Dan Smith knocked another player out shortly before the break and his stack just keeps heading skywards. He has just broken through 700,000.
Smith said towards the start of this tournament that he didn’t particularly enjoy playing nine and ten handed table tournaments but he may be changing his mind in this particular one.
He had joked earlier, “I run so bad.” as he knocked another player out.
We picked up the action with a board of and a check from Phil Hellmuth. His heads-up opponent was Soi Nguyen and he bet 9,000. Hellmuth raised to 24,000 and Nguyen made the call. The turn was the and Hellmuth bet 33,000 and Nguyen called.
The river was the and Hellmuth bet 41,000. Nguyen made the call with , only to see the bad news as Hellmuth tabled for the flush.
Hellmuth apologetically took the big pot and left Nguyen with just a few big blinds; Nguyen would bust on the next hand.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh just eliminated Steven Watts when he opened to 8,000 and was faced with a shove of 40,000 from Watts.
“How much buddy?” von Kriegenbergh asked and called.
von Kriegenbergh had and was up against
The cards ran out . Watts was out of his seat as soon as the flop hit and he then headed to the pay-out desk.
There was some action before it got to Debbie Motycka who moved all in. She was quickly called by Michael Katz who had slightly fewer chips than Motycka.
Motycka turned over but had run into the of Katz.
The board ran out and there would be no jack for Motycka who is now left short with about 20,000 after being the chip leader just a few levels ago.
Christopher Symesko raised to 8,500 from early position and Quinn Bruno shoved all in for 78,500 total. Nick Schulman flatted from the small blind and Symesko got out of the way.
Schulman:
Bruno:
The board ran out and Schulman sent Bruno to the rail and vaulted toward the top of the leaderboard.
We didn't witness all of the action but Phil Hellmuth and Will Failla got it all in with pocket kings and pocket aces, respectively. Failla's aces held.
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and a check from Phil Hellmuth. His heads-up opponent was Soi Nguyen and he bet 9,000. Hellmuth raised to 24,000 and Nguyen made the call. The turn was the 
and Hellmuth bet 33,000 and Nguyen called.
and Hellmuth bet 41,000. Nguyen made the call with 
, only to see the bad news as Hellmuth tabled 
for the flush.
and was up against 
but had run into the 
and there would be no jack for Motycka who is now left short with about 20,000 after being the chip leader just a few levels ago.
