Matt Shultz opened, Todd Bui three-bet, Brant Hale four-bet, and David Gee, Shultz, and Bui called. All four players drew two cards. Hale bet, Gee raised, Shultz three-bet, Bui folded, Hale called putting himslef all in and at risk, and gee called behind. All three players drew one card. Gee lead out and called a raise from Shultz. hale and gee both drew one, and Shultz stood pat. Gee checked, Shultz bet, Gee folded and Shultz threw down the nuts, and Hale mucked, exiting in 16th.
Aaron Steury opened with a raise from the cutoff and found calls from Tom Franklin in the small blind and Mike Leah in the big blind. All three players pulled two new cards at the draw and Franklin checked. Leah led out and both Steury and Franklin called.
For the second draw, Franklin took two, Leah one, and Steury two. Action checked to Leah who led out into the pot for a second time. Steury got out of the way and Franklin called, drawing one at the final draw. Leah stood pat and checked it back when action checked to him.
Franklin flashed for a pair and Leah showed a winning . The start-of-day chip leader was pushed the pot and now has about 110,000. Franklin, on the other hand, has dropped to 45,000.
Brant Hale four-bet all in preflop and Todd Bui made the call. Both players drew one card for the first draw, and Bui drew one on each of the next two draws. Hale stood pat after the first draw and shipped the double with
Hanh Tran raised all in from the small blind and was called by Don Nguyen and David Gee. Tran swapped three, Nguyen drew two, and Gee drew two. Nguyen check-raised a bet from Gee, who three-bet back, Nguyen maxed out with a four-bet and Gee called. Tran swapped three, Nguyen and Gee stood pat. Nguyen bet and Gee called. Tran swapped two, and Nguyen and Gee stood pat, and Nguyen check-called a bet from Gee. Gee turned over and his opponents mucked. Tran hit the rail in 18th place.
David Bell raised from the cutoff and it folded around to Can Kim Hua in the big blind. The short-stacked Hua three-bet the action and Bell came right over the top with a four-bet. Hua called.
Both players took two new cards on the first draw and after a series of bets and raises, Hua was all in and at risk. The second draw saw Hua take one new card and Bell pick up two. For the final draw, Hua stood pat and Bell once again took two.
Hua wasted no time rolling over the wheel - - to ensure himself a double up. Bell mucked his cards and Hua was pushed the pot. He now sits around 26,000 in chips.
Don Nguyen opened with an early position raise and Brant Hale flatted from the cutoff. Hanh Tran tagged along from the small blind and the three were off to the first draw.
All three players picked up two cards and Tran checked. Nguyen came out with a bet and Hale raised the action. Tran let his cards go and Nguyen called. Both stood pat on the second draw and Nguyen check-called another bet from Hale.
The two players stood pat on the third draw and repeated the same action as the previous betting round. Hale rolled over for the best possible hand and Nguyen threw his hand into the muck. Hale raked in the chips and now has about 52,000.
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and Hale mucked, exiting in 16th.
