One player raised to 1,000 from under the gun and a player in middle position made the call. Annette Obrestad called from the cutoff seat and then Kevin Saul reraised to 5,500 from the button. The under-the-gun player reraised to 19,200 and the two players in the middle folded. Saul went all in for 21,900 and his opponent called.
Saul:
Opponent:
The flop came down and Saul hit trips plus a straight draw. The turn was the and river the , keeping Saul's trip sevens in the lead and doubling him up over 40,000 in chips.
On the flop, William Reynolds and Robert Williamson III got all the money in with Reynolds at risk. He was holding the versus Williamson III's . The turn was the and river the . Reynolds hit the rail and Williamson III moved to 70,000 in chips.
Chino Rheem has moved up to 33,000 in chips after busting a player with the versus the . The flop, turn and river ran out .
Jarred Solomon was eliminated by Ted Lawson and Jim Collopy was eliminated on another table.
Nacho Barbero sent an opponent home to climb to 64,000 in chips. His was all in on the flop against . After a turn and river , Barbero won the pot and eliminated his opponent.
Huck Seed just doubled up an opponent and was knocked back to 3,450 in chips. On the flop, Seed held for a big combo draw. His opponent held the for top set.
The turn gave Seed a straight, but the river gave his opponent a full house.
Seed attempted to battle back and put in a raise to 2,100 from under the gun. Whether or not he had a good hand, we don't know, but we do know that everyone folded and Seed picked up the blinds for 900. That brought him to 4,350, but he would go out two hands later.
A player limped in from early position when it was Seed's big blind and action folded to the small blind, who happened to be the same player that just doubled through Seed. He completed the bet and then Seed checked his option in the big blind.
The flop rolled out and action checked around to see the land on the turn. The small blind and Seed checked to the limper. He bet 1,800 and the small blind folded. Seed check-raised all in for 3,750. His opponent took some time while giving a speech and then called. He even said that he would like to trade hands with Seed. Here's what the hands were.
Seed:
Opponent:
Despite wanting to trade hands with Seed, the player actually held the best of it with a set of sevens. Seed had top two pair. The river completed the board with the and Seed was eliminated.
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and Saul hit trips plus a straight draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
, keeping Saul's trip sevens in the lead and doubling him up over 40,000 in chips.
flop, William Reynolds and Robert Williamson III got all the money in with Reynolds at risk. He was holding the 
and river the 
. Reynolds hit the rail and Williamson III moved to 70,000 in chips.
went down to an opponent's 
. All of the money went in on the 
flop and the board ran out with the 
and 
.
.
was all in on the 
for top set.
gave his opponent a full house.
and action checked around to see the 