Jason Wheeler saw his stack reduced in a couple of hands against Stephen Happas and he was ultimately all in for what looked like 27,000 chips with . Once again it was Happas who looked him up with and the board knocked Wheeler out. Happas is now among the biggest stacks in the room.
Upon leaving, Wheeler glanced at us and said "all my career," shrugged his shoulders, and left the tournament area.
Jason Helder opened to 1,700 from early position and two short-stacked players moved all in from late postion. After getting the largest count of 5,600 from the dealer, Helder made the call.
Helder
1st Opponent:
2nd Opponent:
The board ran out and Helder's flopped two pair held to send a couple more players to the rail.
We picked up the action after a flop and Annette Obrestad was heads up with Jason Wheeler. Obrestad bet 4,300 and Wheeler made the call. The turn was the and Wheeler called a bet of 7,200 from Obrestad.
The fell on the river and Obrestad didn't slow down, betting 11,600. Wheeler contemplated for a few minutes, before eventually throwing out chips for the call. Obrestad tabled for trip kings and Wheeler mucked.
There was about 15,000 in the middle with the flop reading and Valentino Konakchiev bet 6,800.
Heinz Kamutzki contemplated his next move for a bit, then eventually folded with the words "You could have gotten it all preflop." Konakchiev had a smirk on his face and replied "Maybe I didn't want that."
Below are further notable stacks from the Amazon Purple section.
Just before the break, an opponent folded pocket nines to the all in of one opponent for 8,900 followed by the all in of Anna Khait for slightly more than that. Khait had and could not win the flip versus after the board came .
On the same table was also Ryan Laplante, but he was eliminated by Alex Rocha.
Preston Harwell seems to be among our current chip leaders with 92,000 in chips. At the same table, Zachary Kessler trash-talked Julian Thomas into committing his last chips post flop and the German did fall for it and busted.
. Once again it was Happas who looked him up with 
and the 
board knocked Wheeler out. Happas is now among the biggest stacks in the room.
and Helder's flopped two pair held to send a couple more players to the rail.
flop and Annette Obrestad was heads up with Jason Wheeler. Obrestad bet 4,300 and Wheeler made the call. The turn was the 
and Wheeler called a bet of 7,200 from Obrestad.
fell on the river and Obrestad didn't slow down, betting 11,600. Wheeler contemplated for a few minutes, before eventually throwing out chips for the call. Obrestad tabled 
for trip kings and Wheeler mucked.
and Valentino Konakchiev bet 6,800.
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