The hand started with Ben Volpe bringing in for 1,000, before Chris Moorman bumped it up to 10,000. Blair Hinkle made the call, as Volpe folded, before the two saw the flop come down . Moorman threw out a continuation bet of 12,000, before Hinkle came over the top with a bet of 38,000. The bet was called, and both checked, when the fell on the turn.
The completed the board, as Moorman reached down at chips, and placed out a bet of 52,000. Hinkle went deep into the tank, cutting out the call, and playing with it in his hand. Several minutes passed, before he made the call, only to muck his hand when Moorman turned over his .
Unfortunately the tournament has lost Aaron Massey. Massey was riding the short stack for quite some time. He got his last chips in with . Paul Lieu had no choice but to call with .
The board ran out . With that Massey was the 12th place finisher.
Massey was one of the most likable guys left in the tournament. Lieu was sad to bust Massey and said , "Not you!" The whole table got up to either handshake or give Massey a heartfelt hug. He will be missed by his table dearly.
It was five handed to the flop and Sam Panzica checked. Next to act was Daniel Johnson who bet 7,000. This bet folded out Paul Lieu, but Horacia Chaves was going nowhere. Chaves raised to 18,000 and only Johnson called.
The turn was the and Johnson checked his option. Chaves continued with a 20,000 bet and Johnson let his hand go.
"Show the top card!" said Johnson
Chaves turned over the and Johnson acknowledged his "nice hand."
Joining the action on the flop, where Samual Panzica led for 8,000 and the talkative Daniel Johnson called. Both players checked the turn leading the dealer to put the on the river. Panzica bet 15,000 to give Johnson something to think about.
"Do you have a full house?" asked Johnson before adding, "I'm the worst at paying off river bets!"
That last comment drew a few chuckles from the players at the table. Twenty seconds later, Johnson said, "OK. I'll pay to see it," and he called. Johnson showed for a full house, Panzica claiming he held , but we will never know because he mucked his hand when he saw he was beaten.
Aaron Massey moved all in first to act preflop with . He only had 28,000. When action folded to Joshua Maccillo, he was happy to call with .
Massey needed help. The flop gave some help with the . He would need more than a pair to take down Maccillo's kings. The turn was the . The river was the magical and that gave Massey a needed double up. He still rode the short stack after the hand with 74,000.
There were four limpers before it was Adam Stone's turn to act from his seat in the cutoff. Stone raised to 11,000 and it was the turn of Chris Moorman to act on the button. Moorman reached for raising chips, chips worth 31,000 in total. Moorman's raise folded out everyone who had limped and it eventually folded Stone, albeit after 25 seconds of thinking time.
Chris Moorman opened the betting first to act, setting the price to play at 9,000. Blair Hinkle was to Moorman's direct left and he flat-called. One player folded, putting the action on Tommy Vedes.
"How much?" Vedes asked the dealer, querying Moorman's opening bet size.
Once Vedes had processed that information, he moved all in/ The rest of the table folded, including Moorman and Hinkle, leaving Vedes to win the pot uncontested.
Ben Volpe brought in for 1,000, as Adam Stone made the call. Blair Hinkle paused for a moment, before raising to 9,000. Tommy Vedes was also in the hand, and after thinking about his decision for over a minute, opted to raise it up to 28,000 in chips. Volpe sat motionless, before finally reaching for some chips and cutting out a raise to 63,000. Stone and Hinkle mucked, as Vedes went into the tank.
Nearly three minutes passed, as Vedes continuously looked down at his cards, and played around with his chips, before finally folding his hand, relinquishing the pot to Volpe.
The hand started with Ben Volpe bringing in for 1,000, before Adam Stone raised it up to 10,000. Loius Bonnecaze made the call, as did Volpe, as the three saw the flop come down . Volpe checked, as Stone threw out a continuation bet of 14,000. Bonnecaze then thought about his decision for a minute, before raising it up to 28,000. Volpe quickly got out of the way, leaving Stone with his decision.
It didn’t take him to long to reach down for some chips, and bump up the action to 60,000. Bonnecaze didn’t look too thrilled with the raise, as his hand went into the muck shortly after.
. Moorman threw out a continuation bet of 12,000, before Hinkle came over the top with a bet of 38,000. The bet was called, and both checked, when the 
fell on the turn.
completed the board, as Moorman reached down at chips, and placed out a bet of 52,000. Hinkle went deep into the tank, cutting out the call, and playing with it in his hand. Several minutes passed, before he made the call, only to muck his hand when Moorman turned over his 
.
. Paul Lieu had no choice but to call with 
. With that Massey was the 12th place finisher.
flop and Sam Panzica checked. Next to act was Daniel Johnson who bet 7,000. This bet folded out Paul Lieu, but Horacia Chaves was going nowhere. Chaves raised to 18,000 and only Johnson called.
and Johnson acknowledged his "nice hand."
flop, where Samual Panzica led for 8,000 and the talkative Daniel Johnson called. Both players checked the 
turn leading the dealer to put the 
, but we will never know because he mucked his hand when he saw he was beaten.
.
. He would need more than a pair to take down Maccillo's kings. The turn was the 
. The river was the magical 
. Volpe checked, as Stone threw out a continuation bet of 14,000. Bonnecaze then thought about his decision for a minute, before raising it up to 28,000. Volpe quickly got out of the way, leaving Stone with his decision.
