Cameron Tullis has been very active all day and it has paid dividends so far. In an hand after the break Tullis called an early position raise from Alexander Sun who opened for 650. The cutoff called as did the big blind.
Four players saw a flop of . The big blind checked to the raiser who continued for 1,350. Tullis sized up the situation before he slipped his cards from beneath his protector and sent them back to the dealer. The other players followed suit and folded, too, as the pot was pushed to Sun.
Billy Carter got the last of his 1,500 chips in the middle and got a caller. Carter showed and was up against .
When the board ran out Carter’s pair was good and though he remains short he was glad to be alive. “Yeah I got lucky," he said. "Those races are hard to win.”
After a raise to 700 from early position and a cold call from Ray Cluever in middle position, the big blind moved all in for 3,300. The initial raiser isolated by moving all in himself for more than 10,000 and Cluever folded face up.
Mike Connors was the beneficiary of that fold, as he subsequently doubled up with versus on a board.
Rocky McNatt is getting plenty of respect from Ty Stewart on the same table. Stewart just called us over to get an updated count of McNatt's stack, but before that could happen we watched as McNatt opened for 750 and got a caller in late position.
The blinds folded and it went heads up to a flop of . A check from McNatt saw his opponent reach for chips, but as they hit the felt so did McNatt’s cards.
McNatt then provided an exact chip count of 27,325. One to watch.
Ken Jones raised to 750 from the hijack and Cameron Tullis reraised to 2150 from the small blind. Jones made the call, leaving him with only a couple thousand behind.
Before the flop even came, Tullis bet dark enough to put Jones all in. The flop was and Jones snap-called with . Tullis had and no help came, with the board completing .
Jones also won the next two pots to put him up above average.
The field has already dwindled down to 324 players and we just saw yet another big stack emerge in Corey Emery. The last player he eliminated wasn't for that much, though, after Emery raised from under the gun and then called his opponent's all-in reraise for less than 10 big blinds.
Emery held and won the flip versus to push his stack close to 30,000.
With the registration officially closed as of the start of Level 5, the numbers have been verified and just announced. There were a total of 876 players and the top 90 spots will share the prize pool of $394,200. A min-cash is worth $886 and the winner will take home smooth $82,835.
As we approached Lee Davy’s table he shook his head to say there was not much to report. It looks like he has been card dead most of the day and his stack has been dwindling away.
A player in middle position opened for 750 and from the cut-off Davy shoved. The blinds folded and the raiser asked for a count. When she was told it was 2,800 she mucked her cards. Davy returned his cards to the dealer and added a little to his stack.
We saw the open-raise of Matt Fridley on the button to 3,000, then Jeffrey Peck moved all in for 15,950 chips from one seat over. The big blind quickly folded, but Fridley needed longer for his decision, eventually announcing "okay, I call."
Peck turned over the and was in great shape against the of his opponent. The board didn't change anything, and Fridley now has about 5,000 left.
Chad Holloway got his last 4,100 in from late position and was called by Sergio Trevino. Holloway had and Trevino flipped over . The board ran out and the event's defending champ Holloway has been eliminated.
"That guy has run pure all day," Holloway mentioned quietly as he rose from the table. Trevino is believed to be the chip leader at around 40,000.
Holloway shared with this reporter yesterday that he was excited about today, but that he was "also kind of sad, as I know my reign is likely over." Level 5 was the official end for Holloway.
. The big blind checked to the raiser who continued for 1,350. Tullis sized up the situation before he slipped his cards from beneath his protector and sent them back to the dealer. The other players followed suit and folded, too, as the pot was pushed to Sun.
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Carter’s pair was good and though he remains short he was glad to be alive. “Yeah I got lucky," he said. "Those races are hard to win.”
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board didn't change anything, and Fridley now has about 5,000 left.
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