Scott Clements is currently running a $500 last longer bet for this event. As registration draws to a close at the end of this level, registration for the last longer bet will close as well. There are currently 35 players participating in this bet and Clements recently tweeted a photo of the list which includes names like Bill Chen, Shawn Buchanan, Chris Tryba, Greg Mueller, Jason Mercier, and many more.
We picked up with the action on fourth street to find Ashton Griffin's opponent check and Griffin checked it back. After another check, Griffin fired out on fifth street and his opponent called. It was checked to Griffin who led out once again on sixth street and his opponent tanked for a bit before finally releasing his cards. Griffin picked up the pot and now has about 8,300 in chips.
Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome opened the action with a raise from under the gun. It folded around to the player in the small blind who made it three bets and Rowsome was the only caller. The flop came and the small blind continued out. Rowsome flat called to see the fall on the turn. The small blind fired once again and Rowsome came over the top with a raise. The small blind thought for a brief moment before three-betting the action. Rowsome made it four bets and her opponent quickly decided to ditch his hand.
Rowsome dragged in the pot and now sits on about 11,000 in chips.
We arrived at the table to find Aaron Schaff and Ben Yu looking down at a completed board of . With already a sizable amount in the middle, we found Yu toss out 3,000 only to have Schaff instantly move all in for a little bit more. Yu called the raise.
"Straight flush," remarked Schaff, showing .
Yu shook his head and mucked his hand as he shipped all in chips over to Schaff. This pot boosted Schaff's stack up to about 14,600 while Yu has fallen back to around starting stack with 7,300.
Konstantin Puchkov opened with a raise from under the gun and was called by Bryn Kenney out of the small blind and Eli Elezra from the big. All three players drew two new cards and then checked the following betting round.
During the second draw, Kenney and Elezra took two once more while Puchkov drew one. Kenney then checked which prompted a bet from Elezra. Puchkov threw his hand away and Kenney called. He took one new card while Elezra stood pat.
After the final draw, Kenney shot out a bet and Elezra went into the tank for about thirty seconds before finally deciding to release his hand. Kenney picked up the pot and now has about 7,800 in chips.
On a flop of , we found Abe Mosseri lead out into a lone opponent. His opponent called and the hit the turn. Mosseri fired another bet but found a raise from his opponent on this street. He thought for a brief moment before flat calling to see the final card.
The river was the and Mosseri checked. His opponent checked it right back.
"Bottom two!" proclaimed Mosser, tabling for eights and deuces. His opponent mucked his hand and Mosseri dragged in the pot.