Chip Jett raised from middle position and found callers in Rep Porter on the button and the player in the big blind. The latter checked the flop, opening the door for Jett to bet. It went call-call and then the big blind checked the turn. This time Jett's bet proved enough to take down the pot and he showed for the nut low with a pair of nines and various draws. A good hand, indeed.
Daniel Idema completed the bet on third street, and Cliff Josephy called to go heads-up with him.
Idema: (x-x) / / (x)
Josephy: (x-x) / / (x)
Idema checked on fourth street, and Josephy was content to check it back. "Give me a free card," he said after the fact. Idema checked again on fifth, Josephy bet, and now Idema check-raised to two big bets. Josephy quickly called that raise, then another bet on sixth. Idema fired the last bullet on seventh, and Josephy made a reluctant call.
Idema rolled over / , and his aces up were good.
We can see that Josephy has dropped back to about 125,000 with that loss, but we'll have to wait until Idema does some tidying up before we can count him.
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Steve Brown raised from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Huck Seed in the big blind. The 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ made the call and then checked the flop. Brown took the opportunity to bet, but Seed woke up with a check-raise. Brown not only called that bet, but also called when Seed led out on the .
Both players then checked the river and Brown rolled over . Seed flashed the and then mucked his hand.
We were drawn over to Table 432 by a big pile of chips heaped in the middle of the felt. When we arrived, there was a heads-up pot in progress between Stephen Chidwick and Ylon Schwartz.
Chidwick: (x-x) / / (x)
Schwartz: (x-x) / / (x)
Chidwick was betting sixth when we joined, and we think it's fair to assume he was betting/raising from at least fourth street onward. Schwartz called that bet on sixth, then another one on seventh.
Chidwick showed / for the six-perfect. Schwartz had apparently been drawing to the wheel, too. He flashed / before mucking his last card. Sixty-five is no good, and Chidwick has found his first meaningful pot in a few orbits.
We'll count them down as soon as Chidwick finishes stacking the pot.
Karle "Skip" Wilson began the day as our chip leader, but he was never able to keep pace with the increasing blinds and limits. For the past couple levels, Wilson was nursing a short stack, but it his luck finally ran out as he was eliminated in 58th place for $3,468.
Likewise, both David Grey and Derek Boundy earned the same payout for their finishes in 59th and 57th places respectively.
The flurry of eliminations has slowed given the stacks of players are a bit deeper; however, that doesn't mean there haven't been a few. Andrew Barber was the 62nd-place finisher, and he has been followed out the door by Jeremy Ausmus and Ryan Gentry in 61st and 60th place respectively.
Action folded around to Robby Rasmussen in the cutoff and put in a raise, which Daniel Idema called from the bid blind. The latter proceeded to check-call bets on every street as the board ran out , only to muck when Rasmussen rolled over .
"Nice hand," Idema said nonchalantly as he dipped down to 146K.
flop, opening the door for Jett to bet. It went call-call and then the big blind checked the 
turn. This time Jett's bet proved enough to take down the pot and he showed 
for the nut low with a pair of nines and various draws. A good hand, indeed.
/ (x)
/ (x)
/ 
river and Brown rolled over 
. Seed flashed the 
/ (x)
