After a long stretch with no chip movement at all, suddenly an all in explosion. Julien Nuijten raised to 25,000 on the button, and Stuart Rutter made it 70,000. Then Nuijten moved all in, and Rutter called!
The few railers sleeping in their chairs jumped up and rushed the table.
Showdown
Rutter:
Nuijten:
The board ran out , giving both players queens and threes, but Rutter took down the pot with his ace kicker. With that, Rutter locked up the fourth seat at tomorrow's (very soon to be today's) final table.
Josh Tieman raised to 25,000, and Danny Estes called. Both players checked the flop. Estes took a 35,000-chip stab at the on the turn, and Tieman called. One barrel was all Estes was willing to try, and he went back to checking after the on the river. Tieman checked behind and flipped over , taking down the smallest pot possible with his strong hand.
Tieman is content with small ball for now. He's in charge with 690,000, and Estes is down to 210,000.
Cary Katz raised to 30,000, and Joseph Elpayaa wasn't messing around. He moved all in, and Katz snap called. Katz was in great shape with against Elpayaa's . The board fell a rather uninteresting . The stacks are reversed now, and the game goes on.