Ashton Griffin raised to 27,000 from under the gun, Danny Hannawa three-bet the pot (93,000) from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Griffin, who moved all in for effectively 106,000. Hannawa quickly called.
Griffin:
Hannawa:
Hannawa's hand held up as the board ran out , and he doubled to 227,000 chips. Griffin dropped down to 515,000.
Scott Clements raised to 25,000 in the hijack seat, Brian Alioa called all in for that exact amount in the cutoff, and Jeff Madsen called on the button. Clements and Madsen both checked, on the flop () and the turn (), and the completed the board. Clements check-folded to a bet of 25,000 from Madsen, and the two remaining hands were opened for the main pot.
Alioa:
Madsen:
Madsen took down the pot with top two pair, eliminating Alioa in 15th place.
Jeff Madsen just added a few more to his leading stack at the expense of Scott Clements.
The pair found their way together to the river as the community cards came , then , then , at which point Clements fired a bet of 82,000 into the middle. Madsen thought for nearly two minutes before calling, and Clements immediately patted the felt before him in response. Madsen turned over for the flush and collected the chips.
[Removed:424] opened with a pot-sized raise to 35,000 from early position. The table folded to William Black in the cutoff who called, and the players sitting in between the pair stepped aside.
The flop came and Perez checked. Black took the opening to bet 85,000, and Perez quickly check-raised all in for his last 120,000 or so. Black called, and Perez tabled his for top two pair and a gutshot Broadway draw. Black then turned over his hand — for a set of jacks.
The turn was the which improved Perez's two pair, but the river didn't help him further and he was eliminated in 14th place.
Down to less than 100,000, Ashton Griffin watched from the small blind as the table folded to Ryan Chapman who raised from the button. Griffin then pushed his last chips all in and when the action was back on Chapman he called.
Griffin:
Chapman:
Griffin was already getting up as the flop came to give Chapman a big straight draw to go with his queens. The turn then brought the and river the , giving Chapman his straight and knocking Griffin out in 13th.
Jeff Madsen raised to 24,000 from the cutoff, Ali Lareybi raised the pot (87,000) on the button, and Madsen put him all in for just 2,000 more. Lareybi called.
Madsen:
Lareybi:
The flop fell , giving Lareybi a straight, and the on the turn left Madsen with three outs to chop the pot. The on the river wasn't one of them, yet, Lareybi reacted as if he had been eliminated.
Madsen apparently thought he had won as well, announcing two pair and pushing forward his , but the tournament director pulled out Lareybi's for a flopped straight.
Both players shared a laugh, and Lareybi was shipped the pot.
"All I was thinking was 'fade paint, fade paint,'" Lareybi said after the hand. "I didn't even see that I had a straight."
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, and he doubled to 227,000 chips. Griffin dropped down to 515,000.
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), and the 
. The turn was the 
, meaning Hannawa's kings had held to give him the big double.
, then 
, at which point Clements fired a bet of 82,000 into the middle. Madsen thought for nearly two minutes before calling, and Clements immediately patted the felt before him in response. Madsen turned over 
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to give Chapman a big straight draw to go with his queens. The turn then brought the 
, giving Lareybi a straight, and the 
on the river wasn't one of them, yet, Lareybi reacted as if he had been eliminated.
