Ryan Tepen completed the bet with a queen, and his opponent raised to isolate with a nine. Everyone else folded, and Tepen put the last of his chips in.
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Tepen was ahead after sixth, but his opponent had picked up an open-ended straight draw and a diamond flush draw, while Tepen still only had one pair. Tepen's opponent got the to complete his flush, and Tepen was drawing dead.
David "Gunslinger" Bach and three other players put in a complete bet on third street, then all checked fourth street. On fifth street, Jeremy Ensrud bet with on his board. Bach called showing , Andrew Brown folded, and Jack Deutsch tanked for a minute before calling. Ensrud received the on sixth street and checked his open pair of tens. Bach, who added the to his board, bet out. Deutsch reluctantly folded, and Ensrud tanked for about a minute before folding as well.
Tom Schneider completed on third street showing and was called by Joseph Couden and Randy Ohel. Schneider bet out on fourth street after receiving the , Couden folded, and Ohel called showing . Schneider bet again on both fifth and sixth street, and Ohel called both times. Then both players checked the river and revealed their cards:
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Schneider won the high his pair of queens, and neither player qualified for the low. Schneider scooped the pot and adds more chips to his table-leading stack. He now sits with 157,000.
Over break we spoke with Jack "The Snake" Deutsch, who was inaccurately reported as having been busted out of the tournament earlier today. Deutsch is, in fact, alive with 25,000 in chips and is very much still in contention for the final table.
David Chiu has been moved to a new table, and now he, Dan Heimiller, and Dan Kelly are all seated next to each other. It will be interesting to see these pros do battle as the players try to reach the final table.
Omaha Eight or Better
Heimiller got the better of Chiu in a recent hand. Chiu raised pre-flop, and Heimiller called, as did the big blind, who checked the flop. Chiu continued, Heimiller called, and the big blind folded. Chiu bet again when the fell on the turn, and Heimiller again made the call. The river was the , and this time Chiu checked and Heimiller bet out. Chiu thought for a minute before folding.
Heimiller is now close to the top of the leaderboard with 144,000. David Chiu, even after losing that pot, still has 81,000.