Brian Saltus got the last of his short stack in on a flop. He was working with , and it's hard to fault him for committing. David Chiu could do better, though, turning up for trips.
The turn ended any hope Saltus had of sticking around, and Chiu's quads earn him the knockout. With it comes a chip increase to about 145,000.
Cary Katz, Michael Chow and Nick Krost capped the betting preflop, leading to a flop. Katz was first to act and bet, Chow raised, and Kost three-bet. Katz then moved all in for 3,000 more, both his opponents called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Chow proceeded to check-call a bet before doing the same on the river. Kost revealed for a straight, while Chow locked up the low with .
Katz took one more look back at his before taking his leave in 33rd place, earning a $5,088 consolation prize.
We only joined the action on seventh street, and we were only able to catch that bit thanks to a long soak in the tank by Matthew Ashton. He was heads-up against Ylon Schwartz, and the boards were ugly.
Schwartz: (x-x) / / (x)
Ashton: (x-x) / / (x)
Schwartz had made the last bet on seventh, and that was problematic for Ashton. The call would cost him 12,000, and he only had 20,500 chips left to shuffle in front of him. After several minutes, he made the call for most of his stack.
Schwartz had an eight, tabling / , and it was good. After paying off his debt, Ashton was left with just that 8,500-chip remainder, but it looks like he's managed one double back already. He's still quite short.
Ylon Schwartz raised under the gun and picked up a caller on the button and Stephen Chidwick in the small blind. Chidwick proceeded to check the flop and opened the door for Schwartz to bet, which he did. The button and Chidwick came along for the ride and all three men checked the turn.
Chidwick took the initiative and led out on the river, prompting a call from Schwartz and muck from the button. "Flush," Chidwick said and showed just the .
"Nut flush," Schwartz responded and rolled over for the win.
On the last hand, we picked up the action on fifth street as Tom Schneider was calling a bet (or raise, possibly).
Schneider: (x-x) / / (x)
Williams: (x-x) / / (x)
Schneider picked up the lead on sixth, and he check-called a bet. Williams held 12,000 chips out over the pot and plead, "Give me a dark check." Schneider obliged with a palm on the felt, and Williams bet seventh in the dark. Schneider liked what he saw enough to call it down.
"I haven't looked yet," Williams said as he snapped his cards over: . That's good for the flush and the scoop, and he's extended his chip lead once again.
It's hard to mention Allen Cunningham and "average" in the same sentence, but that's exactly what his chip stack is now that he won a small pot off Nick Kost.
We caught the action on fifth street with about 60,000 already in the pot. Kost check-called a bet from Cunningham, but proceeded to check-fold when his opponent bet sixth.
flop. He was working with 
, and it's hard to fault him for committing. David Chiu could do better, though, turning up 
for trips.
ended any hope Saltus had of sticking around, and Chiu's quads earn him the knockout. With it comes a chip increase to about 145,000.
flop. Katz was first to act and bet, Chow raised, and Kost three-bet. Katz then moved all in for 3,000 more, both his opponents called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
river. Kost revealed 
for a straight, while Chow locked up the low with 
.
before taking his leave in 33rd place, earning a $5,088 consolation prize.
/ (x)
/ (x)
/ 
flop and opened the door for Schwartz to bet, which he did. The button and Chidwick came along for the ride and all three men checked the 
turn.
river, prompting a call from Schwartz and muck from the button. "Flush," Chidwick said and showed just the 
.
for the win.
/ (x)
