We're not sure how the preflop action went, but Kyle Cartwright was heads up against an opponent who was all in for 28,600.
Cartwright:
Opponent:
Cartwright held the best hand, but that all changed when the flop fell . The disastrous flop left Cartwright looking for a non-heart ace or running-straight cards, neither of which came as the turn and river both blanked. Cartwright took a hit down to 60K.
Chino Rheem raised to 5,000, and his opponent, Jamus Sundstrom, raised to 15,000. It folded back around to Rheem, who shoved all in, and Sundstrom called.
Rheem:
Sundstrom:
Sundstorm called out for a queen, and he got it on a monster flop of . Rheem couldn't catch any miracles on the turn and river, and he lost the hand. Rheem still has a ton of 40 stack towers, but unfortunately for his fans, a majority of them are the 100 chips. He is still healthy at around 80,000. Meanwhile, Sundstrom, who started today with just 8,100, is now sitting on around 120,000.
With the board reading an all-in player's wasn't enough to beat the held by Jakob Tostesen.
After the hand as Tostesen was attempting to stack up his huge amount of new chips, another player asked him "How do you say 'beautful' in Danish?" to which Tostesen replied "Smuk." The player who asked the question then declared, "That's a smuk stack right there!"
Smuk indeed, as Tostesen now has around 240,000 piled in front of him.
Brett Jungblut was on the button and put pressure on the blinds with a raise to 4,800. The big blind chose to defend and it was heads up to the flop, which both players checked. When the dealer burned and turned the , the big blind led out for 6,500 and Jungblut quickly called.
The big blind then slowed down with a check on the river, allowing Jungblut to fire out 8,800. The big blind took about five seconds before flicking his cards to the muck.
An extremely short-stacked player moved all in from the small blind for under 2,000 without looking at his cards. Kyle Cartwright made the call and turned over . The small blind just smiled as he flipped his cards one by one to reveal .
The flop gave Cartwright a set, but the turn provided his opponent with a straight draw to any five. The dealer burned and revealed the . Cartwright collected the small pot and increased his stack to just over 70,000.
When we came to Adam Latimer's table, we noticed that not only had his stack grown substantially, but that the seat where Amit Makhija was in was now empty. Latimer was kind enough to tell us that he raised on the button with , and that when Makhija raised him in the small blind, he shoved and Makhija call showing . Latimer won the race, and up his stack to 236,000.
Stephen Kats was nursing a short stack of eight big blinds when he got it all in preflop holding . His sole opponent held , which meant Kats was in good shape to double. Unfortunately for him, the flop delivered his opponent not only a pair of kings, but a flush draw as well.
The turn mean Kats needed an ace on the river, which ended up coming the . Kats has been eliminated from the tournament, earning his second cash of the 2011 WSOP in the process.
With the board reading and a lot of money already in the pot, Michael Whitfield had gone all in and his opponent tanked for a bit before deciding to call. He likely regretted that decision after Whitfield declared "I have quads" and tabled his . The other player mucked his hand and Whitfield's stack grew to 125,000.
. The disastrous flop left Cartwright looking for a non-heart ace or running-straight cards, neither of which came as the 
turn and 
river both blanked. Cartwright took a hit down to 60K.
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wasn't enough to beat the 
held by Jakob Tostesen.
, the big blind led out for 6,500 and Jungblut quickly called.
river, allowing Jungblut to fire out 8,800. The big blind took about five seconds before flicking his cards to the muck.
. The small blind just smiled as he flipped his cards one by one to reveal 
.
turn provided his opponent with a straight draw to any five. The dealer burned and revealed the 
. Cartwright collected the small pot and increased his stack to just over 70,000.
. Latimer won the race, and up his stack to 236,000.
. His sole opponent held 
flop delivered his opponent not only a pair of kings, but a flush draw as well.
turn mean Kats needed an ace on the river, which ended up coming the 
. Kats has been eliminated from the tournament, earning his second cash of the 2011 WSOP in the process.
