with a king kicker, to chop the high. Nowakowski's took the low, and he got three quarters of the pot to bump him up to 335,000, right around average. Ritzie fell back to 430,000.
A big pot was just played between David "Devilfish" Ulliott and Cam McKinley, with the usual PLO8 result -- a chop. Ulliott opened for 40,000 pre-flop, with McKinley calling from the blinds. McKinley check-raised all in for 167,000 on a flop of after Ulliott bet 88,000. It put Ulliott to a decision but eventually he called.
"Show the ten," said Leif Force to McKinley. McKinley not only had the ten, but he had the flush draw as well with . Ulliott showed . His flush draw was no good, but he runner-runnered a chop with the turn and river.
McKinley's supporters, not seeing the chop, started to cheer for him scooping the pot, then let out a collective "awwww" when the dealer started to split the pot.
"Awww," said Ulliott in response. "You guys don't know what the f***'s going on and you're cheering."
Play continues with 12 remaining. Nobody is particular short. Counts are coming.
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flop and Shak immediately announced all in. Ritzie immediately called.
for a flush draw and a somewhat dodgy low draw
for aces and the nut low draw
making Ritzie a wheel for the low and Shak a flush for the high
, not the greatest hand to take against Seidel's 
. Seidel made trip kings on the flop, 
, then had a relatively easy turn and river with the 
and 
turn, but not before Nowakowski had gone all in blind for his last 60,000. After a moment, Green made the call.
. Harkin called again.
, Force, who had first action, bet 75,000. That bet chased Ulliott out of the pot but Harkin called to see the river double-pair the board with the 
took the low, and he got three quarters of the pot to bump him up to 335,000, right around average. Ritzie fell back to 430,000.
