Jared Hamby, undoubtedly still a bit frustrated from that last hand we wrote about, just found his much needed double-up. A player in middle position had opened to 6,000 and from the small blind Hamby had pushed for 39,000. After some thinking his opponent made the cal and Hamby proudly tabled . His opponent had and even hit a jack on the flop, but would not improve beyond that: | | .
In one of the last hands before the level went up, action folded to Tam Truong on the button and he put in a standard raise. Justin Conley then moved all in from the small blind for 37,500, the big folded and Truong made a hesitant call.
Truong:
Conley:
Conley got it in good but Truong was drawing to two live cards. The flop contained one of those cards and gave Truong the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was no help to Conley, and he needed an ace on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned and put out the , the last card Conley would see here in Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
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Action folded to Garry Gates in the cutoff and he raised to 7,000. Joe Elpayaa, who was on the button, responded by moving all in for 51,000, which prompted both blinds to fold. Gates then snap-called.
Gates:
Elpayaa:
Elpayaa seemed to know he was in trouble even before Gates tabled his hand. While that proved true, Elpayaa could still win with a little luck. The flop gave him a little help when it paired his three, but he would need either another or an ace to stay alive. The turn wasn't what he was looking for and neither was the river. Gates' jacks held and he sent Elpayaa to the rail in 72md place.
Meanwhile, WSOP bracelet winner Vincent van der Fluit was eliminated from the same table a short time later.
Jeff Izes opened for 9,500 from the hijack only to have Mark Waldrep move all in for about 32,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Izes made a quick call.
Waldrep:
Izes:
"You've got me," Waldrep said upon seeing his opponent's hand. His queen kicker had him in dire straits, and it wasn't looking good on the . The turn gave Waldrep a gutshot straight draw and some more chop outs, but the river would fail to deliver. Waldrep was felled in 69th place while Izes chipped up to over 200,000.
We didn't catch the hand until the end when the pot was being pushed. What we can tell you is that Sean Prendiville was just eliminated by Brandon Yu in an all-in preflop fonfrontation. The former held on a board and was defeated by the latter's .
Garry Gates raised it up to 8,000 in middle position, and Peter Males moved all in for his last 65,000 right behind him. It folded back around to Gates, and he thought for just under a minute or so before making the call.
Gates:
Males:
Gates was in great shape with his overpair, and he maintained that lead through the runout of . After collecting that pot, Gates is up there with the big stacks sitting on 236,000.