The chips were in the middle between Greg Jennings with and Hunter Frey holding. Frey took the lead when the flop was dealt. Jennings needed a queen or running clubs to stay alive and found neither when the turn and river came. Jennings was eliminated in 23rd place.
Darrin Oremba raised to 25,000 from middle position. Action folded to Hiren Patel who made a reraise to 73,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Oremba who moved all in for 52,000 more. Patel made the quick call.
Oremba:
Patel:
The flop removed all traces of a sweat when it fell , giving Patel almost an unbeatable hand. The turn was the and that was it as it left Oremba drawing dead. The customary river card was the and that was all she wrote for Darrin Oremba who was sent to the payout desk.
John Compton moved all in from the hijack holding and was called by Owen Crowe, the big blind, with . Crowe found a king on the flop and Compton couldn't find any help on the turn and river. Compton was eliminated in 25th place.
Just before the break Grant Curnow got into a confrontation with Hiren Patel. The two players were all in preflop with Patel holding and Curnow holding . The board ran out granting Patel the elimination and sending Curnow home.
Bryan Micon open shoved the last of his chip, roughly 100,000, all in before the flop from middle position. Action folded to Hunter Frey in the small blind who made the call with a covering stack. The big blind folded and the two players showed their hands.
Micon:
Frey:
It was a flip for Micon but he would need to catch up to stay alive. The board of did not bring him what he needed, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Action folded to Dan Gannon in the small blind who moved all in for 151,500. He was called by the player in the big blind with a covering stack.
Gannon:
Big Blind:
Gannon was in trouble and he needed help, but he didn't get it on the flop. The turn was just what he needed though and the gave Gannon his three outer. He still needed to fade a though, and he did so when the came on the river to give him a full house.
Gannon has a little more life in him now as he has surpassed the 300,000 chip mark.
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Preflop Amit Makhija made a raise to 9,000. One to his left Benjamin Dobson made a reraise to 21,000. Action folded back around to Makhija who moved all in. Dobson made a snap call and it was off to the races.
Makhija:
Dobson:
The board was a swift executioner for Makhija as it rolled out , giving Dobson two pair and eliminating Makhija from the tournament in 48th place.
From the hijack seat, Bryan Micon made a raise to 6,000. He was only called by the player in the big blind.
The dealer put out the flop of and the big blind checked, only to see Micon bet 7,500, which he called.
The turn was the and this time the big blind decided to steal the betting lead, making it 20,000. Micon thought about it briefly, before making the call.
The river was the and the big blind announced he was all in, Micon snap called and turned over his for a full house, which was good to beat his opponents for just trips.
The palyer in the big blind had a covering stack so Micon "The Icon" doubled to over 100,000.
"I just final tabled the Millionaire Maker," he told his table. "So you know I'm running hot."
We just saw him eliminate another player and move even higher up the chip counts today, distancing himself even further from the field.
Preflop, a player moved all in for 26,000. Hunichen moved all in over the top of that bet and everyone else folded.
Hunichen:
All In:
The board came giving Hunichen another notch in his belt and even more chips to pad his stack with. Hunichen is surely looking to improve upon his sixth place finish in the Millionaire Maker with another final table in this event.
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and Hunter Frey holding
. Frey took the lead when the 
flop was dealt. Jennings needed a queen or running clubs to stay alive and found neither when the 
turn and 
river came. Jennings was eliminated in 23rd place.
, giving Patel almost an unbeatable hand. The turn was the 
and that was it as it left Oremba drawing dead. The customary river card was the 
and was called by Owen Crowe, the big blind, with 
. Crowe found a king on the 
flop and Compton couldn't find any help on the 
turn and 
river. Compton was eliminated in 25th place.
and Curnow holding 
. The board ran out 
granting Patel the elimination and sending Curnow home.
flop. The turn was just what he needed though and the 
gave Gannon his three outer. He still needed to fade a 
though, and he did so when the 
came on the river to give him a full house.
and the big blind checked, only to see Micon bet 7,500, which he called.
