Action started with an early position player raising it up to 12,000. Two spots over, Cody Slaubaugh reraised it to 29,000. It got back around to the original raiser, and he made a massive all in move of around 200,000. Slaubaugh had about 230,000 himself, so it was for nearly all his chips, and he made the call.
Slaubaugh:
Opponent:
The winner of this race was going to vault into the top five in chip counts, and you know by the title that Slaubaugh's queens held, as the board ran down . After winning that hand, Slaubaugh jumped up to 440,000.
We came to the action as the the chips were being counted and saw a board of . Matthew Moore had the for the nut flush and Brandon Yu was paying him off.
With three cashes so far this summer, including his 2nd-place finish in Event #12, Allen Cunningham has continued to play well and catch cards which is always needed to run deep in these large-field events.
In a blind versus blind scenario, Cunningham raised from the small blind to 24,000 and was called by the big blind. Cunningham continued for 32,000 on the flop and the big blind called.
The turn slowed Cunningham down and he checked to the big blind who bet 45,000. It took some thought on Cunningham's part but eventually called.
Both players checked the river. When the hands were tabled, the big blind showed which was no match for Cunningham's .
Jamie Kerstetter raised to 17,000 from under the gun and a player from middle position called. When action landed on Tam Truong, in the small blind, he opted to move in for his final 50,000.
Kerstetter moved all in for more and the middle position player asked for a count of Kerstetter's chips. He eventually decided to give it up and Kerstetter turned over . She was not happy to see Truong's . Truong's aces held up for the double and Kerstetter lost a good chunk of her stack.
We missed the preflop action, but we saw that Joao Dorneles Neto and Asher Conniff got into a huge all in confrontation preflop that saw a pot of about 350,000 build up before the flop. Conniff was all in with , and he was in rough shape, as Dorneles Neto held . The flop came down , giving Conniff top pair and the lead. Dorneles Neto led out a huge sigh, and couldn't help but hide his disappointment. However, that changed to jubilation when the hit the turn, causing Dorneles Neto to yell out "yes" and pump his arms in the air. The hand wasn't over, as Conniff could still catch a miracle two outer on the river, but he didn't do that, as the came.
After stacking up his new chips, we pegged Dorneles Neto's stack to be a chip leading 710,000.
David McMahon raised from middle position to 16,000 and Kara Scott reraised to 36,000 from the button. McMahon came along and he checked the flop to Scott. Scott bet 40,000 and McMahon went all in. Scott called and tabled while McMahon showed for a flush draw. Scott's aces held through the turn and river to infuse her stack with some much welcomed chips.
. After winning that hand, Slaubaugh jumped up to 440,000.
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. Matthew Moore had the 
for the nut flush and Brandon Yu was paying him off.
flop and the big blind called.
river. When the hands were tabled, the big blind showed 
which was no match for Cunningham's 
.
. She was not happy to see Truong's 
, giving Conniff top pair and the lead. Dorneles Neto led out a huge sigh, and couldn't help but hide his disappointment. However, that changed to jubilation when the 
came.
river to infuse her stack with some much welcomed chips.
flop between Joao Dorneles Neto and his opponent.