McMann Busts Masek
The money went all in preflop between Alex Masek and David McMann.
Alex Masek:
McMann:
The board ran oout and the fours of McMann held to eliminate Masek.
The money went all in preflop between Alex Masek and David McMann.
Alex Masek:
McMann:
The board ran oout and the fours of McMann held to eliminate Masek.
Players are now on a one-hour dinner break. We're off to fill our bellies, so join us in 60 minutes as we look to play four more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The players are in their seats again, and the cards are in the air.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edward Decosta | Busted | |
Mark Waldrep | Busted | |
Vincent van der Fluit | Busted | |
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Joseph Elpayaa | Busted | |
Todd Terry | Busted | |
Paul Schmidt | Busted | |
Steven Daneman | Busted | |
Joshua Miller | Busted | |
Alex Masek | Busted | |
Manuel Javier | Busted | |
Peter Males | Busted | |
Tonio Roder | Busted | |
Sean Prendiville | Busted | |
Mitch Garshofsky | Busted |
On the first hand back from dinner, Garry Gates added another bounty to his collection. He and his opponent got in a preflop raising war that saw all of his opponent's chips go into the middle.
Gates:
Opponent:
It was a classic race, but Gates shot out to the lead when the flop came . Gates was now looking to just fade two queens or runner runner straight, and the turn was the . The river gave Gates an unnecessary full house, coming the , and after winning that hand, Gates is now up to 339,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Garry Gates | 339,000 |
Allen Cunningham raised to 12,000 from middle position and the player in the cutoff made it 30,000 to go. When action came back to Cunningham he called.
Both players checked the flop. Cunningham check-called the player in the cutoff's bet of 22,000 on the turn. Cunningham appeared to like the river as he led for 39,000. His opponent took a while but eventually called and mucked his hand once Cunningham showed his .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Allen Cunningham |
258,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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The money was all in preflop between Jamie Kerstetter and her opponent.
Kerstetter:
Opponent:
Kerstetter found her ace right on the flop. The turn and river meant Kerstetter was getting a much a needed double up. She still has work to do as she is sitting on a below average chip stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jamie Kerstetter |
73,000
21,000
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21,000 |
Andrew Lichtenberger had just been moved to Garry Gates's table, and within a few minutes, he was out. Lichtenberger started the action by raising to 13,000 from the cutoff. Gates made the call out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Gates check called a bet of 15,000 from Lichtenberger, and the hit the turn. Gates checked again, and Lichtenberger fired out 24,000, leaving himself about 80,000 behind. Gates tanked for a bit before check raising all in, putting Lichtenberger to a decision for all his chips. He called it off, and saw that he was drawing very slim.
Lichtenberger:
Gates:
It was the perfect flop for Gates, who flopped bottom set to Lichtenberger's top pair. Gates would only lose the hand if a four came on the river, but that didn't happen, as the came. After that hand, Gates is up to 427,500, and is in the top five chip counts with just 50 players left.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Garry Gates | 427,500 | |
Andrew Lichtenberger | Busted | |
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We heard the rail behind Kerstetter calling for an ace. By the time we got over there the cards were being shuffled but Kerstetter was stacking a nice pile of chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jamie Kerstetter |
155,000
82,000
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82,000 |