Michael Frederick raised from early position and then called an all in of a short stack with slightly more chips. The shortie showed but was in terrible shape against the of Frederick. The board stayed clear and Frederick stacked up mostly stacks of 20 yellow T1000 chips.
Peter Costa has a fascinating story and we have only heard a tiny part of it today. After several years away from poker he has suddenly rediscovered his love for the game and this is his first big tournament in a long time.
He hadn’t played a hand for quite a while but just got it in with against and doubled up.
Richard Lysinger defended his blind with and spiked top two pair on the flop. He decided to just check-call the continuation bet of Greg Genge and then got it in after the turn. Genge tank called with for the lower two pair and could not perform a miracle story anymore with the river completing the board.
Theresa Hatcher was the next lady to fall. She got it all in preflop with and there were gasp from the table as she saw she face the of Mitchell Lehman as ther had been a succession of kings dealt to player at this table.
The flop was and more gasps were heard as it looked like the popular Hatcher would get a double up. The turn put an end to that though and as the river fell there was a chorus of “Unreal.” as she left the table to head to the pay-out desk.
All the below players ran out of chips in the last half an hour and will receive $12,704. This does include Peter Alson, who pretty much stayed around 20 big blinds almost the entire day and climbed a few payout steps with a lot of patience.
"Dealers, please finish the hand you are on and then deal seven more hands." Raised eyebrows from some of the players and Dennis Philipps raised his hand: "Sorry guys, that is all my fault." He drew the dreadful card.
One table over, Deborah Phillips bet 55,000 out of the big blind on a flop and got raised by a further 90,000. Phillips elected to fold and wait for a better spot.
There were three all in situations but none of them caused an elimination. The most cruel double up happened in favor of Alan Gillespie, who won the flip with versus . All chips went in pre flop and Gillespie was at risk for his last 203,000, the provided a four card flush.
Dan Heimiller lost some 86,000 change after raising and calling an all in with versus , the in the window set things straight with the first community card.
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of Frederick. The 
board stayed clear and Frederick stacked up mostly stacks of 20 yellow T1000 chips.
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flop. He decided to just check-call the continuation bet of Greg Genge and then got it in after the 
for the lower two pair and could not perform a miracle story anymore with the 
river completing the board.
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. The flush draw was covered and she had the ace.
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.
provided a four card flush.
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in the window set things straight with the first community card.